TriangleLink`
TriangleLink`

TriangleTriangulate

TriangleTriangulate[expr,settings]

triangulates a Triangle expression using settings and returns the result in a new Triangle expression.

Details and Options

  • To use TriangleTriangulate, you first need to load it using Needs["TriangleLink`"].
  • The settings given to TriangleTriangulate are a string of different commands:
  • "p"triangulate a planar straight line graph (PLC)
    "q"quality mesh generation with no angles smaller than 20 degrees; an alternate minimum angle may be specified after the "q"
    "a"impose a maximum triangle area constraint; a fixed area constraint (that applies to every triangle) may be specified after the "a"
    "A"assign a regional attribute to each triangle that identifies what segment-bounded region it belongs to
    "c"enclose the convex hull with segments
    "D"conforming Delaunay: if all triangles in the mesh are to be Delaunay, not just constrained Delaunay, or if you want to ensure that all Voronoi vertices lie within the triangulation
    "r"refine a previously generated mesh
    "Y"prohibit the insertion of Steiner points on the mesh boundary; if specified twice ("YY"), it prohibits the insertion of Steiner points on any segment, including internal segments
    "S"specify the maximum number of added Steiner points
    "o2"generate second-order subparametric elements with six nodes each
    "C"check the consistency of the final mesh
    "Q"quiet: no terminal output except error
  • TriangleTriangulate has the following options:
  • "TriangleRefinement" Nonefunction to refine a triangle

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

First, load the package:

This creates an instance of a Triangle expression:

This sets up points and segments to use:

This sets the points and facets in the Triangle instance:

This carries out the triangulation, returning a new Triangle instance:

This extracts the points and elements from the triangulation:

With the following support function, you can visualize the triangles:

Options  (1)

"TriangleRefinement"  (1)

First, load the package:

This creates an instance of a Triangle expression:

This sets up points and segments to use:

This sets the points and facets in the Triangle instance:

This carries out the triangulation, returning a new Triangle instance:

This extracts the points and elements from the triangulation:

With the following support function, you can visualize the triangles:

This sets up a compiled function that returns True if a triangle should be refined and False otherwise:

This carries out the triangulation with the refinement function, returning a new Triangle instance:

This extracts the points and elements from the triangulation:

Visualize the triangles:

Neat Examples  (1)

Use a black-and-white image as a refinement driver. Set an image, create a distance function, and visualize the distance function:

Create an InterpolatingFunction from the distance function:

Create and populate a Triangle instance:

Set up a compiled function that calls the InterpolatingFunction:

This carries out the triangulation with the refinement function, returning a new Triangle instance:

This extracts the points and elements from the triangulation:

Visualize the triangles:

Wolfram Research (2014), TriangleTriangulate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/TriangleLink/ref/TriangleTriangulate.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), TriangleTriangulate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/TriangleLink/ref/TriangleTriangulate.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "TriangleTriangulate." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/TriangleLink/ref/TriangleTriangulate.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). TriangleTriangulate. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/TriangleLink/ref/TriangleTriangulate.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_triangletriangulate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TriangleTriangulate}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/TriangleLink/ref/TriangleTriangulate.html}", note=[Accessed: 07-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_triangletriangulate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TriangleTriangulate}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/TriangleLink/ref/TriangleTriangulate.html}, note=[Accessed: 07-November-2024 ]}