diff --git a/Gui/DataView/MshLayerMapper.cpp b/Gui/DataView/MshLayerMapper.cpp
index e699dc1fd7a42a096d70176f010a81d81e910c77..7a1bd056bb3c6160ac0ca2e0c7f39092c1d68bc8 100644
--- a/Gui/DataView/MshLayerMapper.cpp
+++ b/Gui/DataView/MshLayerMapper.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int MshLayerMapper::LayerMapping(MeshLib::Mesh* new_mesh, const std::string &ras
if (noData_nodes.size() < (nNodes - 2))
{
WARN("MshLayerMapper::LayerMapping(): Removing %d mesh nodes at NoData values.", noData_nodes.size());
- MeshLib::Mesh* red_mesh = MeshLib::removeMeshNodes(*new_mesh, noData_nodes);
+ MeshLib::Mesh* red_mesh = MeshLib::removeMeshNodes(new_mesh, noData_nodes);
if (new_mesh->getNElements() == 0)
{
delete new_mesh;
diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.cpp b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.cpp
index c7e5639723040f69f8eeeef411fe138f58c4ef9f..86c5dfcf16aa3a8107b96a7a749772b4d345a6a6 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.cpp
@@ -144,39 +144,6 @@ void MeshElementRemoval::copyNodesElements( const std::vector<MeshLib::Node*> &s
}
-MeshLib::Mesh* removeMeshNodes(const MeshLib::Mesh &mesh, const std::vector<size_t> &nodes)
-{
- MeshLib::Mesh* new_mesh (new MeshLib::Mesh(mesh));
-
- // delete nodes and their connected elements and replace them with null pointers
- const size_t delNodes = nodes.size();
- std::vector<MeshLib::Node*> mesh_nodes = new_mesh->getNodes();
- for (size_t i = 0; i < delNodes; ++i)
- {
- const MeshLib::Node* node = new_mesh->getNode(i);
- std::vector<MeshLib::Element*> conn_elems = node->getElements();
-
- for (size_t j = 0; j < conn_elems.size(); ++j)
- {
- delete conn_elems[j];
- conn_elems[j] = nullptr;
- }
- delete mesh_nodes[i];
- mesh_nodes[i] = nullptr;
- }
-
- // erase null pointers from node- and element vectors
- std::vector<MeshLib::Element*> elements = new_mesh->getElements();
- auto elem_vec_end = std::remove(elements.begin(), elements.end(), nullptr);
- elements.erase(elem_vec_end, elements.end());
-
- auto node_vec_end = std::remove(mesh_nodes.begin(), mesh_nodes.end(), nullptr);
- mesh_nodes.erase(node_vec_end, mesh_nodes.end());
-
- new_mesh->resetNodeIDs(); // after removing nodes set new node-IDs
-
- return new_mesh;
-}
diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h
index b82cd103e18f0d365a3a176898f09e18a99a6e42..29819fc5e7bb81b4ff17fd098c667752848cbe10 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ public:
MeshElementRemoval::~MeshElementRemoval();
- /// Removes the mesh nodes (and connected elements) given in the nodes-list from the mesh.
- MeshLib::Mesh* removeMeshNodes(const std::vector<std::size_t> &nodes) const;
-
/// Removes all mesh elements marked by search-methods.
MeshLib::Mesh* removeMeshElements() const;
diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.cpp b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..98b494015fd1d6190b789ed79725f6886d1e8714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * \file
+ * \author Karsten Rink
+ * \date 2013-04-04
+ * \brief Implementation of removeMeshNodes.
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
+ * Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
+ * See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
+ * http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "removeMeshNodes.h"
+#include "Mesh.h"
+#include "Node.h"
+#include "Elements/Element.h"
+
+namespace MeshLib {
+
+MeshLib::Mesh* removeMeshNodes(const MeshLib::Mesh &mesh, const std::vector<size_t> &nodes)
+{
+ MeshLib::Mesh* new_mesh (new MeshLib::Mesh(mesh));
+
+ // delete nodes and their connected elements and replace them with null pointers
+ const size_t delNodes = nodes.size();
+ std::vector<MeshLib::Node*> mesh_nodes = new_mesh->getNodes();
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < delNodes; ++i)
+ {
+ const MeshLib::Node* node = new_mesh->getNode(i);
+ std::vector<MeshLib::Element*> conn_elems = node->getElements();
+
+ for (size_t j = 0; j < conn_elems.size(); ++j)
+ {
+ delete conn_elems[j];
+ conn_elems[j] = nullptr;
+ }
+ delete mesh_nodes[i];
+ mesh_nodes[i] = nullptr;
+ }
+
+ // erase null pointers from node- and element vectors
+ std::vector<MeshLib::Element*> elements = new_mesh->getElements();
+ auto elem_vec_end = std::remove(elements.begin(), elements.end(), nullptr);
+ elements.erase(elem_vec_end, elements.end());
+
+ auto node_vec_end = std::remove(mesh_nodes.begin(), mesh_nodes.end(), nullptr);
+ mesh_nodes.erase(node_vec_end, mesh_nodes.end());
+
+ new_mesh->resetNodeIDs(); // after removing nodes set new node-IDs
+
+ return new_mesh;
+}
+
+
+} // end namespace MeshLib
diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d1ecde3c98631abc83f3b0804ab7a72bc1245785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * \file
+ * \author Karsten Rink
+ * \date 2013-04-04
+ * \brief Definition of the removeMeshNodes
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
+ * Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
+ * See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
+ * http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef REMOVEMESHNODES_H
+#define REMOVEMESHNODES_H
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace MeshLib {
+
+// forward declarations
+class Mesh;
+
+ /// Removes the mesh nodes (and connected elements) given in the nodes-list from the mesh.
+ MeshLib::Mesh* removeMeshNodes(const MeshLib::Mesh &mesh, const std::vector<std::size_t> &nodes);
+
+} // end namespace MeshLib
+
+#endif //REMOVEMESHNODES_H
diff --git a/Utils/MeshEdit/removeMeshNodes.cpp b/Utils/MeshEdit/removeMeshNodes.cpp
index 06f6b10267ccd82a211cac5cbb37bbe27c36b79f..d4b46edd386c07df8dccf4e9b4203de3e1ac99d5 100644
--- a/Utils/MeshEdit/removeMeshNodes.cpp
+++ b/Utils/MeshEdit/removeMeshNodes.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
#include "Legacy/MeshIO.h"
#include "Mesh.h"
#include "Node.h"
-#include "MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h"
+#include "MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h"
int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{