edgeNormal

Below is a demonstration of the features of the edgeNormal function

Contents

clear; close all; clc;

Syntax

[NE,VE]=edgeNormal(F,V);

Description

This function computes the edge normal vectors (NE), and optionally the position vectors for these normal vectors (VE), for the input patch data defined by faces (F) and vertices (V).

Examples

Calculate edge normals for patch data for a single face

Create example patch surface data

%A single triangle
V=[0 0 0; 1 0 0; 1 1 0];
F=[1 2 3];

Get edge normals

[NE,VE]=edgeNormal(F,V); %Get edge normals

Visualize edge normals

%Use mean edge length devided by 4 as the length for visualizing edge
%vectors.
d=mean(patchEdgeLengths(F,V))/4;

%Create example color data for faces and edges
C=(1:size(F,1))'; %Color data for each face equal to face numbers
CE=[C(:,ones(size(F,2),1))]'; %Get corresponding colors for edges
CE=CE(:);

%Visualize
cFigure;
gpatch(F,V,C,'k');
hp(1)=patchNormPlot(F,V); %Plot face normals
hp(2)=quiverVec(VE,NE,d,CE,'r'); %Plot edge normals
legend(hp,{'Face normals','Edge normals'});
axisGeom;
camlight headlight;
colormap viridis
drawnow;

Calculate edge normals for general patch data

Create example patch surface data

[F,V]=geoSphere(1,1); %A geodesic sphere triangulation

Get edge normals

[NE,VE]=edgeNormal(F,V); %Get edge normals

Visualize edge normals

%Use mean edge length devided by 4 as the length for visualizing edge
%vectors.
d=mean(patchEdgeLengths(F,V))/4;

%Create example color data for faces and edges
C=(1:size(F,1))'; %Color data for each face equal to face numbers
CE=[C(:,ones(size(F,2),1))]'; %Get corresponding colors for edges
CE=CE(:);

%Visualize
cFigure;
gpatch(F,V,C,'k');
hp(1)=patchNormPlot(F,V); %Plot face normals
hp(2)=quiverVec(VE,NE,d,CE,'r'); %Plot edge normals
legend(hp,{'Face normals','Edge normals'});
axisGeom;
camlight headlight;
colormap viridis
drawnow;

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