MeshCore::MeshBuilder Class Reference

Class for creating the mesh structure by adding facets. More...

#include <Builder.h>

Helper class
class	MeshKernel
	MeshBuilder (MeshKernel &rclM)
	~MeshBuilder (void)
void	SetTolerance (float)
	Set the tolerance for the comparison of points. More...
void	Initialize (size_t ctFacets, bool deletion=true)
	Initializes the class. More...
void	AddFacet (const MeshGeomFacet &facet, bool takeFlag=false, bool takeProperty=false)
	adding facets More...
void	AddFacet (const Base::Vector3f &pt1, const Base::Vector3f &pt2, const Base::Vector3f &pt3, const Base::Vector3f &normal, unsigned char flag=0, unsigned long prop=0)
	Add new facet. More...
void	AddFacet (Base::Vector3f *facetPoints, unsigned char flag=0, unsigned long prop=0)
	Add new facet. More...
void	Finish (bool freeMemory=false)
	Finishes building up the mesh structure. More...

Detailed Description

Class for creating the mesh structure by adding facets.

Building the structure needs 3 steps:

1. initializing
   
2. adding the facets
3. finishing

   // Sample Code for building a mesh structure
   MeshBuilder builder(someMeshReference);
   builder.Initialize(numberOfFacets);
   ...
   for (...)
     builder.AddFacet(...);
   ...
   builder.Finish();

   Author

   Berthold Grupp

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MeshBuilder()

MeshBuilder::MeshBuilder

(

MeshKernel &

rclM

)

~MeshBuilder()

MeshBuilder::~MeshBuilder

(

void

)

Member Function Documentation

AddFacet() [1/3]

void MeshBuilder::AddFacet	(	Base::Vector3f *	facetPoints,
		unsigned char	flag = 0,
		unsigned long	prop = 0
	)

Add new facet.

Parameters

facetPoints	Array of vectors (size 4) in order of vec1, vec2, vec3, normal
flag
prop

AddFacet() [2/3]

void MeshBuilder::AddFacet	(	const Base::Vector3f &	pt1,
		const Base::Vector3f &	pt2,
		const Base::Vector3f &	pt3,
		const Base::Vector3f &	normal,
		unsigned char	flag = 0,
		unsigned long	prop = 0
	)

Add new facet.

References AddFacet().

AddFacet() [3/3]

void MeshBuilder::AddFacet	(	const MeshGeomFacet &	facet,
		bool	takeFlag = false,
		bool	takeProperty = false
	)

adding facets

Add new facet

Parameters

facet	the facet
takeFlag	if true the flag from the MeshGeomFacet will be taken
takeProperty

References MeshCore::MeshGeomFacet::GetNormal().

Referenced by AddFacet(), and MeshCore::MeshKernel::operator=().

Finish()

void MeshBuilder::Finish

(

bool

freeMemory = false

)

Finishes building up the mesh structure.

Must be done after adding facets.

Parameters

freeMemory

if false (default) only the memory of internal structures gets freed, otherwise additional unneeded memory in the mesh structure is tried to be freed.

Remarks

If you have called AddFacet() as many times as specified in Initialize() then absolutely no memory is wasted and you can leave the default value.

Referenced by MeshCore::MeshKernel::operator=().

Initialize()

void MeshBuilder::Initialize	(	size_t	ctFacets,
		bool	deletion = true
	)

Initializes the class.

Must be done before adding facets

Parameters

ctFacets	count of facets.
deletion	if true (default) the mesh-kernel will be cleared otherwise you can add new facets on an existing mesh-kernel

Remarks

To be efficient you should add exactly ctFacets with AddFacet(), otherwise you'll possibly run into wastage of memory and performance problems.

Referenced by MeshCore::MeshKernel::operator=().

SetTolerance()

void MeshBuilder::SetTolerance

(

float

fTol

)

Set the tolerance for the comparison of points.

Normally you don't need to set the tolerance.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

MeshKernel

friend class MeshKernel

friend

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/Builder.h
• src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/Builder.cpp