removeDefects

Remove surface mesh defects

Since R2022b

Syntax

removeDefects(mesh,"duplicate-vertices")

removeDefects(mesh,"duplicate-faces")

removeDefects(mesh,"unreferenced-vertices")

removeDefects(mesh,"degenerate-faces")

removeDefects(mesh,"nonmanifold-edges")

Description

removeDefects(mesh,"duplicate-vertices") removes duplicate vertices from the surface mesh mesh.

removeDefects(mesh,"duplicate-faces") removes duplicate faces from the surface mesh mesh.

removeDefects(mesh,"unreferenced-vertices") removes unreferenced vertices from the surface mesh mesh. Unreferenced vertices are those vertices that are not part of any face.

removeDefects(mesh,"degenerate-faces") removes degenerate faces from the surface mesh mesh. Degenerate faces are faces with an area of zero.

removeDefects(mesh,"nonmanifold-edges") removes nonmanifold edges from the surface mesh mesh.

Examples

Remove Unreferenced Vertices from Surface Mesh

Define mesh vertices and faces for the surface mesh.

vertices = [1 -1  1; 1 1 1; -1 1 1; -1 -1 1; ...
            1 -1 -1; 1 1 -1; -1 1 -1; -1 -1 -1];
faces = [6 2 1; 1 5 6; 8 4 3; 3 7 8; 6 7 3; 3 2 6; ...
         5 1 4; 4 8 5; 4 1 2; 2 3 4; 7 6 5; 5 8 7];

Create and display the mesh.

mesh = surfaceMesh(vertices,faces);
surfaceMeshShow(mesh)

Add new vertices to the mesh.

newVertices = [1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6];
addVertices(mesh,newVertices)

Remove unreferenced vertices from the surface mesh.

removeDefects(mesh,"unreferenced-vertices")

Remove NonManifold Edges from Surface Mesh

Define mesh vertices and faces for the surface mesh.

vertices = [0 0 0; 0 0 1; 0 1 1; 0 0 2; 1 0.5 1];
faces = [1 2 3; 2 3 4; 2 3 5];

Create the surface mesh.

mesh = surfaceMesh(vertices,faces);

Check if the mesh is edge-manifold.

allowBoundaryEdges = true;
edgeManifoldBefore = isEdgeManifold(mesh,allowBoundaryEdges)

edgeManifoldBefore = logical
   0

Remove nonmanifold edges from the surface mesh and check if the mesh is edge-manifold.

removeDefects(mesh,"nonmanifold-edges")
edgeManifoldAfter = isEdgeManifold(mesh,allowBoundaryEdges)

edgeManifoldAfter = logical
   1

Input Arguments

mesh — Surface mesh

surfaceMesh object

Surface mesh, specified as a surfaceMesh object.

Version History

Introduced in R2022b