Tutorial_107_SurfaceMesh_IO/main.cpp

This example shows how to

• load a surface mesh from a file;
• save a surface mesh into a file.

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#include <easy3d/core/surface_mesh.h>
#include <easy3d/fileio/surface_mesh_io.h>
#include <easy3d/util/resource.h>
#include <easy3d/util/initializer.h>
 
using namespace easy3d;
 
 
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    // initialize Easy3D.
    initialize();
 
    // Read a mesh specified by its file name
    const std::string file_name = resource::directory() + "/data/sphere.obj";
    SurfaceMesh* mesh = SurfaceMeshIO::load(file_name);
    if (!mesh) {
        LOG(ERROR) << "failed to load model. Please make sure the file exists and format is correct.";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    std::cout << "mesh loaded. " << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\tvertices: " << mesh->n_vertices() << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\tedges: " << mesh->n_edges() << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\tfaces: " << mesh->n_faces() << std::endl;
 
    // ...
    // Do fancy stuff with the mesh
    // ...
 
    // Write the mesh to a new file.
    const std::string save_file_name = "./sphere-copy.obj";
    if (SurfaceMeshIO::save(save_file_name, mesh))
        std::cout << "mesh saved to \'" << save_file_name << "\'" << std::endl;
    else
        std::cerr << "failed create the new file" << std::endl;
 
    // delete the mesh (i.e., release memory)
    delete mesh;
 
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}