example of hinge shaped surface

# Authors: Julien Lefevre <julien.lefevre@univ-amu.fr>

# License: BSD (3-clause)
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importation of slam modules

import slam.plot as splt
import slam.curvature as scurv
import slam.generate_parametric_surfaces as sgps

Creating an examplar 3-4-…n hinge mesh

hinge_mesh = sgps.generate_hinge(n_hinge=4)
mesh_curvatures = scurv.curvatures_and_derivatives(hinge_mesh)
mean_curvature = 1 / 2 * mesh_curvatures[0].sum(axis=0)

visb_sc = splt.visbrain_plot(
    mesh=hinge_mesh, tex=mean_curvature, caption="hinge", cblabel="mean curvature"
)

visb_sc.preview()

Out:

Calculating vertex normals .... Please wait
Finished calculating vertex normals
Calculating curvature tensors ... Please wait
Finished Calculating curvature tensors
Calculating Principal Components ... Please wait
Finished Calculating principal components