surfedge.m

function [openedge, elemid] = surfedge(f, varargin)
%
% [openedge,elemid]=surfedge(f)
%
% find the edge of an open surface or surface of a volume
%
% author: Qianqian Fang, <q.fang at neu.edu>
% date: 2007/11/21
%
% input:
%      f: input, surface face element list, dimension (be,3)
%
% output:
%      openedge: list of edges of the specified surface
%      elemid (optional): the corresponding index of the
%                tetrahedron of an open-edge or triangle,
%                elemid has the same length as openedge.
%
% -- this function is part of iso2mesh toolbox (http://iso2mesh.sf.net)
%

if (isempty(f))
    openedge = [];
    return
end

opt = varargin2struct(varargin{:});
findjunc = jsonopt('Junction', 0, opt);

if (size(f, 2) == 3)
    edges = [f(:, [1, 2])
             f(:, [2, 3])
             f(:, [3, 1])];             % create all the edges
elseif (size(f, 2) == 4)
    edges = [f(:, [1, 2, 3])
             f(:, [2, 1, 4])
             f(:, [1, 3, 4])
             f(:, [2, 4, 3])];             % create all the edges
else
    error('surfedge only supports 2D and 3D elements');
end
% node4=[f(:,3);f(:,2);f(:,1)];   % node idx concatinated
edgesort = sort(edges, 2);
[foo, ix, jx] = unique(edgesort, 'rows');

if (isoctavemesh)
    u = unique(jx);
    if (size(f, 2) == 3 && findjunc)
        qx = u(hist(jx, u) > 2);
    else
        qx = u(hist(jx, u) == 1);
    end
else
    vec = histc(jx, 1:max(jx));
    if (size(f, 2) == 3 && findjunc)
        qx = find(vec > 2);
    else
        qx = find(vec == 1);
    end
end
openedge = edges(ix(qx), :);
if (nargout >= 2)
    [elemid, iy] = ind2sub(size(f), ix(qx));
end
% node4=node4(ix(qx));