From 26fc41faf5f569526504caef090c66c3e6758702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cignoni <paolo.cignoni@isti.cnr.it>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:28:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added a small wrapper for montecarlo sampling of a mesh
 surface

---
 vcg/complex/algorithms/point_sampling.h | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vcg/complex/algorithms/point_sampling.h b/vcg/complex/algorithms/point_sampling.h
index b0b64813..d31b0d27 100644
--- a/vcg/complex/algorithms/point_sampling.h
+++ b/vcg/complex/algorithms/point_sampling.h
@@ -1465,6 +1465,16 @@ static void SubdivideAndSample(MetroMesh & m, std::vector<Point3f> &pvec, const
 
 
 
+template <class MeshType>
+void MontecarloSampling(MeshType &m, // the mesh that has to be sampled
+                     std::vector<Point3f> &montercarloSamples, // the vector that will contain the set of points
+                     int sampleNum) // the desired number sample, if zero you must set the radius to the wanted value
+{
+  typedef tri::TrivialSampler<MeshType> BaseSampler;
+  BaseSampler mcSampler(montercarloSamples);
+  tri::SurfaceSampling<MeshType,BaseSampler>::Montecarlo(m, mcSampler, sampleNum);
+}
+
 // Yet another simpler wrapper for the generation of a poisson disk distribution over a mesh.
 //
 template <class MeshType>