CheckOutwardNormals

Checks face/vertex list of closed triangulated objects to make sure all normals are outward facing.
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Updated 11 Jul 2024

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Checks normals are outward facing and re-orders face if not.
Works with concave objects and with cavities. e.g. swiss cheese
Only works with triangular faces
Requirements: Function TriangleRayIntersection by Jarek Tuszynski
Input: faces, F (Nx3)
vertices, V (Nx3)
Output: corrected face list so all normals are outwards facing
list of any faces reordered
Assumptions: Normals are from clockwise orientation of faces. I.e. Right hand rule
Shape is closed and watertight.
No duplicate faces
Potential improvements: TriangleRayIntersection accepts multi-face, multi-ray input so should be able to speed up by removing the loop over the faces.

Cite As

Darrel Robertson (2024). CheckOutwardNormals (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/169468-checkoutwardnormals), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2024a
Compatible with any release
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Windows macOS Linux
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Inspired by: Triangle/Ray Intersection

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1.0.0