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- .TH SDERIVE
- 6 "IRIT Version 6.0"
- .SH NAME
- SDERIVE
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- SurfaceType SDERIVE( SurfaceType Srf, NumericType Dir )
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- Returns a vector field surface representing the differentiated surface
- in the given direction (ROW or COL). Evaluation of the returned surface at
- a given parameter value will return a vector tangent to Srf in
- Dir at that parameter value.
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- DuSrf = SDERIVE( Srf, ROW );
- DvSrf = SDERIVE( Srf, COL );
- Normal = coerce( seval( DuSrf, 0.5, 0.5 ), VECTOR_TYPE ) ^
- coerce( seval( DvSrf, 0.5, 0.5 ), VECTOR_TYPE );
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- computes the two partial derivatives of the surface Srf and computes
- its normal as their cross product, at the parametric location (0.5, 0.5).
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