Surface_mesher/mesh_an_implicit_function.cpp

#include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_default_triangulation_3.h>
#include <CGAL/Complex_2_in_triangulation_3.h>
#include <CGAL/make_surface_mesh.h>
#include <CGAL/Implicit_surface_3.h>

// default triangulation for Surface_mesher
typedef CGAL::Surface_mesh_default_triangulation_3 Tr;

// c2t3
typedef CGAL::Complex_2_in_triangulation_3<Tr> C2t3;

typedef Tr::Geom_traits GT;
typedef GT::Sphere_3 Sphere_3;
typedef GT::Point_3 Point_3;
typedef GT::FT FT;

typedef FT (*Function)(Point_3);

typedef CGAL::Implicit_surface_3<GT, Function> Surface_3;

FT sphere_function (Point_3 p) {
  const FT x2=p.x()*p.x(), y2=p.y()*p.y(), z2=p.z()*p.z();
  return x2+y2+z2-1;
}

int main() {
  Tr tr;            // 3D-Delaunay triangulation
  C2t3 c2t3 (tr);   // 2D-complex in 3D-Delaunay triangulation

  // defining the surface
  Surface_3 surface(sphere_function,             // pointer to function
                    Sphere_3(CGAL::ORIGIN, 2.)); // bounding sphere
  // Note that "2." above is the *squared* radius of the bounding sphere!

  // defining meshing criteria
  CGAL::Surface_mesh_default_criteria_3<Tr> criteria(30.,  // angular bound
                                                     0.1,  // radius bound
                                                     0.1); // distance bound
  // meshing surface
  CGAL::make_surface_mesh(c2t3, surface, criteria, CGAL::Non_manifold_tag());

  std::cout << "Final number of points: " << tr.number_of_vertices() << "\n";
}