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Guillaume Jacquenot
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Jan 09, 2018
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Update vtkCurvatures.h doc that poorly render with Doxygen
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*
* Gauss Curvature
* discrete Gauss curvature (K) computation,
* \f$K(vertex v) = 2*
PI-\sum_
{facet neighbs f of v} (angle_f at v)\f$
* The contribution of every facet is for the moment weighted by \f$Area(facet)/3\f$
* The units of Gaussian Curvature are \f$[1/m^2]\f$
* \f$K(
\text{
vertex v
}
) = 2*
\pi - \sum_{\text
{facet neighbs f of v}
}
(
\text{
angle_f at v
}
)\f$
.
* The contribution of every facet is for the moment weighted by \f$Area(facet)/3\f$
.
* The units of Gaussian Curvature are \f$[1/m^2]\f$
.
*
* Mean Curvature
* \f$H(vertex v) = average over edges neighbs e of H(e)\f$
* \f$H(edge e) = length(e)*dihedral_angle(e)\f$
* \f$H(vertex v) = \text{average over edges neighbs e of H(e)}\f$,
* \f$H(edge e) = length(e) * dihedral\_angle(e)\f$.
*
* NB: dihedral_angle is the ORIENTED angle between -PI and PI,
* this means that the surface is assumed to be orientable
* the computation creates the orientation
* The units of Mean Curvature are [1/m]
* the computation creates the orientation
.
* The units of Mean Curvature are [1/m]
.
*
* Maximum (\f$k_max\f$) and Minimum (\f$k_min\f$) Principal Curvatures
* \f$k_max = H + sqrt
(
H^2 - K
)
\f$
* \f$k_min = H - sqrt
(
H^2 - K
)
\f$
* Excepting spherical and planar surfaces which have equal principal
curvatures,
* the curvature at a point on a surface varies with the direction
one "sets off"
* from the point. For all directions, the curvature will pass
through two extrema:
* a minimum (\f$k_min\f$) and a maximum (\f$k_max\f$)
which occur at mutually orthogonal
* directions to each other.
* Maximum (\f$k_
\
max\f$) and Minimum (\f$k_
\
min\f$) Principal Curvatures
* \f$k_
\
max = H +
\
sqrt
{
H^2 - K
}
\f$
,
* \f$k_
\
min = H -
\
sqrt
{
H^2 - K
}
\f$
* Excepting spherical and planar surfaces which have equal principal
*
curvatures,
the curvature at a point on a surface varies with the direction
*
one "sets off"
from the point. For all directions, the curvature will pass
*
through two extrema:
a minimum (\f$k_
\
min\f$) and a maximum (\f$k_
\
max\f$)
*
which occur at mutually orthogonal
directions to each other.
*
* NB. The sign of the Gauss curvature is a geometric ivariant, it should be
+ve
* when the surface looks like a sphere,
-
ve when it looks like a
saddle,
* however
,
the sign of the Mean curvature is not, it depends on the
* convention for normals
-
This code assumes that normals point outwards (i
e
* NB. The sign of the Gauss curvature is a geometric i
n
variant, it should be
*
positive
when the surface looks like a sphere,
negati
ve when it looks like a
*
saddle,
however the sign of the Mean curvature is not, it depends on the
* convention for normals
.
This code assumes that normals point outwards (i
.e.
* from the surface of a sphere outwards). If a given mesh produces curvatures
* of opposite senses then the flag InvertMeanCurvature can be set and the
* Curvature reported by the Mean calculation will be inverted.
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