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nearestFace

Find faces nearest to specified point

Since R2021a

    Description

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    FaceID = nearestFace(g,Coords) finds faces nearest to the point with the coordinates Coords.

    Examples

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    Find faces of a block nearest to the specified points.

    Create a block geometry.

    gm = multicuboid(3,2,1)
    gm = 
      DiscreteGeometry with properties:
    
           NumCells: 1
           NumFaces: 6
           NumEdges: 12
        NumVertices: 8
           Vertices: [8x3 double]
    
    

    Plot the geometry with the face labels. Add the points with the coordinates (0 0 0.1), (2 0.9 1), and (1.5 -1 1) to the plot.

    pdegplot(gm,"FaceLabels","on","FaceAlpha",0.2)
    hold on
    scatter3([0 2 1.5],[0 0.9 -1],[0.1 1 1],"filled","MarkerFaceColor","g")

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object contains 7 objects of type quiver, text, patch, line, scatter.

    Find faces closest to the points with the coordinates (0 0 0.1), (2 0.9 1), and (1.5 -1 1). If several faces are equally close (within the tolerance) to the point, nearestFace returns the ID of one of the faces.

    faceIDs = nearestFace(gm,[0 0 0.1; 2 0.9 1; 1.5 -1 1])
    faceIDs = 1×3
    
         1     3     6
    
    

    Find faces of the L-shaped membrane nearest to the specified points.

    Create a model and include this geometry. The geometry of the L-shaped membrane is described in the file lshapeg.

    model = createpde();
    gm = geometryFromEdges(model,@lshapeg)
    gm = 
      AnalyticGeometry with properties:
    
           NumCells: 0
           NumFaces: 3
           NumEdges: 10
        NumVertices: 8
           Vertices: [8x2 double]
    
    

    Plot the geometry with the face labels. Add the points with the coordinates (0 0), (1.1 -0.2), and (-0.5 0.5) to the plot.

    pdegplot(gm,"FaceLabels","on")
    hold on
    scatter([0 1.1 -0.5],[0 -0.2 0.5],"filled")

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object contains 5 objects of type line, text, scatter.

    Find faces closest to the points with the coordinates (0 0), (1.1 -0.2), and (-0.5 0.5). If several faces are equally close (within the tolerance) to the point, nearestFace returns the ID of one of the faces.

    faceIDs = nearestFace(gm,[0 0; 1.1 -0.2; -0.5 0.5])
    faceIDs = 1×3
    
         2     3     1
    
    

    Input Arguments

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    Geometry, specified as an fegeometry object, a DiscreteGeometry object, or an AnalyticGeometry object.

    Coordinates of the points, specified as an N-by-2 or N-by-3 numeric matrix for a 2-D or 3-D geometry, respectively. Here, N is the number of points.

    Data Types: double

    Output Arguments

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    IDs of faces nearest to the specified point, returned as a positive number or a vector of positive numbers.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2021a

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