diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
index b4989955235933cb92b904c103bccdc501c43e0f..709360e68a64c4b9ea139f976cd182aada6f3ab8 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ include_directories (
 set (directories 
   . 
   Decimater
+  Dualizer
   Smoother
   Subdivider/Adaptive/Composite
   Subdivider/Uniform/Composite 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ if (NOT ACG_PROJECT_MACOS_BUNDLE OR NOT APPLE)
 
 if ( APPLE )
  FILE(GLOB files_install_Decimater                       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Decimater/*.hh"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Decimater/*T.cc" )
+ FILE(GLOB files_install_Dualizer                        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Dualizer/*.hh"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Dualizer/*T.cc" )
  FILE(GLOB files_install_KERNEL_OSG                      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Kernel_OSG/*.hh"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Kernel_OSG/*T.cc" )
  FILE(GLOB files_install_Smoother                        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Smoother/*.hh"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Decimater/*T.cc" )
  FILE(GLOB files_install_Subdivider_Adaptive             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Subdivider/Adaptive/Composite/*.hh"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Subdivider/Adaptive/Composite/*T.cc" )
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ if ( APPLE )
  FILE(GLOB files_install_Utils                           "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Utils/*.hh"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Utils/*T.cc"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Utils/getopt.h" )
  FILE(GLOB files_install_VDPM                            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VDPM/*.hh"  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VDPM/*T.cc" )
  INSTALL(FILES ${files_install_Decimater}                       DESTINATION include/OpenMesh/Tools/Decimater )
+ INSTALL(FILES ${files_install_Dualizer}                        DESTINATION include/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer )
  INSTALL(FILES ${files_install_KERNEL_OSG}                      DESTINATION include/OpenMesh/Tools/Kernel_OSG )
  INSTALL(FILES ${files_install_Smoother}                        DESTINATION include/OpenMesh/Tools/Smoother )
  INSTALL(FILES ${files_install_Subdivider_Adaptive}             DESTINATION include/OpenMesh/Tools/Subdivider/Adaptive/Composite )
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..44dd37279b4bae75b33e92de0b692e4fa82a9c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*===========================================================================*\
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                               OpenMesh                                    *
+ *      Copyright (C) 2001-2009 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/>.                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+\*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*\
+ *                                                                           *
+ *   $Revision$                                                         *
+ *   $Date$                   *
+ *                                                                           *
+\*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*
+  Compute the dual of a mesh:
+  - each face of the original mesh is replaced by a vertex at the center of gravity of the vertices of the face
+  - each vertex of the original mesh is replaced by a face containing the dual vertices of its primal adjacent faces
+
+  Changelog:
+    - 29 mar 2010: initial work
+
+  Programmer: 
+    Clement Courbet - clement.courbet@ecp.fr
+
+  (c) Clement Courbet 2010
+*/
+
+#ifndef OPENMESH_MESH_DUAL_H
+#define OPENMESH_MESH_DUAL_H
+
+//== INCLUDES =================================================================
+
+// -------------------- STL
+#include <vector>
+#if defined(OM_CC_MIPS)
+#  include <math.h>
+#else
+#  include <cmath>
+#endif
+
+#include <OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT.hh>
+#include <OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Property.hh>
+
+//== FORWARDDECLARATIONS ======================================================
+
+//== NAMESPACES ===============================================================
+
+
+namespace OpenMesh   { 
+namespace Util { 
+
+//== Function DEFINITION =========================================================
+
+/** \brief create a dual mesh
+*
+* This function takes a mesh and computes the dual mesh of it. Each face of the original mesh is replaced by a vertex at the center of gravity of the vertices of the face.
+* Each vertex of the original mesh is replaced by a face containing the dual vertices of its primal adjacent faces.
+*/
+template <typename MeshTraits>
+PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>* MeshDual (PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits> &primal)
+{
+  PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>* dual = new PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>();
+
+  //we will need to reference which vertex in the dual is attached to each face in the primal
+  //and which face of the dual is attached to each vertex in the primal.
+
+  FPropHandleT< typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::VertexHandle > primalToDual;
+  primal.add_property(primalToDual);
+
+  //for each face in the primal mesh, add a vertex at the center of gravity of the face
+  for(typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::ConstFaceIter fit=primal.faces_begin(); fit!=primal.faces_end(); ++fit)
+  {
+      typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::Point centerPoint(0,0,0);
+      unsigned int degree= 0;
+      for(typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::ConstFaceVertexIter vit=primal.cfv_iter(fit); vit; ++vit, ++degree)
+	  centerPoint += primal.point(vit.handle());
+      assert(degree!=0);
+      centerPoint /= degree;
+      primal.property(primalToDual, fit) = dual->add_vertex(centerPoint);
+  }
+
+  //for each vertex in the primal, add a face in the dual
+  std::vector< typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::VertexHandle >  face_vhandles;
+  for(typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::ConstVertexIter vit=primal.vertices_begin(); vit!=primal.vertices_end(); ++vit)
+  {
+      if(!primal.is_boundary(vit.handle()))
+      {
+	  face_vhandles.clear();
+	  for(typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::ConstVertexFaceIter fit=primal.cvf_iter(vit); fit; ++fit)
+	      face_vhandles.push_back(primal.property(primalToDual, fit));
+	  dual->add_face(face_vhandles);
+      }
+  }
+
+  primal.remove_property(primalToDual);
+
+  return dual;
+
+};
+
+//=============================================================================
+} // namespace Util
+} // namespace OpenMesh
+//=============================================================================
+
+//=============================================================================
+#endif // OPENMESH_MESH_DUAL_H defined
+//=============================================================================
+
+