diff --git a/apps/sample/trimesh_voroatlas/trimesh_voroatlas.cpp b/apps/sample/trimesh_voroatlas/trimesh_voroatlas.cpp
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+/****************************************************************************
+* VCGLib                                                            o o     *
+* Visual and Computer Graphics Library                            o     o   *
+*                                                                _   O  _   *
+* Copyright(C) 2004-2009                                           \/)\/    *
+* Visual Computing Lab                                            /\/|      *
+* ISTI - Italian National Research Council                           |      *
+*                                                                    \      *
+* All rights reserved.                                                      *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by      *
+* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or         *
+* (at your option) any later version.                                       *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+* GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)          *
+* for more details.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+#include<QtGlobal>
+
+#include<vcg/simplex/vertex/base.h>
+#include<vcg/simplex/vertex/component.h>
+#include<vcg/simplex/vertex/component_ocf.h>
+
+#include<vcg/simplex/face/base.h>
+#include<vcg/simplex/face/component.h>
+#include<vcg/simplex/face/component_ocf.h>
+
+#include<vcg/complex/complex.h>
+#include<vcg/complex/algorithms/create/platonic.h>
+#include<vcg/complex/append.h>
+
+#include<wrap/io_trimesh/import_ply.h>
+#include<wrap/io_trimesh/export_ply.h>
+#include<vcg/complex/algorithms/parametrization/voronoi_atlas.h>
+#include<vcg/space/poly_packer.h>
+
+using namespace vcg;
+using namespace std;
+
+class MyEdge;
+class MyFace;
+class MyVertex;
+struct MyUsedTypes : public UsedTypes<	Use<MyVertex>   ::AsVertexType,
+                                        Use<MyEdge>     ::AsEdgeType,
+                                        Use<MyFace>     ::AsFaceType>{};
+
+class MyVertex  : public Vertex<MyUsedTypes, vertex::InfoOcf, vertex::Coord3f, vertex::Normal3f, vertex::TexCoord2f, vertex::VFAdj , vertex::Qualityf, vertex::Color4b, vertex::BitFlags  >{};
+class MyFace    : public Face< MyUsedTypes, face::InfoOcf, face::VertexRef, face::BitFlags, face::FFAdjOcf ,face::VFAdj , face::WedgeTexCoord2f> {};
+class MyEdge    : public Edge< MyUsedTypes>{};
+class MyMesh    : public tri::TriMesh< vertex::vector_ocf<MyVertex>, face::vector_ocf<MyFace> , vector<MyEdge>  > {};
+
+
+
+int main( int argc, char **argv )
+{
+  MyMesh startMesh;
+  if(argc < 3 )
+  {
+    printf("Usage trimesh_voro mesh region_num\n");
+     return -1;
+  }
+  int sampleNum =atoi(argv[2]);
+  printf("Reading %s and sampling %i \n",argv[1],sampleNum);
+  int ret= tri::io::ImporterPLY<MyMesh>::Open(startMesh,argv[1]);
+  if(ret!=0)
+  {
+    printf("Unable to open %s for '%s'\n",argv[1],tri::io::ImporterPLY<MyMesh>::ErrorMsg(ret));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  MyMesh paraMesh;
+  tri::VoronoiAtlas<MyMesh>::VoronoiAtlasParam pp;
+  pp.sampleNum =sampleNum;
+  pp.overlap=false;
+
+  tri::VoronoiAtlas<MyMesh>::Build(startMesh,paraMesh,pp);
+
+  tri::io::ExporterPLY<MyMesh>::Save(paraMesh,"Full.ply",tri::io::Mask::IOM_VERTCOLOR|tri::io::Mask::IOM_WEDGTEXCOORD );
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/apps/sample/trimesh_voroatlas/trimesh_voroatlas.pro b/apps/sample/trimesh_voroatlas/trimesh_voroatlas.pro
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+++ b/apps/sample/trimesh_voroatlas/trimesh_voroatlas.pro
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+#DEFINES += VCG_USE_EIGEN
+
+TARGET = trimesh_voroatlas
+DEPENDPATH += . ../../..
+
+INCLUDEPATH += . ../../..
+
+CONFIG += console stl
+TEMPLATE = app
+SOURCES += trimesh_voroatlas.cpp ../../../wrap/ply/plylib.cpp
+HEADERS += ../../../vcg/complex/algorithms/parametrization/voronoi_atlas.h
+
+# Mac specific Config required to avoid to make application bundles
+CONFIG -= app_bundle
+
+