Re: [Libmesh-devel] TetGenMeshInterface

[Steffen P. <ste...@tu...>]

John Peterson wrote:

>Steffen and Florian,
>
>The MeshBase class now contains several "forwarding"
>functions, such as:
>
>void tetgen_triangulate_pointset();
>void tetgen_pointset_convexhull();
>
>
>The purpose of these functions is to construct a
>TetGenMeshInterface object, and then call a function
>by the same name, as in:
>
>void MeshBase::tetgen_triangulate_pointset()
>{
>  TetGenMeshInterface tetgen_interface (_nodes,
>					_elements,
>					data);
>  tetgen_interface.triangulate_pointset();
>
>  // Done triangulating the mesh.  Now prepare it for use.
>  this->prepare_for_use();
>} 
>
>
>
>In the interest of keeping the MeshBase interface as
>simple as possible, would you be able to have the TetGenInterface
>class take a reference to a Mesh upon construction?  For
>example, see the Partitioner or MeshSmoother classes.
>Then the user does:
>
>Mesh mesh(3);
>// read in points...
>
>TetGenInterface tetgen(mesh);
>tetgen.triangulate_pointset();
>
>
>Probably the best thing about this technique is the savings in
>compile time.  If you change the functionality of TetGenMeshInterface,
>you no longer have to change mesh_base.h, which in turn prevents a
>huge re-compile.
>
>This shouldn't require too much work.  If you are busy now, I can
>probably try to do it.
>
It's ok. Either Florian or I will have time to change it. 

Steffen