Triangulate.h

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/* This file is part of COVISE.

   You can use it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   version 2.1 or later, see lgpl-2.1.txt.

 * License: LGPL 2+ */

#ifndef COVISE_TRIANGULATE_H
#define COVISE_TRIANGULATE_H

#include <vector>

static const float EPSILON = 0.0000000001f;

typedef struct
{
    float x;
    float y;
    int index;
} tr_vertex;

typedef std::vector<tr_vertex> tr_vertexVector;

typedef std::vector<int> tr_intVector;

class Triangulate
{
public:
    // triangulate a contour/polygon, places results in STL vector
    // as series of triangles.
    static bool Process(const tr_vertexVector &contour,
                        tr_intVector &result)
    {
        /* allocate and initialize list of Vertices in polygon */

        int n = (int)contour.size();
        if (n < 3)
            return false;

        int *V = new int[n];

        /* we want a counter-clockwise polygon in V */

        if (0.0f < Area(contour))
            for (int v = 0; v < n; v++)
                V[v] = v;
        else
            for (int v = 0; v < n; v++)
                V[v] = (n - 1) - v;

        int nv = n;

        /*  remove nv-2 Vertices, creating 1 triangle every time */
        int count = 2 * nv; /* error detection */

        for (int m = 0, v = nv - 1; nv > 2;)
        {
            /* if we loop, it is probably a non-simple polygon */
            if (0 >= (count--))
            {
                //** Triangulate: ERROR - probable bad polygon!
                return false;
            }

            /* three consecutive vertices in current polygon, <u,v,w> */
            int u = v;
            if (nv <= u)
                u = 0; /* previous */
            v = u + 1;
            if (nv <= v)
                v = 0; /* new v    */
            int w = v + 1;
            if (nv <= w)
                w = 0; /* next     */

            if (Snip(contour, u, v, w, nv, V))
            {
                int a, b, c, s, t;

                /* true names of the vertices */
                a = V[u];
                b = V[v];
                c = V[w];

                /* output Triangle */
                result.push_back(contour[a].index);
                result.push_back(contour[b].index);
                result.push_back(contour[c].index);

                m++;

                /* remove v from remaining polygon */
                for (s = v, t = v + 1; t < nv; s++, t++)
                    V[s] = V[t];
                nv--;

                /* resest error detection counter */
                count = 2 * nv;
            }
        }

        delete[] V;

        return true;
    };

    // compute area of a contour/polygon
    static float Area(const tr_vertexVector &contour)
    {

        int n = (int)contour.size();

        float A = 0.0f;

        for (int p = n - 1, q = 0; q < n; p = q++)
        {
            A += contour[p].x * contour[q].y - contour[q].x * contour[p].y;
        }
        return A * 0.5f;
    };

    // decide if point Px/Py is inside triangle defined by
    // (Ax,Ay) (Bx,By) (Cx,Cy)
    static bool InsideTriangle(float Ax, float Ay,
                               float Bx, float By,
                               float Cx, float Cy,
                               float Px, float Py)
    {
        float ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, apx, apy, bpx, bpy, cpx, cpy;
        float cCROSSap, bCROSScp, aCROSSbp;

        ax = Cx - Bx;
        ay = Cy - By;
        bx = Ax - Cx;
        by = Ay - Cy;
        cx = Bx - Ax;
        cy = By - Ay;
        apx = Px - Ax;
        apy = Py - Ay;
        bpx = Px - Bx;
        bpy = Py - By;
        cpx = Px - Cx;
        cpy = Py - Cy;

        aCROSSbp = ax * bpy - ay * bpx;
        cCROSSap = cx * apy - cy * apx;
        bCROSScp = bx * cpy - by * cpx;

        return ((aCROSSbp >= 0.0f) && (bCROSScp >= 0.0f) && (cCROSSap >= 0.0f));
    };

private:
    static bool Snip(const tr_vertexVector &contour, int u, int v, int w, int n, int *V)
    {
        int p;
        float Ax, Ay, Bx, By, Cx, Cy, Px, Py;

        Ax = contour[V[u]].x;
        Ay = contour[V[u]].y;

        Bx = contour[V[v]].x;
        By = contour[V[v]].y;

        Cx = contour[V[w]].x;
        Cy = contour[V[w]].y;

        if (EPSILON > (((Bx - Ax) * (Cy - Ay)) - ((By - Ay) * (Cx - Ax))))
            return false;

        for (p = 0; p < n; p++)
        {
            if ((p == u) || (p == v) || (p == w))
                continue;
            Px = contour[V[p]].x;
            Py = contour[V[p]].y;
            if (InsideTriangle(Ax, Ay, Bx, By, Cx, Cy, Px, Py))
                return false;
        }

        return true;
    };
};

#endif