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+#
+# Try to find OPENMESH
+# Once done this will define
+#  
+# OPENMESH_FOUND           - system has OPENMESH
+# OPENMESH_INCLUDE_DIRS    - the OPENMESH include directories
+# OPENMESH_LIBRARIES       - Link these to use OPENMESH
+# OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR     - directory where the libraries are included
+#
+# Copyright 2013 Computer Graphics Group, RWTH Aachen University
+# Authors: Jan Möbius <moebius@cs.rwth-aachen.de>
+#          Hans-Christian Ebke <ebke@cs.rwth-aachen.de>
+#
+# This file is part of OpenMesh.
+#===========================================================================
+#                                                                           
+#                               OpenMesh                                    
+#      Copyright (C) 2001-2014 by Computer Graphics Group, RWTH Aachen      
+#                           www.openmesh.org                                
+#                                                                           
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  This file is part of OpenMesh.                                           
+#                                                                           
+#  OpenMesh is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify         
+#  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as           
+#  published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of           
+#  the License, or (at your option) any later version with the              
+#  following exceptions:                                                    
+#                                                                           
+#  If other files instantiate templates or use macros                       
+#  or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and         
+#  link it with other files to produce an executable, this file does        
+#  not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the        
+#  GNU Lesser General Public License. This exception does not however       
+#  invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be            
+#  covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License.                        
+#                                                                           
+#  OpenMesh 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.                      
+#                                                                           
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU LesserGeneral Public          
+#  License along with OpenMesh.  If not,                                    
+#  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                                      
+#                                                                           
+#===========================================================================
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
+
+#if already found via finder or simulated finder in openmesh CMakeLists.txt, skip the search
+IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND) 
+  SET (SEARCH_PATHS 
+    /usr/local/
+    /usr/
+    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
+    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libs_required/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
+    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 3.0"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4.1"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.0/include"
+    "C:/libs/OpenMesh 3.0"
+    "C:/libs/OpenMesh 2.4.1"
+    "C:/libs/OpenMesh 2.4"
+    "${OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR}"
+
+    /ACG/acgdev/gcc-4.0-x86_64/OM2/OpenMesh-2.0/installed/include
+    /ACG/acgdev/gcc-4.0-x86_64/OM2/OpenMesh-2.0/installed/lib/OpenMesh/
+  )
+
+  FIND_PATH (OPENMESH_INCLUDE_DIR OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT.hh
+    PATHS ${SEARCH_PATHS}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES include)
+
+  FIND_LIBRARY(OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES OpenMeshCore
+    PATHS ${SEARCH_PATHS}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64)
+
+  FIND_LIBRARY(OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES OpenMeshCored 
+    PATHS ${SEARCH_PATHS}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64)
+
+  FIND_LIBRARY(OPENMESH_TOOLS_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES OpenMeshTools
+    PATHS ${SEARCH_PATHS}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64)
+
+  FIND_LIBRARY(OPENMESH_TOOLS_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES OpenMeshToolsd
+    PATHS ${SEARCH_PATHS}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64)
+
+#select configuration depending on platform (optimized... on windows)
+  include(SelectLibraryConfigurations)
+  select_library_configurations( OPENMESH_TOOLS )
+  select_library_configurations( OPENMESH_CORE )
+
+  set(OPENMESH_LIBRARIES ${OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY} ${OPENMESH_TOOLS_LIBRARY} )
+  set(OPENMESH_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OPENMESH_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+
+#checks, if OPENMESH was found and sets OPENMESH_FOUND if so
+  include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(OpenMesh  DEFAULT_MSG
+                                    OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY OPENMESH_TOOLS_LIBRARY OPENMESH_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ 
+#sets the library dir 
+  if ( OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE )
+    get_filename_component(_OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR ${OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE} PATH)
+  else( OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE )
+    get_filename_component(_OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR ${OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_DEBUG} PATH)
+  endif( OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE )
+  set (OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR "${_OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR}" CACHE PATH "The directory where the OpenMesh libraries can be found.")
+  
+ 
+  mark_as_advanced(OPENMESH_INCLUDE_DIR OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE OPENMESH_CORE_LIBRARY_DEBUG OPENMESH_TOOLS_LIBRARY_RELEASE OPENMESH_TOOLS_LIBRARY_DEBUG OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR)
+endif()