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+/* 
+   Work around bugs in MSVC compiler with Eigen AlignmentBox
+   bbox.min and bbox.max will fail with Syntax Errors if placed inside
+   of cgalpngtest.cc
+*/
+
+#include "linalg.h"
+
+Vector3d getBoundingCenter(BoundingBox bbox)
+{
+	Vector3d center = (bbox.min() + bbox.max()) / 2;
+	return center; // Vector3d(0,0,0);
+}
+
+double getBoundingRadius(BoundingBox bbox)
+{
+	double radius = (bbox.max() - bbox.min()).norm() / 2;
+	return radius; // 0;
+}
+
+