mesh.Mesh.generate_triangle_mesh

Mesh.generate_triangle_mesh(holes=None)

Generate a triangular surface mesh inside a closed line2 mesh.

The current mesh must be a closed, unbranched line2 loop. Optional holes can be provided as closed line2 meshes.

Parameters

holeslist of Mesh, optional

List of closed line2 meshes representing holes.

Returns

Mesh

Triangle surface mesh (tri3) filling the area inside this mesh.

Examples

Boundary preservation:

>>> cir = shapes.circle(div=8)
>>> tri = cir.generate_triangle_mesh()
>>> tri.eltype.lname
'tri3'
>>> print(tri.border_mesh().n_elems())
8