SurfaceMeshCriteria_3

Definition

The Delaunay refinement process involved in the function template make_surface_mesh is guided by a set of refinement criteria. The concept SurfaceMeshCriteria_3 describes the type which handles those criteria. It corresponds to the requirements for the template parameter Criteria of the surface mesher function make_surface_mesh<SurfaceMeshC2T3,Surface,Criteria,Tag>.

Typically the meshing criteria are a set of elementary criteria, each of which has to be met by the facets of the final mesh. The meshing algorithm eliminates in turn bad facets, i.e., facets that do not meet all the criteria.

The size and quality of the final mesh depends on the order according to which bad facets are handled. Therefore, the meshing algorithm needs to be able to quantify the facet qualities and to compare the qualities of different faces. The concept SurfaceMeshCriteria_3 defines a type Quality designed to measure the quality of a mesh facet. Typically this quality is a multi-component variable. Each component corresponds to one criterion and measures how much the facet deviates from meeting this criterion. Then, the comparison operator on qualities is just a lexicographical comparison. The meshing algorithm handles facets with lowest quality first. The qualities are computed by a function is_bad(Facet f, Quality& q).

Types

SurfaceMeshCriteria_3::Facet
The type of facets. This type has to match the Facet type in the triangulation type used by the mesher function. (This triangulation type is the type SurfaceMeshC2T3::Triangulation provided by the the model of SurfaceMeshComplex_2InTriangulation_3 plugged as first template parameter of make_surface_mesh).


SurfaceMeshCriteria_3::Quality
Default constructible, copy constructible, assignable, and less-than comparable type.

Operations

bool criteria.is_bad ( Facet f, Quality& q)
Assigns the quality of the facet f to q, and returns true is f does not meet the criteria.

Has Models

Surface_mesh_default_criteria_3<Tr>

See Also

make_surface_mesh<SurfaceMeshC2T3,Surface,Criteria,Tag>