Synopsis
PDX_MSGT gdx_CompareSurfaces(long option, MDA_PTR gdx_surf1_ptr, MDA_PTR gdx_surf2_ptr, double toler_geom, double toler_parm, long num_u_pnts, long num_v_pnts, long max_iters, GDX_ENTITY_COMPARE *gdx_surfcompare)
Purpose
Compare two surfaces for conformity.
Description
Compare two surfaces for geometric conformity at sample points within a tolerance toler_geom and for parameterization conformity within toler_parm. If the option is GDX_SUB_ENTITY, the first surface could be unbounded, otherwise both surfaces should be bounded. At every sample point one surface is evaluated and then the evaluated point will be projected on to the other surface. The distance between the original evaluated point and projected point should be less than the toler_geom for all the sample points to indicate geometric conformity of surfaces at those points.
Input
option
GDX_SUB_ENTITY
Second surface is a sub-surface of the first surface.
GDX_SAME_ENTITY
Compare the two surfaces for the same Point set.
GDX_RANDOM_PNTS
Compare the two surfaces at random points.
gdx_surf1_ptr
First surface entity database pointer
gdx_surf2_ptr
Second surface entity database pointer
toler_geom
Tolerance within which surfaces are assumed to conform.
toler_parm
Tolerance within which parameterization of the surfaces is assumed to be the same.
num_u_pnts
Number of sample points in u direction
num_v_pnts
Number of sample points in v direction. In case if the option is GDX_RANDOM_PNTS, the number of sample points would be num_u_pnts * num_v_pnts
max_iters
Maximum number of iterations when point projection is done numerically.
Output
gdx_surfcompare
Comparison results structure.
Return
Low level error return
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