diff --git a/cmake/ACGQt.cmake b/cmake/ACGQt.cmake
index 217121b6..bee96d9f 100644
--- a/cmake/ACGQt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ACGQt.cmake
@@ -144,50 +144,8 @@ macro (acg_qt5)
 	    endif()
       endif(MSVC_IDE)
 
-    endif ()
-endmacro ()
-
-# generate moc targets for sources in list
-macro (acg_qt5_automoc moc_SRCS)
-  qt5_get_moc_flags (_moc_INCS)
-  
-  list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _moc_INCS)
-
-  set (_matching_FILES )
-  foreach (_current_FILE ${ARGN})
-
-     get_filename_component (_abs_FILE ${_current_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
-     # if "SKIP_AUTOMOC" is set to true, we will not handle this file here.
-     # here. this is required to make bouic work correctly:
-     # we need to add generated .cpp files to the sources (to compile them),
-     # but we cannot let automoc handle them, as the .cpp files don't exist yet when
-     # cmake is run for the very first time on them -> however the .cpp files might
-     # exist at a later run. at that time we need to skip them, so that we don't add two
-     # different rules for the same moc file
-     get_source_file_property (_skip ${_abs_FILE} SKIP_AUTOMOC)
-
-     if ( NOT _skip AND EXISTS ${_abs_FILE} )
-
-        file (READ ${_abs_FILE} _contents)
-
-        get_filename_component (_abs_PATH ${_abs_FILE} PATH)
-
-        string (REGEX MATCHALL "Q_OBJECT" _match "${_contents}")
-        if (_match)
-            get_filename_component (_basename ${_current_FILE} NAME_WE)
-            set (_header ${_abs_FILE})
-            set (_moc    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/moc_${_basename}.cpp)
-
-            add_custom_command (OUTPUT ${_moc}
-                COMMAND ${QT_MOC_EXECUTABLE}
-                ARGS ${_moc_INCS} ${_header} -o ${_moc}
-                DEPENDS ${_header}
-            )
-
-            add_file_dependencies (${_abs_FILE} ${_moc})
-            set (${moc_SRCS} ${${moc_SRCS}} ${_moc})
-
-        endif ()
-     endif ()
-  endforeach ()
+      # Enable automoc
+      set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+    endif (QT5_FOUND)
 endmacro ()
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/DecimaterGui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/DecimaterGui/CMakeLists.txt
index 89d0596a..cdf8c291 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/DecimaterGui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/DecimaterGui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,54 +1,47 @@
-include (ACGCommon)
-
-include_directories (
-  ../../../..
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-  ${GLUT_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${QT_INCLUDE_DIR}
-)
-
-
-set (targetName DecimaterGui)
-
-# source code directories
-set (directories 
-  ../../QtViewer
-  ../
-)
-
-# collect all header and source files
-acg_append_files (headers "*.hh" ${directories})
-
-set (sources
-  ../../QtViewer/QGLViewerWidget.cc
-  ../../QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.cc
-  ../DecimaterViewerWidget.cc
-  ../decimaterviewer.cc
-)
-
-# remove template cc files from source file list
-acg_drop_templates (sources)
-
-# genereate uic and moc targets
-if(QT5_FOUND)
-  acg_qt5_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-else()
-  acg_qt4_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-endif()
-
-if (WIN32)
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
-  # link to qtmain library to get WinMain function for a non terminal app
-  target_link_libraries (${targetName} ${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY})
-else ()
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
-endif ()
-
-target_link_libraries (${targetName}
-  OpenMeshCore
-  OpenMeshTools
-  ${QT_LIBRARIES}
-  ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
-  ${GLUT_LIBRARIES}
-)
-
+include (ACGCommon)
+
+include_directories (
+  ../../../..
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  ${GLUT_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  ${QT_INCLUDE_DIR}
+)
+
+
+set (targetName DecimaterGui)
+
+# source code directories
+set (directories 
+  ../../QtViewer
+  ../
+)
+
+# collect all header and source files
+acg_append_files (headers "*.hh" ${directories})
+
+set (sources
+  ../../QtViewer/QGLViewerWidget.cc
+  ../../QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.cc
+  ../DecimaterViewerWidget.cc
+  ../decimaterviewer.cc
+)
+
+# remove template cc files from source file list
+acg_drop_templates (sources)
+
+if (WIN32)
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers})
+  # link to qtmain library to get WinMain function for a non terminal app
+  target_link_libraries (${targetName} ${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY})
+else ()
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers} ) 
+endif ()
+
+target_link_libraries (${targetName}
+  OpenMeshCore
+  OpenMeshTools
+  ${QT_LIBRARIES}
+  ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
+  ${GLUT_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 092d46cc..174fe47b 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,19 +39,12 @@ list (APPEND headers "../QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.hh")
 # remove template cc files from source file list
 acg_drop_templates (sources)
 
