diff --git a/vcg/space/polygon3.h b/vcg/space/polygon3.h
index 811fedef..7444c561 100644
--- a/vcg/space/polygon3.h
+++ b/vcg/space/polygon3.h
@@ -412,7 +412,9 @@ void getBaseTemplatePolygon(int N,
 //described by "Static Aware Grid Shells" by Pietroni et Al.
 template<class PolygonType>
 void GetPolyTemplatePos(const PolygonType &F,
-                        std::vector<typename PolygonType::CoordType> &TemplatePos)
+                        std::vector<typename PolygonType::CoordType> &TemplatePos,
+                        typename PolygonType::ScalarType TargetArea=-1,
+                        bool force_isotropy=false)
 {
     typedef typename PolygonType::FaceType FaceType;
     typedef typename PolygonType::CoordType CoordType;
@@ -433,6 +435,13 @@ void GetPolyTemplatePos(const PolygonType &F,
     CoordType dirY=PCA[1];
     CoordType dirZ=PCA[2];
 
+    if (force_isotropy)
+    {
+        dirX.Normalize();
+        dirY.Normalize();
+        dirZ.Normalize();
+    }
+
     ///set the Rotation matrix
     ToPCA.SetColumn(0,dirX);
     ToPCA.SetColumn(1,dirY);
@@ -455,6 +464,11 @@ void GetPolyTemplatePos(const PolygonType &F,
     ScalarType AreaTemplate=Area(TemplatePos);
     ScalarType AreaUniform=Area(UniformPos);
 
+//    if (TargetArea>0)
+//    {
+//        AreaUniform*=(AreaUniform/TargetArea);
+//    }
+
     ScalarType Scale=sqrt(AreaTemplate/AreaUniform);
 
     for (size_t i=0;i<UniformPos.size();i++)