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approx.rs

1//! The approximation stage: a traced branch becomes curves.
2//!
3//! A traced branch is a polyline with a stated chord tolerance: honest, and
4//! not what anything downstream wants to hold. An edge wants a curve in space;
5//! a face wants that curve in its *own parameter space*, because splitting a
6//! face happens there and a curve the face cannot express is a curve it cannot
7//! be split along (`docs/DATA_MODEL.md` §6).
8//!
9//! So one branch becomes three fits sharing one tolerance: the 3D curve, and
10//! one pcurve per surface, each fitted from the samples the tracer already
11//! recorded. The tracer kept the parameters on both surfaces at every point
12//! precisely for this moment; re-deriving them here would be a projection per
13//! point, solving again what the marcher already solved.
14//!
15//! # The tolerance story, stated once
16//!
17//! The result's tolerance is a *sum of stated parts*, not a hope: the trace
18//! sits within its chord tolerance of the true intersection, and the fit sits
19//! within its own reported error of the trace. Both numbers are carried, and
20//! the total is what an edge built on this curve must widen its tolerance to.
21//! Nothing here rounds a miss up to a hit; a fit that could not reach its
22//! target says so, and the caller decides whether the looser curve is usable.
23//!
24//! # Seams
25//!
26//! A branch crossing a periodic surface's seam has parameter samples that jump
27//! by a period: the pcurve polyline tears even though the curve in space is
28//! smooth. The samples are unwrapped before fitting: each step is folded to
29//! the nearest image, so the pcurve runs continuously past the seam and may
30//! legitimately leave `[0, 2π)`. That is what a pcurve on a periodic surface
31//! is; folding it back would re-tear it.
32
33use ogeom_core::{OgeomResult, Tolerances, ogeom_bail};
34use ogeom_geom::{BSpline2d, BSplineCurve, Surface, SurfaceGeometry};
35use ogeom_math::Point2;
36
37use crate::march::Traced;
38
39/// A branch of an intersection, as curves.
40#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
41pub struct IntersectionCurve {
42    /// The curve in space.
43    pub curve: BSplineCurve,
44    /// The same curve in the first surface's parameter space.
45    pub on_a: BSpline2d,
46    /// And in the second's.
47    pub on_b: BSpline2d,
48    /// How far the *fits* may sit from the traced polyline.
49    ///
50    /// The worst of the three fits' reported errors. The distance to the true
51    /// intersection adds the trace's own chord tolerance on top; both are
52    /// stated so an edge built on this knows what to carry.
53    pub fit_error: f64,
54    /// Whether every fit met the tolerance it was asked for.
55    pub met: bool,
56    /// Whether the branch is a closed loop.
57    pub closed: bool,
58}
59
60/// Fit one traced branch to curves, within `tolerance`.
61///
62/// # Errors
63///
64/// [`OgeomError::Construction`](ogeom_core::OgeomError::Construction) if the branch has
65/// fewer than two points or the tolerance is not a positive distance.
66pub fn approximate_branch(
67    a: &SurfaceGeometry,
68    b: &SurfaceGeometry,
69    branch: &Traced,
70    tolerance: f64,
71    tol: Tolerances,
72) -> OgeomResult<IntersectionCurve> {
73    if branch.points.len() < 2 {
74        ogeom_bail!(
75            Construction,
76            "a branch of {} points is not a curve",
77            branch.points.len()
78        );
79    }
80
81    // Marching correction can leave consecutive samples closer than the
82    // rounding it converged within, and two samples at one chord-length
83    // parameter are a knot span with no data in it: the fitting system
84    // reports itself singular where the real defect is the duplicate. Thin
85    // them here, where the trace's own step says what "too close" means.
86    let mut points: Vec<ogeom_math::Point> = Vec::with_capacity(branch.points.len());
87    let mut kept_a = Vec::with_capacity(branch.on_a.len());
88    let mut kept_b = Vec::with_capacity(branch.on_b.len());
89    // A sample is one point seen three ways, and where the three disagree
90    // it is not data: through a point where the surfaces touch, the tracer
91    // can report a step's position with its neighbour's parameters, and
92    // the joint fit, asked to pass through both descriptions at once,
93    // stalls a thousand times above its budget at that one sample.
