Flat 3D convex enclosed areas in matplot lib

Question

I am trying to build in 3D a polyhedron defined by a set of inequalities. Essentially, I'm trying to reproduce the functionality of this matlab plotregion library in matplotlib.

My approach is to get the intersection vertices, build their convex hull, and then get and build the resulting faces (simplexes).

The problem is that many simplices are coplanar, and they make the plot very busy for no reason (see all these diagonal edges in the graph below).

Is there an easy way to simply print the “outer” edges of a polyhedron, without having to unite, one after another, all coplanar simplexes?

thank

from scipy.spatial import HalfspaceIntersection
from scipy.spatial import ConvexHull
import scipy as sp
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import mpl_toolkits.mplot3d as a3
import matplotlib.colors as colors


w = np.array([1., 1., 1.])


# ∑ᵢ hᵢ wᵢ qᵢ - ∑ᵢ gᵢ wᵢ <= 0 
#  qᵢ - ubᵢ <= 0
# -qᵢ + lbᵢ <= 0 
halfspaces = np.array([
                    [1.*w[0], 1.*w[1], 1.*w[2], -10 ],
                    [ 1.,  0.,  0., -4],
                    [ 0.,  1.,  0., -4],
                    [ 0.,  0.,  1., -4],
                    [-1.,  0.,  0.,  0],
                    [ 0., -1.,  0.,  0],
                    [ 0.,  0., -1.,  0]
                    ])
feasible_point = np.array([0.1, 0.1, 0.1])
hs = HalfspaceIntersection(halfspaces, feasible_point)
verts = hs.intersections
hull = ConvexHull(verts)
faces = hull.simplices

ax = a3.Axes3D(plt.figure())
ax.dist=10
ax.azim=30
ax.elev=10
ax.set_xlim([0,5])
ax.set_ylim([0,5])
ax.set_zlim([0,5])

for s in faces:
    sq = [
        [verts[s[0], 0], verts[s[0], 1], verts[s[0], 2]],
        [verts[s[1], 0], verts[s[1], 1], verts[s[1], 2]],
        [verts[s[2], 0], verts[s[2], 1], verts[s[2], 2]]
    ]

    f = a3.art3d.Poly3DCollection([sq])
    f.set_color(colors.rgb2hex(sp.rand(3)))
    f.set_edgecolor('k')
    f.set_alpha(0.1)
    ax.add_collection3d(f)

plt.show()

Answer 1

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import numpy as np
from sympy import Plane, Point3D
import networkx as nx


def simplify(triangles):
    """
    Simplify an iterable of triangles such that adjacent and coplanar triangles form a single face.
    Each triangle is a set of 3 points in 3D space.
    """

    # create a graph in which nodes represent triangles;
    # nodes are connected if the corresponding triangles are adjacent and coplanar
    G = nx.Graph()
    G.add_nodes_from(range(len(triangles)))
    for ii, a in enumerate(triangles):
        for jj, b in enumerate(triangles):
            if (ii < jj): # test relationships only in one way as adjacency and co-planarity are bijective
                if is_adjacent(a, b):
                    if is_coplanar(a, b, np.pi / 180.):
                        G.add_edge(ii,jj)

    # triangles that belong to a connected component can be combined
    components = list(nx.connected_components(G))
    simplified = [set(flatten(triangles[index] for index in component)) for component in components]

    # need to reorder nodes so that patches are plotted correctly
    reordered = [reorder(face) for face in simplified]

    return reordered


def is_adjacent(a, b):
    return len(set(a) & set(b)) == 2 # i.e. triangles share 2 points and hence a side


def is_coplanar(a, b, tolerance_in_radians=0):
    a1, a2, a3 = a
    b1, b2, b3 = b
    plane_a = Plane(Point3D(a1), Point3D(a2), Point3D(a3))
    plane_b = Plane(Point3D(b1), Point3D(b2), Point3D(b3))
    if not tolerance_in_radians: # only accept exact results
        return plane_a.is_coplanar(plane_b)
    else:
        angle = plane_a.angle_between(plane_b).evalf()
        angle %= np.pi # make sure that angle is between 0 and np.pi
        return (angle - tolerance_in_radians <= 0.) or \
            ((np.pi - angle) - tolerance_in_radians <= 0.)


flatten = lambda l: [item for sublist in l for item in sublist]


def reorder(vertices):
    """
    Reorder nodes such that the resulting path corresponds to the "hull" of the set of points.

    Note:
    -----
    Not tested on edge cases, and likely to break.
    Probably only works for convex shapes.

    """
    if len(vertices) <= 3: # just a triangle
        return vertices
    else:
        # take random vertex (here simply the first)
        reordered = [vertices.pop()]
        # get next closest vertex that is not yet reordered
        # repeat until only one vertex remains in original list
        vertices = list(vertices)
        while len(vertices) > 1:
            idx = np.argmin(get_distance(reordered[-1], vertices))
            v = vertices.pop(idx)
            reordered.append(v)
        # add remaining vertex to output
        reordered += vertices
        return reordered


def get_distance(v1, v2):
    v2 = np.array(list(v2))
    difference = v2 - v1
    ssd = np.sum(difference**2, axis=1)
    return np.sqrt(ssd)

:

from scipy.spatial import HalfspaceIntersection
from scipy.spatial import ConvexHull
import scipy as sp
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import mpl_toolkits.mplot3d as a3
import matplotlib.colors as colors


w = np.array([1., 1., 1.])