-# genereate uic and moc targets
-if(QT5_FOUND)
-  acg_qt5_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-else()
-  acg_qt4_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-endif()
-
 if (WIN32)
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers})
   # link to qtmain library to get WinMain function for a non terminal app
   target_link_libraries (${targetName} ${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY})
 else ()
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers})
 endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries (${targetName}
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 93a1206a..d7991679 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ include_directories (
   ${QT_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
-set (targetName QtViewer)
-
 # source code directories
 set (directories 
   .
@@ -21,23 +19,15 @@ acg_append_files (sources "*.cc" ${directories})
 # remove template cc files from source file list
 acg_drop_templates (sources)
 
-# genereate uic and moc targets
-if(QT5_FOUND)
-  acg_qt5_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-else()
-  acg_qt4_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-endif()
-
-
 if (WIN32)
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${uic_targets} ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (QtViewer WIN32 ${sources} ${headers})
   # link to qtmain library to get WinMain function for a non terminal app
   target_link_libraries (${targetName} ${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY})
 else ()
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${uic_targets} ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (QtViewer ${sources} ${headers})
 endif ()
 
-target_link_libraries (${targetName}
+target_link_libraries (QtViewer
   OpenMeshCore
   OpenMeshTools
   ${QT_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2418a97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/* ========================================================================= *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                               OpenMesh                                    *
+ *           Copyright (c) 2001-2015, RWTH-Aachen University                 *
+ *           Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia                  *
+ *                          All rights reserved.                             *
+ *                            www.openmesh.org                               *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+ * This file is part of OpenMesh.                                            *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without        *
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions        *
+ * are met:                                                                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, *
+ *    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright      *
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the    *
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.   *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its          *
+ *    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from   *
+ *    this software without specific prior written permission.               *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS       *
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED *
+ * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A           *
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER *
+ * OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,  *
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,       *
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR        *
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF    *
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING      *
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS        *
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.              *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * ========================================================================= */
+
+/*===========================================================================*\
+ *                                                                           *             
+ *   $Revision$                                                         *
+ *   $Date$                   *
+ *                                                                           *
+\*===========================================================================*/
+
+#define OPENMESHAPPS_MESHVIEWERWIDGET_CC
+
+//== INCLUDES =================================================================
+
+#include <OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.hh>
+
+
+//== IMPLEMENTATION ========================================================== 
+
+/// default constructor
+MeshViewerWidget::MeshViewerWidget(QWidget* parent)  : MeshViewerWidgetT<MyMesh>(parent)
+{}
+
+ void MeshViewerWidget::open_mesh_gui(QString fname)
+{
+    OpenMesh::Utils::Timer t;
+    t.start();
+    if ( fname.isEmpty() || !open_mesh(fname.toLocal8Bit(), _options) )
+    {
+        QString msg = "Cannot read mesh from file:\n '";
+        msg += fname;
+        msg += "'";
+        QMessageBox::critical( NULL, windowTitle(), msg);
+    }
+    t.stop();
+    std::cout << "Loaded mesh in ~" << t.as_string() << std::endl;
+    
+}
+
+void MeshViewerWidget::open_texture_gui(QString fname)
+{
+    if ( fname.isEmpty() || !open_texture( fname.toLocal8Bit() ) )
+    {
+        QString msg = "Cannot load texture image from file:\n '";
+        msg += fname;
+        msg += "'\n\nPossible reasons:\n";
+        msg += "- Mesh file didn't provide texture coordinates\n";
+        msg += "- Texture file does not exist\n";
+        msg += "- Texture file is not accessible.\n";
+        QMessageBox::warning( NULL, windowTitle(), msg );
+    }
+}
+
+void MeshViewerWidget::query_open_mesh_file() {
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
+        tr("Open mesh file"),
+        tr(""),
+        tr("OBJ Files (*.obj);;"
+        "OFF Files (*.off);;"
+        "STL Files (*.stl);;"
+        "All Files (*)"));
+    if (!fileName.isEmpty())
+        open_mesh_gui(fileName);
+}
+
+void MeshViewerWidget::query_open_texture_file() {
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
+        tr("Open texture file"),
+        tr(""),
+        tr("PNG Files (*.png);;"
+        "BMP Files (*.bmp);;"
+        "GIF Files (*.gif);;"
+        "JPEG Files (*.jpg);;"
+        "TIFF Files (*.tif);;"
+        "All Files (*)"));
+    if (!fileName.isEmpty())
+        open_texture_gui(fileName);
+}
+
+//=============================================================================
+
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.hh
index 7c8c1cd4..ab229c7b 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidget.hh
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
  *                                                                           *
 \*===========================================================================*/
 
-#ifndef OPENMESHAPPS_VIEWERWIDGET_HH
-#define OPENMESHAPPS_VIEWERWIDGET_HH
+#pragma once
 
