diff --git a/apps/sample/sample.pro b/apps/sample/sample.pro
index ba728998..3b590577 100644
--- a/apps/sample/sample.pro
+++ b/apps/sample/sample.pro
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SUBDIRS       = trimesh_allocate \
                 trimesh_clustering \
                 trimesh_color \
                 trimesh_copy \
+                trimesh_create \
                 trimesh_curvature \
                 trimesh_cylinder_clipping \
                 trimesh_disk_parametrization \
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ SUBDIRS       = trimesh_allocate \
                 trimesh_split_vertex \
                 trimesh_texture \
                 trimesh_topology \
+                trimesh_topological_cut \
                 trimesh_voronoi \
                 trimesh_voronoiatlas \
                 trimesh_voronoiclustering \
diff --git a/apps/sample/trimesh_create/trimesh_create.cpp b/apps/sample/trimesh_create/trimesh_create.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..269e1d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sample/trimesh_create/trimesh_create.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+* VCGLib                                                            o o     *
+* Visual and Computer Graphics Library                            o     o   *
+*                                                                _   O  _   *
+* Copyright(C) 2004-2016                                           \/)\/    *
+* 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.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+/*! \file trimesh_create.cpp
+\ingroup code_sample
+
+\brief Some examples of building meshes out of nothing
+
+*/
+#include<vcg/complex/complex.h>
+#include<vcg/complex/algorithms/create/platonic.h>
+
+// input output
+#include <wrap/io_trimesh/export_off.h>
+
+class MyFace;
+class MyVertex;
+
+struct MyUsedTypes : public vcg::UsedTypes<	vcg::Use<MyVertex>::AsVertexType,    vcg::Use<MyFace>::AsFaceType>{};
+
+class MyVertex  : public vcg::Vertex< MyUsedTypes, vcg::vertex::Coord3f, vcg::vertex::Normal3f, vcg::vertex::Color4b, vcg::vertex::BitFlags  >{};
+class MyFace    : public vcg::Face < MyUsedTypes, vcg::face::VertexRef, vcg::face::Normal3f, vcg::face::FFAdj, vcg::face::BitFlags > {};
+class MyMesh    : public vcg::tri::TriMesh< std::vector<MyVertex>, std::vector<MyFace> > {};
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace vcg;
+
+int  main()
+{
+  MyMesh diskMesh;
+
+  // Create a simple triangle mesh using just a vector of coords and a vector of indexes
+  vector<Point3f> coordVec;
+  vector<Point3i> indexVec;
+  coordVec.push_back(Point3f(0,0,0));
+  for(int i=0;i<36;++i) {
+    float angleRad = float(i)*M_PI/18.0;
+    coordVec.push_back(Point3f(sin(angleRad),cos(angleRad),0));
+    indexVec.push_back(Point3i(0,i+1,1+(i+1)%36));
+  }
+
+  tri::BuildMeshFromCoordVectorIndexVector(diskMesh,coordVec,indexVec);
+  tri::io::ExporterOFF<MyMesh>::Save(diskMesh,"disc.off");
+
+  // Create the platonic solids  
+  MyMesh platonicMesh;
+  tri::Tetrahedron(platonicMesh);
+  tri::io::ExporterOFF<MyMesh>::Save(platonicMesh,"tetrahedron.off");
+  tri::Octahedron(platonicMesh);
+  tri::io::ExporterOFF<MyMesh>::Save(platonicMesh,"octahedron.off");
+  tri::Hexahedron(platonicMesh);
+  tri::io::ExporterOFF<MyMesh>::Save(platonicMesh,"hexahedron.off");
+  tri::Dodecahedron(platonicMesh);
+  tri::io::ExporterOFF<MyMesh>::Save(platonicMesh,"dodecahedron.off");
+  tri::Icosahedron(platonicMesh);
+  tri::io::ExporterOFF<MyMesh>::Save(platonicMesh,"icosahedron.off");
+  
+  // Procedurally transform a mesh into a solid collection of triangular prisms
+  MyMesh facePrismMesh;
+  tri::BuildPrismFaceShell(platonicMesh, facePrismMesh, 0.1f, 0.1f);
+  tri::io::ExporterOFF<MyMesh>::Save(facePrismMesh,"facePrism.off");
+  
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/apps/sample/trimesh_create/trimesh_create.pro b/apps/sample/trimesh_create/trimesh_create.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2e83bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sample/trimesh_create/trimesh_create.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include(../common.pri)
+TARGET = trimesh_create
+SOURCES += trimesh_create.cpp