mlivesu/cinolib

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1106 stars · 115 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

CinoLib is a header-only C++ library for processing polygonal and polyhedral meshes, supporting triangle, quad, and general polygon surface meshes as well as tetrahedral, hexahedral, and general polyhedral volume meshes. All mesh types share a single abstract base class, letting the same algorithms run on any mesh type without code duplication.

Use cases

• process triangle and quad surface meshes in C++
• generate and manipulate tetrahedral and hexahedral volume meshes
• compute geodesic distances on meshes
• write geometry processing algorithms that work on any mesh type
• convert between surface and volumetric mesh representations
• mesh generation for simulation and graphics pipelines

When to choose

• you need a unified data structure handling both surface and volumetric meshes, including general polyhedra
• you want a header-only C++ library with no build dependencies
• you work in geometry processing research or computer graphics with mixed mesh element types

When to avoid

• you only need triangle mesh processing and prefer a more battle-tested tool like libigl, VCG, or PMP
• you need GPU-accelerated or highly optimized rendering-focused mesh code
• you need a non-C++ language binding

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graphics simulation parser math graphics computer-vision simulation developer-tools cpp cross-platform windows geometry-processing mesh-processing header-only polygonal-meshes polyhedral-meshes surface-mesh volume-mesh hexmesh tetmesh geodesic computer-graphics algorithms linux macos

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