Polygon_mesh_processing/compute_normals_example.cpp

#include <CGAL/Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel.h>
#include <CGAL/Surface_mesh.h>
 
#include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/compute_normal.h>
#include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/IO/polygon_mesh_io.h>
 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
typedef CGAL::Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel K;
 
typedef K::Point_3                                          Point;
typedef K::Vector_3                                         Vector;
 
typedef CGAL::Surface_mesh<Point>                           Mesh;
typedef boost::graph_traits<Mesh>::vertex_descriptor        vertex_descriptor;
typedef boost::graph_traits<Mesh>::face_descriptor          face_descriptor;
 
namespace PMP = CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing;
 
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  const std::string filename = (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : CGAL::data_file_path("meshes/eight.off");
 
  Mesh mesh;
  if(!PMP::IO::read_polygon_mesh(filename, mesh))
  {
    std::cerr << "Invalid input." << std::endl;
    return 1;
  }
 
  auto vnormals = mesh.add_property_map<vertex_descriptor, Vector>("v:normal", CGAL::NULL_VECTOR).first;
  auto fnormals = mesh.add_property_map<face_descriptor, Vector>("f:normal", CGAL::NULL_VECTOR).first;
 
  PMP::compute_normals(mesh, vnormals, fnormals);
 
  std::cout << "Vertex normals :" << std::endl;
  for(vertex_descriptor vd: vertices(mesh))
    std::cout << vnormals[vd] << std::endl;
 
  std::cout << "Face normals :" << std::endl;
  for(face_descriptor fd: faces(mesh))
    std::cout << fnormals[fd] << std::endl;
 
  return 0;
}