diff --git a/apps/sample/sample.pro b/apps/sample/sample.pro
index 2aed0730..1d3c93e6 100644
--- a/apps/sample/sample.pro
+++ b/apps/sample/sample.pro
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SUBDIRS       = trimesh_base \
                 trimesh_join \
                 trimesh_optional \
                 trimesh_intersection \
+                trimesh_ball_pivoting \
                 aabb_binary_tree \
                 edgemesh_grid
                 
diff --git a/apps/sample/trimesh_ball_pivoting/trimesh_ball_pivoting.cpp b/apps/sample/trimesh_ball_pivoting/trimesh_ball_pivoting.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed8bcb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sample/trimesh_ball_pivoting/trimesh_ball_pivoting.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+	
+// mesh definition 
+//#include <vcg/simplex/vertex/with/vn.h>
+//#include <vcg/simplex/face/with/af.h>
+//#include <vcg/complex/trimesh/base.h>
+
+#include<vcg/simplex/vertexplus/base.h>
+#include<vcg/simplex/faceplus/base.h>
+#include<vcg/simplex/face/topology.h>
+
+#include<vcg/complex/trimesh/base.h>
+
+#include <vcg/complex/trimesh/update/bounding.h>
+#include <vcg/complex/trimesh/update/topology.h>
+#include <vcg/complex/trimesh/update/normal.h>
+#include <vcg/complex/trimesh/update/flag.h>
+#include <vcg/complex/trimesh/create/ball_pivoting.h>
+
+// input output
+#include <wrap/io_trimesh/import_ply.h>
+#include <wrap/io_trimesh/export_ply.h>
+
+// std
+#include <vector>
+#include <time.h>
+
+using namespace vcg;
+using namespace std;
+
+class MyEdge;    // dummy prototype never used
+class MyFace;
+class MyVertex;
+
+class MyVertex  : public VertexSimp2< MyVertex, MyEdge, MyFace, vert::Coord3f, vert::Normal3f, vert::BitFlags  >{};
+class MyFace    : public FaceSimp2  < MyVertex, MyEdge, MyFace, face::VertexRef, face::Normal3f, face::BitFlags > {};
+class MyMesh    : public vcg::tri::TriMesh< vector<MyVertex>, vector<MyFace> > {};
+
+int  main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ if(argc<3)
+	{
+		printf(
+		"\n                  trimesh_ball_pivoting ("__DATE__")\n"
+			"						Visual Computing Group I.S.T.I. C.N.R.\n"
+      "Usage: PlyRefine filein.ply fileout.ply [opt] \n"
+      "options: \n"
+      "-r <val> radius of the rolling ball\n"
+			);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+  int i=3;  
+  int CellNum=100000; 
+  float CellSize=0; 
+  bool DupFace=false;
+
+	while(i<argc)
+		{
+			if(argv[i][0]!='-')
+				{printf("Error unable to parse option '%s'\n",argv[i]); exit(0);}
+			switch(argv[i][1])
+			{				
+				case 'k' :	CellNum=atoi(argv[i+1]); ++i; printf("Using %i clustering cells\n",CellNum); break;
+				case 's' :	CellSize=atof(argv[i+1]); ++i; printf("Using %5f as clustering cell size\n",CellSize); break;
+				case 'd' :	DupFace=true; printf("Enabling the duplication of faces for double surfaces\n"); break;
+
+				default : {printf("Error unable to parse option '%s'\n",argv[i]); exit(0);}
+			}
+			++i;
+		}
+
+	MyMesh m;
+
+	if(vcg::tri::io::ImporterPLY<MyMesh>::Open(m,argv[1])!=0)
+		{
+      printf("Error reading file  %s\n",argv[1]);
+			exit(0);
+		}
+  vcg::tri::UpdateBounding<MyMesh>::Box(m);
+  vcg::tri::UpdateNormals<MyMesh>::PerFace(m);
+  printf("Input mesh  vn:%i fn:%i\n",m.vn,m.fn);
+
+  int t0=clock();
+  // Initialization
+
+  int t1=clock();
+  // the main processing
+
+  int t2=clock();
+
+  printf("Output mesh vn:%i fn:%i\n",m.vn,m.fn);
+  printf("Simplified in :%i msec (%i+%i)\n",t2-t0,t1-t0,t2-t1);
+	
+  vcg::tri::io::PlyInfo pi;
+	vcg::tri::io::ExporterPLY<MyMesh>::Save(m,argv[2],pi.mask);
+	return 0;
+
+}
diff --git a/apps/sample/trimesh_ball_pivoting/trimesh_ball_pivoting.pro b/apps/sample/trimesh_ball_pivoting/trimesh_ball_pivoting.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7d3bad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sample/trimesh_ball_pivoting/trimesh_ball_pivoting.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+######################################################################
+# Automatically generated by qmake (2.00a) ven 24. giu 14:14:20 2005
+######################################################################
+#  To solve issue related to slash vs. backslash under cygwin try:
+#  env MINGW_IN_SHELL=1 qmake -spec win32-g++ 
+
+TARGET = trimesh_ball_pivoting
+LIBPATH += 
+DEPENDPATH += . 
+INCLUDEPATH += . ../../..
+CONFIG += console stl
+TEMPLATE = app
+SOURCES += trimesh_ball_pivoting.cpp ../../../wrap/ply/plylib.cpp
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