patchExtend

Below is a basic demonstration of the features of the patchExtend function.

Syntax
Description
Examples
Example 1; Extending a surface
Using different extend methods

Syntax

[Fn,Vn]=patchExtend(F,V,Eb,optionStruct);

Description

This function extends the input surface geometry allong the edges Eb using the local (or averaged) surface direction at these edges.

The input consists of: the input surface (patch) data, defined by the faces F and vertices V, the boundary edges Eb to extend the surface over, and an optionStruct structure containing all remaining and optional inputs.

The input structure may contain the following fields:

optionStruct.extendDistance -> %The distance to extend the surface by

optionStruct.numSteps -> The number of steps to use in the extension direction, default is the distance divided by the average edge length.

optionStruct.plotOn -> option to turn on/off plotting, default is 0

optionStruct.meshType -> the mesh type ('tri' or 'quad'), default is 'tri'.

optionStruct.globalDirection -> the global (should be seen as mean) direction for extension, default is empty ([]) and is instead based on the input mesh directions

optionStruct.extendMethod=1; %Method to use for extruding (see below), default is 1.

Five extend methods have been implemented (default is 1):

extendMethod=1 -> Equal offset allong local direction extendMethod=2 -> Equal offset wrst mean direction allong local direction extendMethod=3 -> Varying offset allong local ending planar wrt mean direction extendMethod=4 -> Equal offset allong mean direction extendMethod=5 -> Equal offset allong mean direction ending planar wrt mean direction

Examples

clear; close all; clc;

Example 1; Extending a surface

A reasonably complicated example is formed by creating a surface with a non-planar boundary edge. This example serves to highlight the various options and potential issues that might arrize from "convergent" edge vectors.

The example here creates a warped cylindrical surface. The surface is warped by creating a spatialy varying scalling in the X-direction and a distortion in the Z-direction.

% Defining a cylinder
inputStruct.cylRadius=1;
inputStruct.numRadial=25;
inputStruct.cylHeight=4;
inputStruct.numHeight=11;
inputStruct.meshType='quad';
[F,V]=patchcylinder(inputStruct); % Derive patch data for a cylinder

%Adjust shape of the cylinder in X-direction
w=V(:,3); w=w-min(w(:)); w=w./max(w(:)); %Weight to use for warping
w=(3*w+1); %Linear scale
V(:,1)=V(:,1).*w; %Warp in X-direction

%Adjust shape in the Z-direction
w=V(:,1); w=w-min(w(:)); w=w./max(w(:)); %Weight to use for warping
w=w*2*pi; %Metric to use in warping
V(:,3)=V(:,3)+0.6*sin(w); %Warp in Z-direction

Getting surface top boundary edges

Eb=patchBoundary(F,V); %All boundary edges (including bottom)
VE=patchCentre(Eb,V); %Edge centre coordinates
logicTop=VE(:,3)>0; %Logic for top edges (Z-coordinate above 0)
Eb=Eb(logicTop,:); %Set of edges at the top

Extending the surface. The

% Defing input parameters
optionStruct.numSteps=[];
optionStruct.plotOn=1;
optionStruct.meshType=[];
optionStruct.globalDirection=[];
optionStruct.extendDistance=1.5; %Extend distance
optionStruct.extendMethod=1; %Method to use for extruding

[Fn,Vn]=patchExtend(F,V,Eb,optionStruct);

Using different extend methods

The loop below is for each method available.

optionStruct.numSteps=[];
optionStruct.plotOn=0;
optionStruct.meshType=[];
optionStruct.globalDirection=[];
optionStruct.extendDistance=1.5; %Extend distance

cFigure;

for q=1:1:5
    optionStruct.extendMethod=q; %Method to use for extruding
    [Fn,Vn]=patchExtend(F,V,Eb,optionStruct);

    subplot(2,3,q); hold on;
    title(['Extend method ',num2str(q)]);
    gpatch(F,V,'w','k',1);
    gpatch(Fn,Vn,'bw','k',1);
    axisGeom;
    camlight headlight;
end
drawnow;

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