Curvature

Makes a field whose value at each point is the curvature of the input's surface there: the smallest or largest principal curvature, or the mean of the two. For a sphere of radius r the mean curvature is 1/r (convex surfaces read positive).

Inputs

Input Solid or Mesh

The Solid or mesh whose surface curvature is measured.

Takes: any block that gives Solid (116 blocks)
Kind Choice

Which curvature to report: min, max or mean.

Output

Number

Used by: any block that takes Number (95 blocks)

Properties

Values the block gives besides its output. The editor lists them under Properties, and an input can read one by reference.

Solid Solid

The field read as a Solid whose surface is where the field is zero.

BoundingBox Bounding Box

The box the field is evaluated in.

Negative Number

The field with its sign flipped (−f), which swaps inside and outside.

Redistanced Number

The field divided by its gradient length (f/|∇f|) so it reads close to a true distance; the zero set does not move.

What implicit modeling is

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