surfacenorm.m

function snorm = surfacenorm(node, face, varargin)
%
% snorm=surfacenorm(node,face)
%    or
% snorm=surfacenorm(node,face,'Normalize',0)
%
% compute the normal vectors for a triangular surface
%
% author: Qianqian Fang, <q.fang at neu.edu>
%
% input:
%   node: a list of node coordinates (nn x 3)
%   face: a surface mesh triangle list (ne x 3)
%   opt: a list of optional parameters, currently surfacenorm supports:
%        'Normalize': [1|0] if set to 1, the normal vectors will be
%                           unitary (default)
%
% output:
%   snorm: output surface normal vector at each face
%
% -- this function is part of iso2mesh toolbox (http://iso2mesh.sf.net)
%

opt = varargin2struct(varargin{:});

snorm = surfplane(node, face);
snorm = snorm(:, 1:3);

if (jsonopt('Normalize', 1, opt))
    snorm = snorm ./ repmat(sqrt(sum(snorm .* snorm, 2)), 1, 3);
end