 //== INCLUDES =================================================================
 
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QFileDialog>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/getopt.h>
 #include <OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/Timer.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.hh>
@@ -80,70 +80,24 @@ typedef OpenMesh::TriMesh_ArrayKernelT<MyTraits>  MyMesh;
 class MeshViewerWidget : public MeshViewerWidgetT<MyMesh>
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+
 public:
     /// default constructor
-    explicit MeshViewerWidget(QWidget* parent=0) : MeshViewerWidgetT<MyMesh>(parent)
-    {}
+    MeshViewerWidget(QWidget* parent=0);
+
     OpenMesh::IO::Options& options() { return _options; }
     const OpenMesh::IO::Options& options() const { return _options; }
     void setOptions(const OpenMesh::IO::Options& opts) { _options = opts; }
 
-    void open_mesh_gui(QString fname)
-    {
-        OpenMesh::Utils::Timer t;
-        t.start();
-        if ( fname.isEmpty() || !open_mesh(fname.toLocal8Bit(), _options) )
-        {
-            QString msg = "Cannot read mesh from file:\n '";
-            msg += fname;
-            msg += "'";
-            QMessageBox::critical( NULL, windowTitle(), msg);
-        }
-        t.stop();
-        std::cout << "Loaded mesh in ~" << t.as_string() << std::endl;
-    }
-    void open_texture_gui(QString fname)
-    {
-        if ( fname.isEmpty() || !open_texture( fname.toLocal8Bit() ) )
-        {
-            QString msg = "Cannot load texture image from file:\n '";
-            msg += fname;
-            msg += "'\n\nPossible reasons:\n";
-            msg += "- Mesh file didn't provide texture coordinates\n";
-            msg += "- Texture file does not exist\n";
-            msg += "- Texture file is not accessible.\n";
-            QMessageBox::warning( NULL, windowTitle(), msg );
-        }
-    }
+    void open_mesh_gui(QString fname);
+
+    void open_texture_gui(QString fname);
 
 public slots:
-    void query_open_mesh_file() {
-        QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
-            tr("Open mesh file"),
-            tr(""),
-            tr("OBJ Files (*.obj);;"
-            "OFF Files (*.off);;"
-            "STL Files (*.stl);;"
-            "All Files (*)"));
-        if (!fileName.isEmpty())
-            open_mesh_gui(fileName);
-    }
-    void query_open_texture_file() {
-        QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
-            tr("Open texture file"),
-            tr(""),
-            tr("PNG Files (*.png);;"
-            "BMP Files (*.bmp);;"
-            "GIF Files (*.gif);;"
-            "JPEG Files (*.jpg);;"
-            "TIFF Files (*.tif);;"
-            "All Files (*)"));
-        if (!fileName.isEmpty())
-            open_texture_gui(fileName);
-    }
+    void query_open_mesh_file();
+
+    void query_open_texture_file();
 private:
     OpenMesh::IO::Options _options;
 };
 
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.hh
index ce076d62..f11cf59d 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.hh
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@
 \*===========================================================================*/
 
 
-#ifndef OPENMESHAPPS_MESHVIEWERWIDGETT_HH
-#define OPENMESHAPPS_MESHVIEWERWIDGETT_HH
+#pragma once
 
 
 //== INCLUDES =================================================================
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ class QImage;
 template <typename M>
 class MeshViewerWidgetT : public QGLViewerWidget
 {
+
 public:
 
   typedef M                             Mesh;
@@ -200,6 +200,4 @@ protected:
 #  include "MeshViewerWidgetT.cc"
 #endif
 //=============================================================================
-#endif // OPENMESHAPPS_MESHVIEWERWIDGETT_HH defined
-//=============================================================================
 
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/SubdividerGui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/SubdividerGui/CMakeLists.txt
index abc8f9f1..bc0b4b61 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/SubdividerGui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/SubdividerGui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,19 +28,12 @@ set (sources
 # remove template cc files from source file list
 acg_drop_templates (sources)
 
-# genereate uic and moc targets
-if(QT5_FOUND)
-  acg_qt5_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-else()
-  acg_qt4_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-endif()
-
 if (WIN32)
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers})
   # link to qtmain library to get WinMain function for a non terminal app
   target_link_libraries (${targetName} ${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY})
 else ()
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers})
 endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries (${targetName}
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/CMakeLists.txt
index ac1216ed..f676728b 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,19 +22,12 @@ list (APPEND headers "../../QtViewer/MeshViewerWidgetT.hh")
 # remove template cc files from source file list
 acg_drop_templates (sources)
 
-# genereate uic and moc targets
-if(QT5_FOUND)
-  acg_qt5_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-else()
-  acg_qt4_automoc (moc_targets ${headers})
-endif()
-
 if (WIN32)
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} WIN32 ${sources} ${headers})
   # link to qtmain library to get WinMain function for a non terminal app
   target_link_libraries (${targetName} ${QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY})
 else ()
-  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers} ${moc_targets})
+  acg_add_executable (${targetName} ${sources} ${headers})
 endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries (${targetName}