diff --git a/src/Unittests/unittests_set_positions_directly.cc b/src/Unittests/unittests_set_positions_directly.cc
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+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <Unittests/unittests_common.hh>
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace {
+    
+class OpenMeshDirectSettingProperties : public OpenMeshBase {
+
+    protected:
+
+        // This function is called before each test is run
+        virtual void SetUp() {
+            
+            // Do some initial stuff with the member data here...
+        }
+
+        // This function is called after all tests are through
+        virtual void TearDown() {
+
+            // Do some final stuff with the member data here...
+        }
+
+    // Member already defined in OpenMeshBase
+    //Mesh mesh_;
+};
+
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Define tests below
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+/* Adds two triangles to a tri mesh
+ */
+TEST_F(OpenMeshDirectSettingProperties, SetVertexPositionsDirectly) {
+
+  mesh_.clear();
+
+  // Add some vertices
+  Mesh::VertexHandle vhandle[4];
+
+  vhandle[0] = mesh_.add_vertex(Mesh::Point(0, 0, 0));
+  vhandle[1] = mesh_.add_vertex(Mesh::Point(0, 1, 0));
+  vhandle[2] = mesh_.add_vertex(Mesh::Point(1, 1, 0));
+  vhandle[3] = mesh_.add_vertex(Mesh::Point(1, 0, 0));
+
+
+  auto pos_pro = mesh_.points_property_handle();
+
+  auto point_vector = mesh_.property(pos_pro).data_vector();
+
+  int vertex_count = 0;
+  for( auto p : point_vector) {
+//      std::cerr << p[0] << " " << p[1] <<  " " << p[2] << std::endl;
+      ++vertex_count;
+  }
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(4u, mesh_.n_vertices() ) << "Wrong number of vertices";
+  EXPECT_EQ(2u, mesh_.n_faces() )    << "Wrong number of faces";
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, vertex_count) << "Wrong number of vertices when counting direct point property vector";
+
+
+}
+
+}