createNormalComparison MethodStatic

Create a visitor for those mesh facets with normal in the same half-space as the given vector.

  • For example, to visit the top facets of a tiled terrain mesh but skip the "skirt" facets, pass compareVector = Vector3d.unitZ() and a suitable sideAngle tolerance. Note that this will also filter out interior facets that are nearly vertical, not just the "skirt" facets on the boundary.

createNormalComparison(mesh: IndexedPolyface | IndexedPolyfaceVisitor, compareVector: Vector3d..., sideAngle: Angle..., numWrap: number0): IndexedPolyfaceSubsetVisitor

Parameter Type Description
mesh IndexedPolyface | IndexedPolyfaceVisitor the mesh from which to select facets
compareVector Vector3d vector to which to compare facet normals. The visitor will visit only those facets
with normals in the same half-space as this vector. Default is 001.
sideAngle Angle optional angular tolerance to filter the facets near the border between half-spaces.
The visitor will not visit facets whose normals are nearly perpendicular to compareVector.
Default is smallAngleRadians.
numWrap number optional number of entries replicated in visitor arrays. Default is 0.

Returns - IndexedPolyfaceSubsetVisitor

Defined in

Last Updated: 21 November, 2024