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Old   November 13, 2008, 11:25
Default I've been experimenting with t
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I've been experimenting with triSurfaceSearch to see if a set of points are inside a box. However, the following code reports that points are both inside and outside the box while all the points generated are inside. I can also post the stl that I am using.

--- Code ---

#include "topoSetSource.H"
#include "cellSet.H"
#include "volFields.H"
#include "triSurface.H"
#include "Random.H"
#include "triSurfaceSearch.H"

using namespace Foam;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
//Random
Random rndGen(label(0));

// Temp variables
scalar currentx;
scalar currenty;
scalar currentz;
scalar randnum;

// Point list
pointField cellPoints(10,vector::zero);

// Random point in cell
vector currentpoint = vector::zero;

forAll(cellPoints,pointsi)
{
randnum = rndGen.scalar01();
currentx = (randnum-0.5)*0.57735*2;
randnum = rndGen.scalar01();
currenty = (randnum-0.5)*0.57735*2;
randnum = rndGen.scalar01();
currentz = (randnum-0.5)*0.57735*2;
currentpoint = Vector<scalar>(currentx,currenty,currentz);
cellPoints[pointsi] = currentpoint;
}

// Select Surface
triSurface surf("gamma.stl");
triSurfaceSearch querySurf(surf);

// determine if points inside surface
boolList pointInside(querySurf.calcInside(cellPoints));

forAll(pointInside, pointI)
{
bool isInside = pointInside[pointI];

cout << cellPoints[pointI].x() << " " << cellPoints[pointI].y() << " " << cellPoints[pointI].z();
if (isInside)
cout << " Inside\n";
else
cout << " Outside\n";
}
return 0;
}
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Old   November 13, 2008, 12:04
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Check the surface with e.g. surfaceCheck. Is it closed and manifold (i.e. has every edge two faces?). Only then does inside/outside make sense. If it is, yes please post the surface.
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Old   November 13, 2008, 21:25
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I receive the following from surfaceCheck:

Reading surface from "gamma.stl" ...

Statistics:
Triangles : 96
Vertices : 50
Bounding Box : (0 0 0) (0.01 0.01 0.01)

Region Size
------ ----
gamma2_out 96


Surface has no illegal triangles.

Triangle quality (equilateral=1, collapsed=0):
0 .. 0.05 : 0
0.05 .. 0.1 : 0
0.1 .. 0.15 : 0
0.15 .. 0.2 : 0
0.2 .. 0.25 : 0
0.25 .. 0.3 : 0
0.3 .. 0.35 : 0
0.35 .. 0.4 : 0
0.4 .. 0.45 : 0
0.45 .. 0.5 : 0
0.5 .. 0.55 : 0
0.55 .. 0.6 : 0
0.6 .. 0.65 : 0
0.65 .. 0.7 : 0
0.7 .. 0.75 : 0
0.75 .. 0.8 : 1
0.8 .. 0.85 : 0
0.85 .. 0.9 : 0
0.9 .. 0.95 : 0
0.95 .. 1 : 0

min 0.7698 for triangle 0
max 0.7698 for triangle 0

Dumping bad quality faces to "badFaces"
Paste this into the input for surfaceSubset


Edges:
min 0.00353553 for edge 1 points (0.0075 0.0075 0.01)(0.005 0.01 0.01)
max 0.005 for edge 0 points (0.0025 0.0075 0.01)(0.0075 0.0075 0.01)

Checking for points less than 1E-6 of bounding box ((0.01 0.01 0.01) meter) apart.
Found 0 nearby points.

Surface is closed. All edges connected to two faces.

Number of unconnected parts : 1

Number of zones (connected area with consistent normal) : 96
More than one normal orientation.

Checking self-intersection.
Surface is not self-intersecting

End
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Old   November 13, 2008, 21:34
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I determined the problem. My surface had normals that were pointing inward and others outward. It seems that surfaceCheck does not recognize this situation.
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Old   November 14, 2008, 04:37
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surfaceCheck says:

Number of zones (connected area with consistent normal) : 96
More than one normal orientation.

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