94    let agrees = |i: usize, p: &ogeom_math::Point| -> bool {
95        let limit = tolerance.max(tol.confusion());
96        let (ua, va) = branch.on_a[i];
97        let (ub, vb) = branch.on_b[i];
98        a.point_at(ua, va, tol)
99            .is_ok_and(|q| q.distance(*p) <= limit)
100            && b.point_at(ub, vb, tol)
101                .is_ok_and(|q| q.distance(*p) <= limit)
102    };
103    for (i, p) in branch.points.iter().enumerate() {
104        let end = i == 0 || i + 1 == branch.points.len();
105        if let Some(last) = points.last()
106            && last.distance(*p) <= tol.confusion() * 10.0
107            && i + 1 != branch.points.len()
108        {
109            continue;
110        }
111        if !end && !agrees(i, p) {
112            continue;
113        }
114        points.push(*p);
115        kept_a.push(branch.on_a[i]);
116        kept_b.push(branch.on_b[i]);
117    }
118    if points.len() < 2 {
119        ogeom_bail!(Construction, "a branch of coincident points is not a curve");
120    }
121
122    // One fit in seven dimensions: the curve and both parameter images
123    // together. Fitted separately, each fit's parameter correction drifts
124    // its parameterization independently and the three results silently stop
125    // being same-parameter: the boolean found pcurves claiming 1e-7 that
126    // evaluated millimetres from their own curve. Jointly, one
127    // parameterization and one knot vector serve all three, and the reported
128    // error bounds every coordinate.
129    let unwrapped_a = unwrap_periodic(a, &kept_a, tol);
130    let unwrapped_b = unwrap_periodic(b, &kept_b, tol);
131    // A closed branch takes the loop-smoothing fit: the join's tangents are
132    // constrained to agree in all seven coordinates, so the section curve and
133    // both pcurves cross their own seam without a crease.
134    let (space, on_a, on_b) = if branch.closed() {
135        ogeom_geom::fit::fit_points_joint_closed(
136            &points,
137            &unwrapped_a,
138            &unwrapped_b,
139            3,
140            tolerance,
141            tol,
142        )?
143    } else {
144        ogeom_geom::fit::fit_points_joint(&points, &unwrapped_a, &unwrapped_b, 3, tolerance, tol)?
145    };
146
147    Ok(IntersectionCurve {
148        fit_error: space
149            .error
150            .max(space_error(a, &(on_a.clone(), space.met, space.error), tol))
151            .max(space_error(b, &(on_b.clone(), space.met, space.error), tol)),
152        met: space.met,
153        curve: space.curve,
154        on_a,
155        on_b,
156        closed: branch.closed(),
157    })
158}
159
160/// The fitted pcurve's error, converted back into space.
161///
162/// The pcurve was fitted in parameter units, against a scale estimated from
163/// the whole branch, but the surface's stretch varies along the curve, so an
164/// error acceptable in parameter units may be worse in millimetres where the
165/// surface stretches hardest. This converts the fit's parameter-space error
166/// through the local stretch at samples along the pcurve and reports the
167/// worst, so the number the caller reads is in the units the caller measures
168/// everything else in.
169fn space_error(surface: &SurfaceGeometry, fitted: &(BSpline2d, bool, f64), tol: Tolerances) -> f64 {
170    use ogeom_geom::Curve2d;
171    let (pcurve, _, parameter_error) = fitted;
172    // Convert the parameter-space error back through the surface's local
173    // stretch at a few places; take the worst.
174    let (lo, hi) = pcurve.domain();
175    let mut worst = 0.0_f64;
176    for i in 0..=16 {
177        #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
178        let u = lo + (hi - lo) * f64::from(i) / 16.0;
179        let Ok(at) = pcurve.point_at(u, tol) else {
180            continue;
181        };
182        let Ok((du, dv)) = surface.d1_at(at.x, at.y, tol) else {
183            continue;
184        };
185        let stretch = du.magnitude().max(dv.magnitude());
186        worst = worst.max(parameter_error * stretch);
187    }
188    worst
189}
190
191/// Unfold parameter samples across a periodic surface's seam.
192///
193/// Each step is folded to the nearest image of the next sample, so a branch
194/// crossing `u = 0` continues to `-0.1` rather than tearing to `2π - 0.1`. The
195/// result may leave the surface's stated domain, which is what a pcurve
196/// crossing a seam *is*.
197fn unwrap_periodic(
198    surface: &SurfaceGeometry,
199    samples: &[(f64, f64)],
200    tol: Tolerances,
201) -> Vec<Point2> {
202    let ((ua, ub), (va, vb)) = surface.domain();
203    // Closure as well as periodicity: a converted drum is a clamped patch
204    // that meets itself at its seam, and a loop walked round it lands on
205    // either side of that seam by the walk's own rounding. Folded by the
206    // chart's span like a period, the trace is the continuous curve it is;
207    // left as sampled, it jumped a whole span at the seam and the closed
208    // fit chased the jump to a third of a millimetre.
