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+# - Find Coin3D (Open Inventor)
+# Coin3D is an implementation of the Open Inventor API.
+# It provides data structures and algorithms for 3D visualization
+# http://www.coin3d.org/
+#
+# This module defines the following variables
+#  COIN3D_FOUND         - system has Coin3D - Open Inventor
+#  COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS  - where the Inventor include directory can be found
+#  COIN3D_LIBRARIES     - Link to this to use Coin3D
+#
+ 
+
+IF (WIN32)
+  IF (CYGWIN)
+
+    FIND_PATH(COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS Inventor/So.h)
+    FIND_LIBRARY(COIN3D_LIBRARIES Coin)
+
+  ELSE (CYGWIN)
+
+    FIND_PATH(COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS Inventor/So.h
+      "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\SIM\\Coin3D\\2;Installation Path]/include"
+    )
+
+    FIND_LIBRARY(COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG coin2d
+      "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\SIM\\Coin3D\\2;Installation Path]/lib"
+    )
+
+    FIND_LIBRARY(COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE coin2
+      "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\SIM\\Coin3D\\2;Installation Path]/lib"
+    )
+
+    IF (COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+      SET(COIN3D_LIBRARIES optimized ${COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE}
+                           debug ${COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG})
+    ELSE (COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+      IF (COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
+        SET (COIN3D_LIBRARIES ${COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG})
+      ENDIF (COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
+      IF (COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+        SET (COIN3D_LIBRARIES ${COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+      ENDIF (COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+    ENDIF (COIN3D_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND COIN3D_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+
+  ENDIF (CYGWIN)
+
+ELSE (WIN32)
+  IF(APPLE)
+    FIND_PATH(COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS Inventor/So.h
+     /Library/Frameworks/Inventor.framework/Headers 
+    )
+    FIND_LIBRARY(COIN3D_LIBRARIES Coin
+      /Library/Frameworks/Inventor.framework/Libraries
+    )   
+    SET(COIN3D_LIBRARIES "-framework Coin3d" CACHE STRING "Coin3D library for OSX")
+  ELSE(APPLE)
+
+    FIND_PATH(COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS Inventor/So.h)
+    FIND_LIBRARY(COIN3D_LIBRARIES Coin)   
+
+  ENDIF(APPLE)
+
+ENDIF (WIN32)
+
+# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set COIN3D_FOUND to TRUE if 
+# all listed variables are TRUE
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Coin3D DEFAULT_MSG COIN3D_LIBRARIES COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS COIN3D_LIBRARIES )
+
+