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+/*******************************************************************************
+* CGoGN: Combinatorial and Geometric modeling with Generic N-dimensional Maps  *
+* version 0.1                                                                  *
+* Copyright (C) 2009-2012, IGG Team, LSIIT, University of Strasbourg           *
+*                                                                              *
+* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it      *
+* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the *
+* Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your     *
+* option) any later version.                                                   *
+*                                                                              *
+* This library 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 Lesser General Public License  *
+* for more details.                                                            *
+*                                                                              *
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License     *
+* along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,      *
+* Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.           *
+*                                                                              *
+* Web site: http://cgogn.unistra.fr/                                           *
+* Contact information: cgogn@unistra.fr                                        *
+*                                                                              *
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "Topology/generic/parameters.h"
+#include "Topology/map/embeddedMap2.h"
+#include "Topology/map/embeddedMap3.h"
+#include "Algo/Tiling/Surface/square.h"
+#include "Algo/Geometry/volume.h"
+
+using namespace CGoGN ;
+
+/**
+ * Struct that contains some informations about the types of the manipulated objects
+ * Mainly here to be used by the algorithms that are parameterized by it
+ */
+struct PFP2: public PFP_STANDARD
+{
+	// definition of the type of the map
+	typedef EmbeddedMap2 MAP;
+};
+
+struct PFP3: public PFP_STANDARD
+{
+	// definition of the type of the map
+	typedef EmbeddedMap3 MAP;
+};
+
+
+typedef PFP2::MAP MAP2;
+typedef PFP2::VEC3 VEC3;
+typedef PFP3::MAP MAP3;
+
+int main()
+{
+	// declare a map to handle the mesh
+	MAP2 myMap;
+
+	// add position attribute on vertices and get handler on it
+	VertexAttribute<VEC3, MAP2> position = myMap.addAttribute<VEC3, VERTEX, MAP2>("position");
+	Algo::Surface::Tilings::Square::Cube<PFP2> cube(myMap, 2, 2, 2);
+	cube.embedIntoCube(position, 10.0f, 10.0f, 10.0f);
+
+	FaceAttribute<VEC3,MAP2> color = myMap.addAttribute<VEC3, FACE, MAP2>("color");
+
+	foreach_cell<FACE>(myMap, [&](Face f)
+	{
+		color[f] = (position[f.dart])*0.1f;
+	});
+
+	CGoGNout.toStd(false);
+	CGoGNout.toFile("mf_map2.csv");
+	myMap.dumpCSV();
+	std::cout << "MAP2 dumped in mf_map2.csv"<< std::endl;
+
+	MAP3 myMap2;
+	VertexAttribute<VEC3, MAP3> position2 = myMap2.addAttribute<VEC3, VERTEX, MAP3>("position");
+
+	myMap2.moveFrom(myMap);
+
+	// DartMarker and CellMarker must be updated after copy
+	if (!position2.isValid())
+	{
+		std::cout << "Attribute handlers are invalid after load, copy or move,  get it agins"<< std::endl;
+		// get it again (here attribute created in move)
+		position2 = myMap2.getAttribute<VEC3, VERTEX, MAP3>("position");
+	}
+
+	CGoGNout.toFile("mf_map3.csv");
+	myMap2.dumpCSV();
+	std::cout << "MAP3 dumped in mf_map3.csv"<< std::endl;
+
+	// some computation to show that map is ok
+	std::cout << " Volume Total =" << Algo::Geometry::totalVolume<PFP3>(myMap2, position2)<< std::endl;
+
+	// save maps
+	myMap2.saveMapBin("mf_pipo.map");
+
+	return 0;
+}