triangulation_triangle_neighbors


triangulation_triangle_neighbors, a C++ code which computes the three neighboring triangles of each triangle in a triangulation.

The user supplies a node file and a triangle file, containing the coordinates of the nodes, and the indices of the nodes that make up each triangle. Either 3-node or 6-node triangles may be used.

The program reads the data, computes the triangle neighbor information, and writes out the information to a file. In cases where one side of a triangle has no triangle neighbor, a value of -1 is assigned.

The triangle neighbor array is useful if the triangulation has to be searched to find the triangle containing a given point. It is also useful when analyzing the bandwidth of the adjacency matrix, or of a finite element matrix derived from the triangulation.

Usage:

triangulation_triangle_neighbors prefix
where prefix is the common filename prefix:

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

triangulation_triangle_neighbors is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

MESH_BANDWIDTH, is a C++ code which returns the geometric bandwidth associated with a mesh of elements of any order and in a space of arbitrary dimension.

RCM, a C++ code which carries out reverse Cuthill-McKee computations.

TET_MESH_RCM, a FORTRAN90 library which applies the reverse Cuthill-McKee reordering to a tetrahedral mesh of nodes in 3D.

TRIANGLE, a C program which computes a triangulation of a geometric region.

TRIANGULATION, a C++ code which carries out various operations on order 3 ("linear") or order 6 ("quadratic") triangulations.

TRIANGULATION_BOUNDARY_NODES, a C++ code which reads data defining a triangulation, determines which nodes lie on the boundary, and writes their coordinates to a file.

TRIANGULATION_CORNER, a C++ code which patches triangulations so that no triangle has two sides on the boundary.

TRIANGULATION_DELAUNAY_DISCREPANCY, a C++ code which measures the amount by which a triangulation fails the local Delaunay test;

TRIANGULATION_DISPLAY_OPENGL, a C++ code which reads files defining a triangulation and displays an image using Open GL.

TRIANGULATION_HISTOGRAM, a C++ code which computes histograms of data over a triangulation.

TRIANGULATION_L2Q, a C++ code which reads data defining a 3-node triangulation and generates midside nodes and writes out the corresponding 6-node triangulation.

TRIANGULATION_MASK, a C++ code which takes an existing triangulation and deletes triangles and their corresponding nodes as requested by the user.

TRIANGULATION_NODE_TO_ELEMENT, a C++ code which reads files describing a set of nodes, their triangulation, and the value of one or more quantities at each node, and outputs a file that averages the quantities for each element. This operation in effect creates an "order1" finite element model of the data.

TRIANGULATION_ORDER3, a directory which contains a description and examples of order 3 triangulations.

TRIANGULATION_ORDER6, a directory which contains a description and examples of order 6 triangulations.

TRIANGULATION_ORIENT, a C++ code which reads data defining a triangulation, makes sure that every triangle has positive orientation, and if not, writes a corrected triangle file.

TRIANGULATION_PLOT, a C++ code which reads data defining a triangulation and creates a PostScript image of the nodes and triangles.

TRIANGULATION_Q2L, a C++ code which reads data defining a 6-node triangulation, and subdivides each triangle into 4 3-node triangles, writing the resulting triangulation to a file.

TRIANGULATION_QUAD, a C++ code which estimates the integral of a function over a triangulated region.

TRIANGULATION_QUALITY, a C++ code which reads data defining a triangulation and computes a number of quality measures.

TRIANGULATION_REFINE, a C++ code which reads data defining a triangulation, replaces each triangle by four congruent smaller ones, and writes the new triangulation information to a file.

triangulation_triangle_neighbors_test

TRIG_TO_NEIB, a C program which reads "NODE" and "ELE" files (a format prescribed by triangle) describing a triangulation, and produces a file defining the neighbor triangles of each element; the program can also produce information about the Voronoi diagram. The program is by Lili Ju.

Reference:

  1. Marc deBerg, Marc Krevald, Mark Overmars, Otfried Schwarzkopf,
    Computational Geometry,
    Springer, 2000,
    ISBN: 3-540-65620-0.
  2. Joseph ORourke,
    Computational Geometry,
    Second Edition,
    Cambridge, 1998,
    ISBN: 0521649765,
    LC: QA448.D38.

Source Code:


Last revised on 06 May 2020.