diff --git a/apps/sample/space_packer/space_packer.cpp b/apps/sample/space_packer/space_packer.cpp
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+/****************************************************************************
+* VCGLib                                                            o o     *
+* Visual and Computer Graphics Library                            o     o   *
+*                                                                _   O  _   *
+* Copyright(C) 2004-2009                                           \/)\/    *
+* 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.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+#include <QtOpenGL/QtOpenGL>
+#include<vcg/space/box2.h>
+#include<vcg/math/random_generator.h>
+#include<wrap/qt/col_qt_convert.h>
+#include <vcg/space/rect_packer.h>
+#include <vcg/space/poly_packer.h>
+#include <wrap/qt/PolyToQImage.h>
+
+using namespace vcg;
+using namespace std;
+
+void buildRandRectSet(int rectNum, vector<Box2f> &rectVec)
+{
+  math::MarsenneTwisterRNG rnd;
+  float exp=3.0f;
+  float ratioMin=0.2;
+  float ratioMax=0.9;
+  float sizeMin=0.1;
+  float sizeMax=1.0f;
+  rnd.initialize(time(0));
+  for(int i=0;i<rectNum;++i)
+  {
+    Box2f bb;
+    float ratio=ratioMin+(ratioMax-ratioMin)*rnd.generate01();
+    float size= sizeMin+(sizeMax-sizeMin)*pow(rnd.generate01(),exp);
+    bb.min=Point2f(-size*ratio,-size);
+    bb.max=Point2f( size*ratio, size);
+    rectVec.push_back(bb);
+  }
+}
+
+void buildRandRectSetOld(int rectNum, vector<Box2f> &rectVec)
+{
+  math::MarsenneTwisterRNG rnd;
+  float exp=5.0f;
+  rnd.initialize(time(0));
+  for(int i=0;i<rectNum;++i)
+  {
+    Box2f bb;
+    bb.min=Point2f(-pow(rnd.generate01(),exp),-pow(rnd.generate01(),exp));
+    bb.max=Point2f( pow(rnd.generate01(),exp), pow(rnd.generate01(),exp));
+    rectVec.push_back(bb);
+  }
+}
+
+void buildRandPolySet(int polyNum, vector< vector<Point2f> > &polyVec)
+{
+  vcg::math::MarsenneTwisterRNG rnd;
+  rnd.initialize(time(0));
+
+  for(int i=0;i<polyNum;++i)
+  {
+    vector<Point2f> poly;
+    for(int j=0;j<10;j++)
+      poly.push_back(Point2f(0.5+0.5*rnd.generate01(),2.0f*M_PI*rnd.generate01()));
+
+    std::sort(poly.begin(),poly.end());
+
+    float ratio = rnd.generateRange(0.2,0.9);
+    float rot = rnd.generateRange(-M_PI,M_PI);
+    float scale = pow(rnd.generateRange(0.3,0.9),1);
+
+    for(size_t j=0;j<poly.size();j++)
+    {
+      poly[j].Polar2Cartesian();
+      poly[j][1]*=ratio;
+      poly[j] *= scale;
+      poly[j].Cartesian2Polar();
+      poly[j][1]+=rot;
+      poly[j].Polar2Cartesian();
+    }
+    polyVec.push_back(poly);
+  }
+}
+
+int main( int /*argc*/, char **/*argv*/ )
+{
+
+  vector<Box2f> rectVec;
+  buildRandRectSet(1000, rectVec);
+  vector<Similarity2f> trVec;
+  Point2f finalSize;
+  vector< vector<Point2f> > polySet;
+
+  buildRandPolySet(100,polySet);
+
+  PolyPacker<float>::PackAsEqualSquares(polySet,Point2f(1024.0f,1024.0f),trVec,finalSize);
+  int emptyCntEq=dumpPolySet("testpolyEq.png",polySet,trVec);
+  PolyPacker<float>::PackAsAxisAlignedRect(polySet,Point2f(1024.0f,1024.0f),trVec,finalSize);
+  int emptyCntAA=dumpPolySet("testpolyAA.png",polySet,trVec);
+  PolyPacker<float>::PackAsObjectOrientedRect(polySet,Point2f(1024.0f,1024.0f),trVec,finalSize);
+  int emptyCntOO=dumpPolySet("testpolyOO.png",polySet,trVec);
+  printf("ec= %i %i %i\n",emptyCntEq,emptyCntAA,emptyCntOO);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/apps/sample/space_packer/space_packer.pro b/apps/sample/space_packer/space_packer.pro
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+
+TARGET = space_packer
+DEPENDPATH += . ../../..
+INCLUDEPATH += . ../../..
+CONFIG += console stl
+TEMPLATE = app
+SOURCES += space_packer.cpp     ../../../../vcglib/wrap/qt/PolyToQImage.cpp
+HEADERS += ../../../vcg/space/rect_packer.h \
+    ../../../vcg/math/similarity2.h \
+    ../../../vcg/space/poly_packer.h
+
+
+# Mac specific Config required to avoid to make application bundles
+CONFIG -= app_bundle