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marian42 / mesh_to_sdf

Calculate signed distance fields for arbitrary meshes

https://pypi.org/project/mesh-to-sdf/

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Gradients of SDF value #36

Open 1999kevin opened 2 years ago

1999kevin commented 2 years ago

I notice that your algorithm would return a gradient if setting return_gradients=True. Could you please give an explanation for what this gradients mean for a SDF. Does it mean the tangent of the query point to its nearest surface?