mesh

Generate isosurface mesh from active voxels

Since R2024b

Syntax

[vertices,faces] = mesh(sdm3D)

Description

[vertices,faces] = mesh(sdm3D) uses the Marching Cubes algorithm to generate an isosurface mesh from active voxels that define the zero-level set.

Examples

Build Signed Distance Map from Point Cloud Data

Read and plot the triangulation data from the L-membrane STL. You can use this to compare with the signed distance map.

triL = stlread("L-Membrane.stl");
trisurf(triL)
title("L-Membrane STL")
[az,el] = view;
axis equal

Create an empty 3-D signed distance field (SDF) and load the point cloud data for the L-membrane from a MAT file. The MAT file contains point cloud data and the sensor origin associated with each point cloud data.

sdm3D = signedDistanceMap3D(Resolution=50);
load LMembranePC.mat

Insert each point cloud into the signed distance field and show the updated 3-D SDF.

for i = 1:size(ptcloud,1)
    insertPointCloud(sdm3D,origin(i,:),ptcloud{i});
    show(sdm3D,Colorbar="on");
    view(az,el)
    axis equal
    drawnow
    pause(.25)
end
title(["3-D SDF of L-Membrane"])

Get all active voxels in the 3-D SDF.

vox = activeVoxels(sdm3D)

vox = struct with fields:
           ID: 1
      Centers: [49889x3 double]
    Distances: [49889x1 double]
        Sizes: [49889x1 double]

For demonstrative purposes, use a random xyz-offset from the voxel centers of the first three voxels as query points. Then get the distance and gradient using those query points.

querypts = vox.Centers(1:3,:) + 0.1*rand(3,3);
d = distance(sdm3D,querypts)

d = 3×1

    0.0379
   -0.0447
    0.0600

g = gradient(sdm3D,querypts)

g = 3×3

    0.1924    1.5773   -1.4002
    0.1689    1.6524   -0.8267
   -0.0715   -0.2335    0.3677

Generate a mesh from the 3-D signed distance field.

[vertices,faces] = mesh(sdm3D)

vertices = 18860×3

   -0.0100    0.0068    0.1500
   -0.0300    0.0059    0.1500
   -0.0100    0.0100    0.1610
   -0.0300    0.0100    0.1565
    0.0100    0.0047    0.1500
   -0.0100   -0.0100    0.1409
    0.0100   -0.0100    0.1421
    0.0100    0.0025    0.1700
   -0.0010    0.0100    0.1700
    0.0100    0.0094    0.1900
      ⋮

faces = 37094×3

     2     1     3
     4     2     3
     7     1     6
     5     1     7
     9     3     1
     9     1     8
     8     1     5
     8    10    11
     9     8    11
    10    12    11
      ⋮

Visualize the mesh data.

meshTri = triangulation(faces,vertices);
trisurf(meshTri)
axis equal
title("Mesh from 3-D SDF")

If needed, you can use this mesh data to create a collision mesh using V-HACD. See collisionVHACD (Robotics System Toolbox) for more information.

Input Arguments

sdm3D — 3-D signed distance map

signedDistanceMap3D object

3-D signed distance map, specified as a signedDistanceMap3D object.

Output Arguments

vertices — Vertices of generated isosurface mesh

V-by-3 matrix

Generated isosurface mesh vertices, returned as a V-by-3 matrix. Each row represents an xyz-position.

faces — Faces of generated isosurface mesh

F-by-3 matrix

Generated isosurface mesh faces, returned as a F-by-3 matrix. Each row is triangular face made from three vertices. Each element is an index corresponding a vertex in the vertices argument.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using MATLAB® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2024b