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

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 Details
- 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