diff --git a/scripts/addons/cam/simple.py b/scripts/addons/cam/simple.py
index c4eb67fb..56c4e32b 100644
--- a/scripts/addons/cam/simple.py
+++ b/scripts/addons/cam/simple.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import bpy
 import mathutils
 from mathutils import *
 from math import *
+from shapely.geometry import Point, LineString, Polygon, MultiLineString
 
 
 def tuple_add(t, t1):  # add two tuples as Vectors
@@ -317,3 +318,20 @@ def addBoundRectangle(xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax, name='bounds_rectangle'):
     activeName(name)
 
 
+def activeToCoords():
+    bpy.ops.object.duplicate()
+    obj = bpy.context.active_object
+    bpy.ops.object.convert(target='MESH')
+    activeName("_temp_mesh")
+
+    coords = []
+    for v in obj.data.vertices:  # extract X,Y coordinates from the vertices data
+        coords.append((v.co.x, v.co.y))
+    removeMultiple('_tmp_mesh')
+    return coords
+
+
+def activeToShapelyPoly():
+    return Polygon(activeToCoords())  # convert coordinates to shapely Polygon datastructure
+
+