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+%% Copyright (c) 2010 Juan Pablo Carbajal <carbajal@ifi.uzh.ch>
+%%
+%% This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+%% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+%% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+%% any later version.
+%%
+%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+%% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+%% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+%% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%%
+%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+%% along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+%% -*- texinfo -*-
+%% @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{fileStr} =} data2geo (@var{data}, @var{lc})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{fileStr} =} data2geo (@dots{}, @var{param}, @var{value})
+%% Uses data to build a file compatible with Gmsh.
+%%
+%% @var{data} is assumed to describe a polygon in @code{polygon2d} format.
+%% The argument @var{lc} specifies the edge size.
+%%
+%% The optional parameters can be 'output' followed with a string specifying a file
+%% to write, and 'spherical' followed by a real number @var{r} indicating that the
+% polygon describes a spherical surface of radious @var{r}.
+%%
+%% @seealso{polygon2d, @@svg/path2polygon}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function strFile = data2geo(data,lc,varargin)
+
+ nl = @()sprintf('\n');
+
+ %% Parse options
+ filegiven = [];
+ spherical = [];
+ if nargin > 2
+ filegiven = find(cellfun(@(x)strcmpi(x,'output'),varargin));
+ spherical = find(cellfun(@(x)strcmpi(x,'spherical'),varargin));
+ end
+
+ [n dim] = size(data);
+ if dim == 2
+ data(:,3) = zeros(n,1);
+ end
+
+ header = ' // File created with Octave';
+ strFile = [];
+ strFile = [strFile header nl()];
+
+ % Points
+ strFile = [strFile '// Points' nl()];
+
+ for i=1:n
+ strFile = [strFile pointGeo(i,data(i,:),lc)];
+ end
+
+ % Lines
+ strFile = [strFile '// Lines' nl()];
+ for i=1:n-1
+ strFile = [strFile lineGeo(i,i,i+1)];
+ end
+ strFile = [strFile lineGeo(n,n,1)];
+
+ % Loop
+ strFile = [strFile lineLoopGeo(n+1,n,1:n)];
+
+ % Surface
+ if spherical
+ sphr = varargin{spherical+1};
+ if dim ==2
+ sphr(1,3) = 0;
+ end
+ strFile = [strFile pointGeo(n+1,sphr,lc)];
+ strFile = [strFile ruledSurfGeo(n+3,1,n+1,n+1)];
+ else
+ strFile = [strFile planeSurfGeo(n+2,1,n+1)];
+ end
+
+ if filegiven
+ outfile = varargin{filegiven+1};
+ fid = fopen(outfile,'w');
+ fprintf(fid,'%s',strFile);
+ fclose(fid);
+ disp(['DATA2GEO: Geometry file saved to ' outfile])
+ end
+endfunction
+
+%!demo
+%! points = [0 0 0; 0.1 0 0; 0.1 .3 0; 0 0.3 0];
+%! strFile = data2geo(points,0.009);
+%! disp(strFile)
+
+%!demo
+%! dc = svg('drawing6.svg');
+%! ids = dc.pathid();
+%! P = dc.path2polygon(ids{1},12)(1:end-1,:);
+%! P = bsxfun(@minus, P, centroid(P));
+%! P = simplifypolygon(P,'tol',5e-1);
+%! filename = tmpnam ();
+%! meshsize = sqrt(mean(sumsq(diff(P,1,1),2)))/2;
+%! data2geo (P, meshsize, 'output', [filename '.geo']);
+%!
+%! pkg load msh fpl
+%! T = msh2m_gmsh(filename);
+%! pdemesh(T.p,T.e,T.t)
+%!
+%! % --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%! % We load the drawing6.svg file into Octave and transform it into a polygon.
+%! % Then we create a temporary file where the .geo mesh will be written.
+%! % If the packages msh and fpl are available, a mesh is created from the .geo
+%! % file.