diff --git a/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.cpp b/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.cpp
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+++ b/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.cpp
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+/****************************************************************************
+* MeshLab                                                           o o     *
+* A versatile mesh processing toolbox                             o     o   *
+*                                                                _   O  _   *
+* Copyright(C) 2005                                                \/)\/    *
+* Visual Computing Lab                                            /\/|      *
+* ISTI - Italian National Research Council                           |      *
+*                                                                    \      *
+* All rights reserved.                                                      *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by      *
+* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or         *
+* (at your option) any later version.                                       *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program 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 General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)          *
+* for more details.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QtGui>
+
+#include "filter_scan_merging.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace vcg;
+
+// Constructor
+FilterScanMergingPlugin::FilterScanMergingPlugin()
+{
+}
+
+// ST() return the very short string describing each filtering action
+ QString FilterScanMergingPlugin::filterName() const
+{
+   return QString("Merges different layers into one mesh.");
+}
+
+// Info() return the longer string describing each filtering action
+ QString FilterScanMergingPlugin::filterInfo() const
+{
+   return QString("All the layers are merged into one mesh without loss of the high frequencies details.");
+}
+
+// This function define the needed parameters for each filter.
+void FilterScanMergingPlugin::initParameterSet(QAction *action, MeshDocument &md, RichParameterSet &parlst)
+{
+}
+
+// Core Function doing the actual mesh processing.
+bool FilterScanMergingPlugin::applyFilter(QAction *filter, MeshDocument &md, RichParameterSet & par, vcg::CallBackPos *cb)
+{
+}
+
+Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN(FilterScanMergingPlugin)
diff --git a/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.h b/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.h
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index 000000000..6abc782c3
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+++ b/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.h
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+/****************************************************************************
+* MeshLab                                                           o o     *
+* A versatile mesh processing toolbox                             o     o   *
+*                                                                _   O  _   *
+* Copyright(C) 2005                                                \/)\/    *
+* Visual Computing Lab                                            /\/|      *
+* ISTI - Italian National Research Council                           |      *
+*                                                                    \      *
+* All rights reserved.                                                      *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify      *   
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by      *
+* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or         *
+* (at your option) any later version.                                       *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program 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 General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)          *
+* for more details.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef FILTER_SCAN_MERGING_H
+#define FILTER_SCAN_MERGING_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+#include <common/interfaces.h>
+
+class FilterScanMergingPlugin : public QObject, public MeshFilterInterface
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+	Q_INTERFACES(MeshFilterInterface)
+
+public:
+  FilterLayerPlugin();
+
+  virtual QString filterName() const;
+  virtual QString filterInfo() const;
+  virtual FilterClass getClass(QAction *);
+  virtual void initParameterSet(QAction *,MeshDocument &/*m*/, RichParameterSet & /*parent*/);
+  virtual bool applyFilter(QAction *filter, MeshDocument &md, RichParameterSet & /*parent*/, vcg::CallBackPos * cb) ;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.pro b/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.pro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10c5dec26
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+++ b/src/fgt/filter_scan_merging/filter_scan_merging.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+include (../../shared.pri)
+
+HEADERS       += filter_scan_merging.h
+SOURCES       += filter_scan_merging.cpp
+TARGET        =  filter_scan_merging