How to fix the incorrect shape of a mesh

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I have 3D points that represent a cuboid saved in F which I extracted from an image. F is 8x3 double array. When I converted the data to a triangulated mesh and plotted it, I got this incorrect shape, see the image below. It should produce a cuboid with 6 faces, but the resulted one has 8 faces. Anyone can help me how to fix the problem to plot the correct shape? However, when I write the values of x,y, and z manually (see the code below the image), the code plots the shape correctly.
The code is:
x = F(:,1);
y = F(:,2);
z = F(:,3);
shp = alphaShape(x,y,z);
[elements,nodes] = boundaryFacets(shp);
model = createpde(); % requires Partial Differential Equation Toolbox
geometryFromMesh(model,nodes',elements');
pdegplot(model,'FaceLabels','on','FaceAlpha',0.5)
generateMesh(model);
% This section is the manual values of x, y, and z. Here the plot is correct. But if I use the existed one, the plot is not correct
F = [0.014 -0.4472 0
0.4055 -0.4472 0
0.409 -0.6478 0
0.014 -0.6478 0
0.014 -0.4472 -0.18
0.4055 -0.4472 -0.18
0.409 -0.6478 -0.18
0.014 -0.6478 -0.18];

Accepted Answer

Mohammad Abu Haifa
Mohammad Abu Haifa on 1 Sep 2022
I found the answer. To fix this problem we need to arrange the vertices order. So, you can do the following:
K = convhull(x,y,z);
nodes = [x';y';z'];
elements = K';
model = createpde();
geometryFromMesh(model,nodes,elements);
pdegplot(model,'FaceLabels','on','FaceAlpha',0.5)

More Answers (1)

KSSV
KSSV on 1 Sep 2022
You need to arrange the vertices in an order...get the order from the above file exchange..
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Mohammad Abu Haifa
Mohammad Abu Haifa on 1 Sep 2022
This is a different story. I want to keep it as a mesh (not only a plot) because I want to export the mesh to nother software. The problem is the number of faces of the mesh is correct when I enter the values manually, but when I use the 3D data extracted from an image, the mesh has two more faces.
KSSV
KSSV on 1 Sep 2022
Check the order of the vertices...

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