# ∑ᵢ hᵢ wᵢ qᵢ - ∑ᵢ gᵢ wᵢ <= 0
#  qᵢ - ubᵢ <= 0
# -qᵢ + lbᵢ <= 0
halfspaces = np.array([
                    [1.*w[0], 1.*w[1], 1.*w[2], -10 ],
                    [ 1.,  0.,  0., -4],
                    [ 0.,  1.,  0., -4],
                    [ 0.,  0.,  1., -4],
                    [-1.,  0.,  0.,  0],
                    [ 0., -1.,  0.,  0],
                    [ 0.,  0., -1.,  0]
                    ])
feasible_point = np.array([0.1, 0.1, 0.1])
hs = HalfspaceIntersection(halfspaces, feasible_point)
verts = hs.intersections
hull = ConvexHull(verts)
faces = hull.simplices

ax = a3.Axes3D(plt.figure())
ax.dist=10
ax.azim=30
ax.elev=10
ax.set_xlim([0,5])
ax.set_ylim([0,5])
ax.set_zlim([0,5])

triangles = []
for s in faces:
    sq = [
        (verts[s[0], 0], verts[s[0], 1], verts[s[0], 2]),
        (verts[s[1], 0], verts[s[1], 1], verts[s[1], 2]),
        (verts[s[2], 0], verts[s[2], 1], verts[s[2], 2])
    ]
    triangles.append(sq)

new_faces = simplify(triangles)
for sq in new_faces:
    f = a3.art3d.Poly3DCollection([sq])
    f.set_color(colors.rgb2hex(sp.rand(3)))
    f.set_edgecolor('k')
    f.set_alpha(0.1)
    ax.add_collection3d(f)

# # rotate the axes and update
# for angle in range(0, 360):
#     ax.view_init(30, angle)
#     plt.draw()
#     plt.pause(.001)

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Answer 2

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from scipy.spatial import HalfspaceIntersection
from scipy.spatial import ConvexHull
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import mpl_toolkits.mplot3d as a3

w = np.array([1., 1., 1.])
# ∑ᵢ hᵢ wᵢ qᵢ - ∑ᵢ gᵢ wᵢ <= 0 
#  qᵢ - ubᵢ <= 0
# -qᵢ + lbᵢ <= 0 
halfspaces = np.array([
                    [1.*w[0], 1.*w[1], 1.*w[2], -10 ],
                    [ 1.,  0.,  0., -4],
                    [ 0.,  1.,  0., -4],
                    [ 0.,  0.,  1., -4],
                    [-1.,  0.,  0.,  0],
                    [ 0., -1.,  0.,  0],
                    [ 0.,  0., -1.,  0]
                    ])
feasible_point = np.array([0.1, 0.1, 0.1])
hs = HalfspaceIntersection(halfspaces, feasible_point)
verts = hs.intersections
hull = ConvexHull(verts)
simplices = hull.simplices

org_triangles = [verts[s] for s in simplices]

class Faces():
    def __init__(self,tri, sig_dig=12, method="convexhull"):
        self.method=method
        self.tri = np.around(np.array(tri), sig_dig)
        self.grpinx = list(range(len(tri)))
        norms = np.around([self.norm(s) for s in self.tri], sig_dig)
        _, self.inv = np.unique(norms,return_inverse=True, axis=0)

    def norm(self,sq):
        cr = np.cross(sq[2]-sq[0],sq[1]-sq[0])
        return np.abs(cr/np.linalg.norm(cr))

    def isneighbor(self, tr1,tr2):
        a = np.concatenate((tr1,tr2), axis=0)
        return len(a) == len(np.unique(a, axis=0))+2

    def order(self, v):
        if len(v) <= 3:
            return v
        v = np.unique(v, axis=0)
        n = self.norm(v[:3])
        y = np.cross(n,v[1]-v[0])
        y = y/np.linalg.norm(y)
        c = np.dot(v, np.c_[v[1]-v[0],y])
        if self.method == "convexhull":
            h = ConvexHull(c)
            return v[h.vertices]
        else:
            mean = np.mean(c,axis=0)
            d = c-mean
            s = np.arctan2(d[:,0], d[:,1])
            return v[np.argsort(s)]

    def simplify(self):
        for i, tri1 in enumerate(self.tri):
            for j,tri2 in enumerate(self.tri):
                if j > i: 
                    if self.isneighbor(tri1,tri2) and \
                       self.inv[i]==self.inv[j]:
                        self.grpinx[j] = self.grpinx[i]
        groups = []
        for i in np.unique(self.grpinx):
            u = self.tri[self.grpinx == i]
            u = np.concatenate([d for d in u])
            u = self.order(u)
            groups.append(u)
        return groups


f = Faces(org_triangles)
g = f.simplify()

ax = a3.Axes3D(plt.figure())

colors = list(map("C{}".format, range(len(g))))

pc = a3.art3d.Poly3DCollection(g,  facecolor=colors, 
                                   edgecolor="k", alpha=0.9)
ax.add_collection3d(pc)

ax.dist=10
ax.azim=30
ax.elev=10
ax.set_xlim([0,5])
ax.set_ylim([0,5])
ax.set_zlim([0,5])
plt.show()