savedxf.m

function savedxf(node, face, elem, fname)
%
% savedxf(node,face,elem,fname)
%
% save a surface mesh to DXF format
%
% author: Qianqian Fang, <q.fang at neu.edu>
% date: 2010/04/25
%
% input:
%      node: input, surface node list, dimension (nn,3)
%      face: input, surface face element list, dimension (be,3)
%      elem: input, tetrahedral element list, dimension (ne,4)
%      fname: output file name
%
% -- this function is part of iso2mesh toolbox (http://iso2mesh.sf.net)
%

if (nargin == 2)
    fname = face;
    face = [];
    elem = [];
end

if (nargin == 3)
    fname = elem;
    elem = [];
end

fid = fopen(fname, 'wt');
if (fid == -1)
    error('You do not have permission to save mesh files.');
end

fprintf(fid, '0\nSECTION\n2\nHEADER\n0\nENDSEC\n0\nSECTION\n2\nENTITIES\n');

if (~isempty(face))
    fprintf(fid, '0\nPOLYLINE\n66\n1\n8\nI2M\n70\n64\n71\n%d\n72\n%d\n', size(node, 1), size(face, 1));
end

if (~isempty(node))
    node = node(:, 1:3);
    fprintf(fid, '0\nVERTEX\n8\nI2M\n10\n%.16f\n20\n%.16f\n30\n%.16f\n70\n192\n', node');
end

if (~isempty(face))
    face = face(:, 1:3);
    fprintf(fid, '0\nVERTEX\n8\nI2M\n62\n254\n10\n0.0\n20\n0.0\n30\n0.0\n70\n128\n71\n%d\n72\n%d\n73\n%d\n', face');
end

fprintf(fid, '0\nSEQEND\n0\nENDSEC\n');

if (~isempty(face))
    fprintf(fid, '0\nSECTION\n2\nENTITIES\n0\nINSERT\n8\n1\n2\nMesh\n10\n0.0\n20\n0.0\n30\n0.0\n41\n1.0\n42\n1.0\n43\n1.0\n50\n0.0\n0\nENDSEC\n');
end

fprintf(fid, '0\nEOF');

fclose(fid);