Global attributes

barycenter(mesh)

Barycenter of the vertices of the mesh

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
mesh	Mesh	input mesh	required

Returns:

Name	Type	Description
Vec	Vec	coordinates of the barycenter

euler_characteristic(mesh)

Computes the Euler characteristic of a surface mesh, given as V-E+F

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_characteristic

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
mesh	SurfaceMesh	the mesh	required

Returns:

Type	Description
int	the Euler characteristic

mean_cell_volume(mesh, n=None)

Estimation of mean cell volume

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
mesh	VolumeMesh	input mesh	required
n	int	Early stopping for number of cells to consider in mean computation. If set to None, considers all the cells. Defaults to None.	None

Returns:

Name	Type	Description
float	float	the computed mean cell volume

mean_edge_length(mesh, n=None)

Estimation of mean edge length

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
mesh	Mesh	input mesh	required
n	int	Early stopping for number of edges to consider in mean computation. If set to None, considers all the edges. Defaults to None.	None

Returns:

Name	Type	Description
float	float	the computed mean edge length

mean_face_area(mesh, n=None)

Estimation of mean face area

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
mesh	Mesh	input mesh	required
n	int	Early stopping for number of faces to consider in mean computation. If set to None, considers all the faces. Defaults to None.	None

Returns:

Name	Type	Description
float	float	the computed mean face area

total_area(mesh)

Sum of face areas

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
mesh	Mesh	input mesh	required

Returns:

Name	Type	Description
float	float	the computed mean face area