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GenNormals

GenNormals generates normals for a set of polygons.

GenNormals.png

GenNormals is available for Covise version Snap-2000-10 and higher. It has been tested on all supported platforms.

Parameters

This module has no parameters.

Input Ports

Name Type Description
requiredinPort Polygons Polygon input

Output Ports

Name Type Description
outputoutPort Normals Normals

Examples

Figure: covise/net/examples/GenNormals1.net
GenNormals1_map.png

In this map DomainSurface is used to generate a polygonal grid of the faces of the original 3D grid domain. GenNormals generates the field of normals to these polygons. Collect combines the information of the polygonal grid and normals in a single Geometry object for the renderer. Note that the orientation of these normals at the edges between two faces are in a way to convey the impression of having round edges.

GenNormals1_out.png


Authors: Martin Aumüller, Ruth Lang, Daniela Rainer, Jürgen Schulze-Döbold, Andreas Werner, Peter Wolf, Uwe Wössner
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