TRIANGULATE
triangulate will take an
ordered set of nodes in the current 2d mesh object that define a perimeter
of a polygon and create a trangulation of the polygon. The nodes
are assumed to lie in the xy plane; the z coordinate is ignored.
No checks are performed to verify that the nodes define a legal perimeter
(i.e. that segments of the perimeter do not cross). The code will
connect the last node to the first node to complete the perimeter.
This code support triangulation of self-intersecting polygons (polygon with holes),
assuming that the order of the nodes are correct. Moreover the connectivity of the
polyline must also be defined correctly. No checks are made.
One disadvantage of the algorithm for triangulating self-intersecting polygons is
that it does not always work. For example, if the holes have complicated shapes,
with many concave vertices, the code might fail. In this case, the user may try to
rotate the order of the nodes:
NODE_ID:
1 -> 2
2 -> 3
...
N -> 1
FORMAT:
triangulate [/clockwise
| counterclockwise]
clockwise is the default.
Orientation is defined with the viewer above the xy plane.
EXAMPLES:
triangulate
triangulate/counterclockwise
cmo/create/2dmesh///tri
read/avs/2dfile.avs
triangulate
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