added to_vector

src/polymesh/attributes.hh

@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ public:
     /// copies as much data as possible from the given attribute
     void copy_from(attribute<AttrT> const& data);
 
+    /// Saves ALL data into a vector (includes possibly removed ones)
+    std::vector<AttrT> to_vector() const;
+
     // data
 protected:
     attribute_data<AttrT> mData;

src/polymesh/impl/impl_attributes.hh

@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ void primitive_attribute<tag, AttrT>::copy_from(attribute<AttrT> const &data)
         this->mData[i] = data.mData[i];
 }
 
+template <class tag, class AttrT>
+std::vector<AttrT> primitive_attribute<tag, AttrT>::to_vector() const
+{
+    auto s = this->size();
+    std::vector<AttrT> r(s);
+    for (auto i = 0; i < s; ++i)
+        r[i] = this->mData[i];
+    return r;
+}
+
 template <class tag, class AttrT>
 void primitive_attribute<tag, AttrT>::apply_remapping(const std::vector<int> &map)
 {