crystalShape.crystalShape

crystalShape.crystalShape edit page

a class representing crystal shapes.

The code of this class is based on the paper

Enderlein, J., 1997. A package for displaying crystal morphology. Mathematica Journal, 7(1).

A crystal shape is defined by a list of face normals. The faces are placed at a distance given by the length of their normal and the polyhedron is the intersection of the corresponding half spaces, so scaling a normal moves its face and can make it disappear entirely.

Syntax

cS = crystalShape(N)
cS = crystalShape(N,habitus,extension)
cS = crystalShape.hex(cs)

Input

`N`	`Miller, the face normals`
`habitus`	`how visible mixed hkl faces are, 0 switches it off`
`extension`	`[a b c], distance of the faces depending on hkl`

Output

`cS`	`crystalShape`

Class Properties

`N`	`Miller, the face normals`
`V`	`vector3d, the vertices`
`F`	`the faces as indices into V`
`E`	`the edges`
`habitus`	`how visible mixed hkl faces are`
`extension`	`distance of the faces depending on hkl`
`CS`	`crystal symmetry`
`diameter`	`largest distance between two vertices`
`faceArea`	`area of each face`
`faceCenter`	`vector3d, center of each face`
`volume`	`volume of the polyhedron`

Example

mtexdata titanium;
cS = crystalShape.hex(ebsd.CS)
close all
plot(cS)