mergemesh.m

function [newnode, newelem] = mergemesh(node, elem, varargin)
%
% [newnode,newelem]=mergemesh(node,elem,varargin)
%
% concatenate two or more tetrahedral meshes or triangular surfaces
%
% author: Qianqian Fang <q.fang at neu.edu>
%
% input:
%      node: node coordinates, dimension (nn,3)
%      elem: tetrahedral element or triangle surface (nn,3) to (nn,5)
%
% output:
%      newnode: the node coordinates after merging, dimension (nn,3)
%      newelem: tetrahedral element or surfaces after merging (nn,4) or (nhn,5)
%
% note: you can call meshcheckrepair for the output newnode and
% newelem to remove the duplicated nodes or elements. mergemesh does
% detect self-intersecting elements when merging; to remove self-intersecting
% elements, you need to use mergesurf().
%
% example:
%
%   [node1,face1,elem1]=meshabox([0 0 0],[10 10 10],1,1);
%   [node2,face2,elem2]=meshasphere([5 5 13.1],3,0.3,3);
%   [newnode,newelem]=mergemesh(node1,elem1,node2,elem2);
%   plotmesh(newnode,newelem);
%   figure;
%   [newnode,newface]=mergemesh(node1,face1,node2,face2);
%   plotmesh(newnode,newface,'x>5');
%
% -- this function is part of iso2mesh toolbox (http://iso2mesh.sf.net)
%

len = length(varargin);
newnode = node;
newelem = elem;
if (len > 0 && mod(len, 2) ~= 0)
    error('you must give node and element in pairs');
end

X = mesheuler(newelem);

if (size(newelem, 2) == 4)
    if (X >= 0)
        newelem(:, end + 1) = 1;
    end
end
if (size(newelem, 2) == 3)
    newelem(:, end + 1) = 1;
end
for i = 1:2:len
    no = varargin{i};
    el = varargin{i + 1};
    baseno = size(newnode, 1);
    if (size(no, 2) ~= size(newnode, 2))
        error('input node arrays have inconsistent columns');
    end
    if (size(el, 2) == 5 || size(el, 2) == 4)
        el(:, 1:4) = el(:, 1:4) + baseno;
        if (size(el, 2) == 4 && X >= 0)
            el(:, 5) = 1 + (i + 1) / 2;
        end
        newnode = [newnode; no];
        newelem = [newelem; el];
    elseif (size(el, 2) == 3 && size(newelem, 2) == 4)
        el(:, 1:3) = el(:, 1:3) + baseno;
        if (size(el, 2) == 3)
            el(:, 4) = 1 + (i + 1) / 2;
        end
        newnode = [newnode; no];
        newelem = [newelem; el];
    else
        error('input element arrays have inconsistent columns');
    end
end