diff --git a/vcg/complex/algorithms/mesh_to_matrix.h b/vcg/complex/algorithms/mesh_to_matrix.h
index 986cc9f6..d1240216 100644
--- a/vcg/complex/algorithms/mesh_to_matrix.h
+++ b/vcg/complex/algorithms/mesh_to_matrix.h
@@ -202,6 +202,22 @@ public:
             }
     }
 
+	static void GetUVData(const MeshType &mesh,
+	                      MatrixXm & uv)
+	{
+		tri::RequireVertexCompactness(mesh);
+		tri::RequirePerVertexTexCoord(mesh);
+
+		uv = MatrixXm(mesh.VN(), 2);
+
+		// per vertices uv
+		for (int i = 0; i < mesh.VN(); i++)
+		{
+			uv(i,0) = mesh.vert[i].cT().U();
+			uv(i,1) = mesh.vert[i].cT().V();
+		}
+	}
+
     // get edge to face and edge to vertex adjacency
     static void GetTriEdgeAdjacency(const MeshType &mesh,
                                     Eigen::MatrixXi& EV,