diff --git a/stim/visualization/aaboundingbox.h b/stim/visualization/aaboundingbox.h
index c4afbac..554c140 100644
--- a/stim/visualization/aaboundingbox.h
+++ b/stim/visualization/aaboundingbox.h
@@ -63,10 +63,39 @@ public:
 		return ss.str();
 	}
 
+        ///resamples the boundingbox by a factor of N
+        std::vector<stim::aaboundingbox<T> >
+        resample(unsigned int n)
+        {   
+                stim::vec3<T> step_size = (B-A)/n;
+                std::vector<stim::aaboundingbox<T> > boundingboxes(n*n*n);
+                for(int x = 0; x < n; x++)
+                {   
+                        for(int y = 0; y < n; y++)
+                        {   
+                                for(int z = 0; z < n; z++)
+                                {
+                                        ///create the bounding box
+                                        stim::aaboundingbox<T> box;
+                                        box.A[0] = A[0]+step_size[0]*x;
+                                        box.A[1] = A[1]+step_size[1]*y;
+                                        box.A[2] = A[2]+step_size[2]*z;
+
+                                        box.B[0] = A[0]+step_size[0]*(x+1);
+                                        box.B[1] = A[1]+step_size[1]*(y+1);
+                                        box.B[2] = A[2]+step_size[2]*(z+1);
+                                        ///put the new bounding box into the right place
+                                        boundingboxes[x*n*n + y*n + z] = box;
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+                return boundingboxes;
+        }
+
 
 };		//end stim::aabb
 
 
 };		//end namespace stim
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
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