Geodesic::Face (Class)

In: Geodesic.rb
Parent: Object

Represents a triplet of Vectors defining a face

Methods

new   normal   normal_out?   points   reverse!   scale_by   subdivide_by   to_s  

Attributes

a  [R] 
b  [R] 
c  [R] 

Public Class methods

Public Instance methods

normal()

Return the normal of this face

normal_out?()

Returns true if the normal of the face points away from the origin

reverse!()

Reverse the direction of the face’s normal by swapping the first and last points

scale_by( scale_factor )

Scale each point by the specified factor

subdivide_by( frequency=0 )

Subdivide the face into (frequency+1)^2 sub-triangles

Returns an array of new Face instances

Note that the points shared by common faces will be pointers to the same vector instance

[Validate]