.. _sphx_glr_examples_MeshGeneration:

Mesh Generation Examples
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Examples for different methods of generating meshes.


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example generates a surface mesh of an implicit function (Taubin&#x27;s heart surface :citeTaubin1993) and then performs  Laplacian smoothing on it.">

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  :doc:`/examples/MeshGeneration/demo_heart`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Implicit Heart</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example creates pasta shapes with mymesh.primitives using sweep  construction methods (~mymesh.primitives.Extrude and  Revolve). These demonstrate how meshes  of complex shapes can be constructed starting with a single straight line.">

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  :doc:`/examples/MeshGeneration/demo_pasta`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Pasta Shapes</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) are particularly interesting subjects for a mixed-topology approach because the resultant surface will remain triply periodic (though not minimal) as long as the periodicities are compatible.  ">

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  .. image:: /examples/MeshGeneration/images/thumb/sphx_glr_demo_mixed-top_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/examples/MeshGeneration/demo_mixed-top`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Mixed-Topology TPMS</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example generates different types of image-based meshes using the Stanford bunny as an example.">

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  :doc:`/examples/MeshGeneration/demo_image-based`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Image-based Meshing</div>
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.. toctree::
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   /examples/MeshGeneration/demo_heart
   /examples/MeshGeneration/demo_pasta
   /examples/MeshGeneration/demo_mixed-top
   /examples/MeshGeneration/demo_image-based