diff --git a/apps/metro/defs.h b/apps/metro/defs.h
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--- a/apps/metro/defs.h
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-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifndef _DEFS_H
-#define _DEFS_H
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// error messages
-
-#define MSG_ERR_MESH_LOAD               "error loading the input meshes.\n"
-#define MSG_ERR_INVALID_OPTION          "unable to parse option '%s'\n"
-#define MSG_ERR_FILE_OPEN               "unable to open the output file.'n"
-#define MSG_ERR_UNKNOWN_FORMAT          "unknown file format '%s'.\n"
-
-// global constants
-#define NO_SAMPLES_PER_FACE             10
-#define N_SAMPLES_EDGE_TO_FACE_RATIO    0.1
-#define BBOX_FACTOR                     0.1
-#define INFLATE_PERCENTAGE			    0.02
-#define MIN_SIZE					    125		/* 125 = 5^3 */
-#define N_HIST_BINS                     256
-#define PRINT_EVERY_N_ELEMENTS          1000
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#endif
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/metro/mesh_type.h b/apps/metro/mesh_type.h
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--- a/apps/metro/mesh_type.h
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-/****************************************************************************
-* VCGLib                                                            o o     *
-* Visual and Computer Graphics Library                            o     o   *
-*                                                                _   O  _   *
-* Copyright(C) 2004                                                \/)\/    *
-* 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.                                                         *
-*                                                                           *
-****************************************************************************/
-/****************************************************************************
-  History
-
-$Log: not supported by cvs2svn $
-Revision 1.6  2005/01/26 22:45:34  cignoni
-Release 4.04
-final updates for gcc compiling issues
-
-Revision 1.5  2004/05/14 00:32:36  ganovelli
-just color and quality on the vertex
-
-
-
-****************************************************************************/
-#ifndef _CMESH_H
-#define _CMESH_H
-
-
-#include <math.h>
-#include <vcg/space/index/grid_static_ptr.h>
-#include <vcg/complex/complex.h>
-
-// Vertex, Face, Mesh and Grid definitions.
-#include <vcg/simplex/vertex/base.h>
-#include <vcg/simplex/vertex/component.h>
-#include <vcg/simplex/face/base.h>
-#include <vcg/simplex/face/component.h>
-#include <vcg/simplex/face/component_rt.h>
-class CFace;
-class CVertex;
-struct UsedTypes:public vcg::UsedTypes< vcg::Use<CFace>::AsFaceType, vcg::Use<CVertex>::AsVertexType>{};
-class CVertex   : public vcg::Vertex<UsedTypes,vcg::vertex::Coord3d,vcg::vertex::Qualityf,vcg::vertex::Normal3d,vcg::vertex::Color4b,vcg::vertex::BitFlags> {};
-class CFace     : public vcg::Face< UsedTypes,vcg::face::VertexRef, vcg::face::Normal3d, vcg::face::EdgePlane,vcg::face::Color4b,vcg::face::Mark,vcg::face::BitFlags> {};
-class CMesh     : public vcg::tri::TriMesh< std::vector<CVertex>, std::vector<CFace> > {};
-
-#endif