Tutorial_114_PolyMesh_Property/main.cpp

This example shows how to create and access properties defined on a polyhedral mesh (consisting of a single tetrahedron). We use per-face properties as example, you should be able to do similarly for per-edge/vertex/cell properties as well.

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#include <easy3d/core/poly_mesh.h>
#include <easy3d/util/initializer.h>

 
using namespace easy3d;
 
 
// the mesh created in the previous tutorial (so you can skip it)
PolyMesh *old_mesh_from_previous_example() {
    // Create a polyhedral mesh
    auto mesh = new PolyMesh;
 
    // Add four vertices
    auto v0 = mesh->add_vertex(vec3(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0));
    auto v1 = mesh->add_vertex(vec3(0.0, 0.0, 1.0));
    auto v2 = mesh->add_vertex(vec3(1.0, 0.0, 0.0));
    auto v3 = mesh->add_vertex(vec3(0.0, 0.0, -1.0));
 
    // Add the only tetrahedron
    mesh->add_tetra(v0, v1, v2, v3);
 
    return mesh;
}
 
 
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    // initialize Easy3D.
    initialize();
 
    // Create mesh object
    PolyMesh *mesh = old_mesh_from_previous_example();
 
    // We add a per-face property "f:normal" storing the normal of each face
    PolyMesh::FaceProperty<vec3> center = mesh->add_face_property<vec3>("f:center");
 
    // for each face, we compute the face center.
    for (auto f : mesh->faces()) {
        vec3 c(0, 0, 0);
        for (auto v : mesh->vertices(f))
            c += mesh->position(v);
        center[f] = c / mesh->vertices(f).size();
    }
 
    // now we print the face center for each face.
    for (auto f : mesh->faces()) {
        std::cout << "center of " << f << ": " << center[f] << std::endl;
    }
 
    delete mesh;
 
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}