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+/****************************************************************************
+* 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.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+@name Load and Save in Tetgen File format
+*/
+//@{
+
+#ifndef __VCGLIB_TETRAEXPORT_VTK
+#define __VCGLIB_TETRAEXPORT_VTK
+
+#include <wrap/io_trimesh/precision.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+namespace vcg
+{
+namespace tetra
+{
+namespace io
+{
+
+template <class SaveMeshType>
+class ExporterVTK
+{
+public:
+    typedef ::vcg::ply::PropDescriptor PropDescriptor;
+    typedef typename SaveMeshType::VertexPointer VertexPointer;
+    typedef typename SaveMeshType::ScalarType ScalarType;
+    typedef typename SaveMeshType::VertexType VertexType;
+    typedef typename SaveMeshType::TetraType TetraType;
+    typedef typename SaveMeshType::TetraPointer TetraPointer;
+    typedef typename SaveMeshType::VertexIterator VertexIterator;
+    typedef typename SaveMeshType::TetraIterator TetraIterator;
+
+    enum
+    {
+        VTK_VERTEX = 1,
+        VTK_POLY_VERTEX,
+        VTK_LINE,
+        VTK_POLY_LINE,
+        VTK_TRIANGLE,
+        VTK_TRIANGLE_STRIP,
+        VTK_POLYGON,
+        VTK_PIXEL,
+        VTK_QUAD,
+        VTK_TETRA,
+        VTK_VOXEL,
+        VTK_HEXAHEDRON,
+        VTK_WEDGE,
+        VTK_PYRAMID
+    };
+
+    static bool Save(SaveMeshType &m, const char *filename) // V1.0
+    {
+        FILE *vtkFile;
+
+        const int DGT    = vcg::tri::io::Precision<ScalarType>::digits();
+        const char* vttp = vcg::tri::io::Precision<ScalarType>::typeName();
+
+        std::string vtkName(filename);
+
+        vtkFile = fopen(vtkName.c_str(), "wb");
+        if (vtkFile == NULL)
+            return 1;
+
+        fprintf(vtkFile, "# vtk DataFile Version 2.0\n");
+        fprintf(vtkFile, "VCG_mesh\n");
+        fprintf(vtkFile, "ASCII\n");
+        fprintf(vtkFile, "DATASET UNSTRUCTURED_GRID\n");
+        fprintf(vtkFile, "POINTS %d %s\n", m.VN(), vttp);
+
+        int vi = 0;
+        SimpleTempData<typename SaveMeshType::VertContainer, int> indices(m.vert);
+
+        int maxQ = 0;
+        ForEachVertex(m, [&](VertexType &v) {
+            indices[&v] = vi++;
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "%g %g %g\n", v.P().X(), v.P().Y(), v.P().Z());
+        });
+        
+        fprintf(vtkFile, "CELLS %d %d\n", m.TN(), m.TN()*5);
+
+        int ti = 0;
+        ForEachTetra(m, [&](SaveMeshType::TetraType &t) {
+            ++ti;
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "%d %d %d %d %d\n", 4, indices[t.V(0)], indices[t.V(1)], indices[t.V(2)], indices[t.V(3)]);
+        });
+
+        fprintf(vtkFile, "CELL_TYPES %d\n", m.TN());
+        ForEachTetra(m, [&](SaveMeshType::TetraType &t) {
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "%d\n", VTK_TETRA);
+        });
+
+        if( HasPerVertexQuality(m))
+        {
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "POINT_DATA %d\n", m.VN());
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "SCALARS vquality %s 1\n", vttp);
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "LOOKUP_TABLE default\n");
+            ForEachVertex(m, [&](VertexType &v) {
+                fprintf(vtkFile, "%g\n", v.Q());
+            });
+        }
+
+        if( HasPerTetraQuality(m))
+        {
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "CELL_DATA %d\n", m.TN());
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "SCALARS tquality %s 1\n", vttp);
+            fprintf(vtkFile, "LOOKUP_TABLE default\n");
+            ForEachTetra(m, [&](TetraType &t) {
+                fprintf(vtkFile, "%g\n", t.Q());
+            });
+        }
+
+        fclose(vtkFile);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+}; // end class
+
+} // namespace io
+} // namespace tetra
+} // end namespace vcg
+
+#endif