build_layers

build_layers, a FreeFem++ code which shows how a 3D mesh can be constructed from repeated layers of a 2D mesh, using the buildlayers() function, and then viewed with the medit() graphics package.

Licensing:

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

Reference:

• Frederic Hecht,
  New development in FreeFem++,
  Journal of Numerical Mathematics,
  Volume 20, Number 3-4, 2012, pages 251-265.

Source Code:

• build_layers.edp, the FreeFem++ script;
• build_layers.sh, a BASH script to run the example;
• build_layers.txt, the output file;

• base_mesh.png, a PNG image of the underlying 2D mesh.
• ppm_mesh.png, a PNG image of the 3D mesh, created by asking for a PPM snapshot from medit.
• ps_mesh.png, a PNG image of the 3D mesh, created by asking for a PS snapshot from medit. (This image is very unsatisfactory.)