MeXSurfaceCell

All Superinterfaces:

MiCell, MiSurfaceCell
```
public interface MeXSurfaceCell
extends MiSurfaceCell
```
Defines a cell of an extracted surface mesh.
A surface cell is a polygon element that connects adjacent nodes of a surface mesh.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double`	`getArea(MiGeometryI meshGeometry)`	Gets the area of the cell.
`SbVec3d`	`getNormal(MiGeometryI meshGeometry)`	Gets the unit normal vector to the surface's plane.

Methods inherited from interface com.openinventor.meshvizxlm.mesh.cell.MiCell
getCenter, getNodeIndex, getNumNodes, getRelativeSize, isPointInsideCell

- Method Detail
  - getArea
```
double getArea(MiGeometryI meshGeometry)
```
    Gets the area of the cell.
    This method is not used by extraction classes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    meshGeometry - the geometry of the mesh used to retrieve the node coordinates of this cell
    
    Returns:
    
    the area of this cell
  - getNormal
```
SbVec3d getNormal(MiGeometryI meshGeometry)
```
    Gets the unit normal vector to the surface's plane.
    This method is not used by extraction classes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    meshGeometry - the geometry of the mesh used to retrieve the node coordinates of this cell
    
    Returns:
    
    the unit normal vector {x,y,z} to the surface's plane