# HG changeset patch
# User greg
# Date 1452522631 18000
# Node ID 273ff0db82369e1e315fd599807906ca6b621b60
# Parent  4e67a6246ce960d3eb1377a370160bae3098cd9e
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diff -r 4e67a6246ce9 -r 273ff0db8236 icqsol_utils.py
--- a/icqsol_utils.py	Mon Jan 11 08:03:19 2016 -0500
+++ b/icqsol_utils.py	Mon Jan 11 09:30:31 2016 -0500
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 
+from icqsol.shapes.icqShapeManager import ShapeManager
+from icqsol.bem.icqLaplaceMatrices import LaplaceMatrices
+
 PLY = 'ply'
 POLYDATA = 'POLYDATA'
 VTK = 'vtk'
@@ -39,6 +42,18 @@
     return file_path
 
 
+def get_laplace_solver(shape_data, max_edge_length=float('inf')):
+    return LaplaceMatrices(shape_data, max_edge_length=max_edge_length)
+
+
+def get_shape_manager(format, dataset_type):
+    # Instantiate a ShapeManager.
+    if format == VTK:
+        return ShapeManager(file_format=format, vtk_dataset_type=dataset_type)
+    else:
+        return ShapeManager(file_format=format)
+
+
 def get_temp_dir(prefix='tmp-vtk-', dir=None):
     """
     Return a temporary directory.