209    let u_period = if surface.is_periodic_u() || surface.is_closed_u(tol) {
210        Some(ub - ua)
211    } else {
212        None
213    };
214    let v_period = if surface.is_periodic_v() || surface.is_closed_v(tol) {
215        Some(vb - va)
216    } else {
217        None
218    };
219    let fold = |previous: f64, next: f64, period: Option<f64>| match period {
220        None => next,
221        Some(period) => {
222            let mut candidate = next;
223            while candidate - previous > period * 0.5 {
224                candidate -= period;
225            }
226            while previous - candidate > period * 0.5 {
227                candidate += period;
228            }
229            candidate
230        }
231    };
232
233    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(samples.len());
234    let mut at = Point2::new(samples[0].0, samples[0].1);
235    out.push(at);
236    for sample in &samples[1..] {
237        at = Point2::new(
238            fold(at.x, sample.0, u_period),
239            fold(at.y, sample.1, v_period),
240        );
241        out.push(at);
242    }
243    out
244}
245
246#[cfg(test)]
247#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
248mod tests {
249    use super::*;
250    use crate::march::{Marching, branches};
251    use ogeom_geom::{Curve2d, Curve3d, CylinderSurface, PlaneSurface, SphereSurface};
252    use ogeom_math::{Cylinder, Direction, Frame, Plane, Point, Sphere, Vector};
253
254    const T: Tolerances = Tolerances::millimetres();
255
256    fn sphere(radius: f64) -> SurfaceGeometry {
257        SphereSurface::new(Sphere::centred(Point::ORIGIN, radius, T).unwrap()).into()
258    }
259
260    fn cylinder(radius: f64) -> SurfaceGeometry {
261        CylinderSurface::new(Cylinder::new(Frame::WORLD, radius, T).unwrap(), (-4.0, 4.0))
262            .unwrap()
263            .into()
264    }
265
266    fn plane(origin: Point, normal: Vector) -> SurfaceGeometry {
267        PlaneSurface::over(
268            Plane::through(origin, Direction::new(normal, T).unwrap()),
269            (-6.0, 6.0),
270            (-6.0, 6.0),
271        )
272        .unwrap()
273        .into()
274    }
275
276    fn options() -> Marching {
277        Marching {
278            chord: 1e-5,
279            ..Marching::default()
280        }
281    }
282
283    /// The distance of a fitted curve from both surfaces, sampled densely.
284    ///
285    /// This is the measure the whole stage exists for: the *fit* (not the
286    /// polyline it came from) is what downstream code holds, so the fit is
287    /// what must lie on both surfaces.
288    fn fitted_deviation(a: &SurfaceGeometry, b: &SurfaceGeometry, curve: &BSplineCurve) -> f64 {
289        let off = |surface: &SurfaceGeometry, p: Point| match surface {
290            SurfaceGeometry::Plane(x) => x.plane().distance_to(p),
291            SurfaceGeometry::Sphere(x) => x.sphere().distance_to(p),
292            SurfaceGeometry::Cylinder(x) => x.cylinder().distance_to(p),
293            _ => 0.0,
294        };
295        let (lo, hi) = curve.knots().domain();
296        let mut worst = 0.0_f64;
297        for i in 0..=800 {
298            #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
299            let u = lo + (hi - lo) * f64::from(i) / 800.0;
300            if let Ok(p) = curve.point_at(u, T) {
301                worst = worst.max(off(a, p).abs().max(off(b, p).abs()));
302            }
303        }
304        worst
305    }
306
307    #[test]
308    fn a_fitted_branch_lies_on_both_surfaces_to_the_stated_total() {
309        // The tolerance story end to end: trace within 1e-5, fit within 1e-4,
310        // so the fitted curve is within the sum of the two of the true
311        // intersection, measured against the surfaces, not the polyline.
312        let a = sphere(3.0);
313        let b = cylinder(1.5);
314        let found = branches(&a, &b, options(), T).unwrap();
315        assert_eq!(found.len(), 2);
316
317        for branch in &found {
318            let fitted = approximate_branch(&a, &b, branch, 1e-4, T).unwrap();
319            assert!(fitted.met, "fit error {:e}", fitted.fit_error);
320            assert!(fitted.closed);
321            let off = fitted_deviation(&a, &b, &fitted.curve);
322            assert!(
323                off <= 1e-4 + 1e-5,
324                "the fitted curve is {off:e} off the surfaces"
325            );
326            // And it is compact: a curve, not a decorated polyline.
327            assert!(
328                fitted.curve.control_points().len() * 4 < branch.points.len(),
329                "{} control points for {} samples",
330                fitted.curve.control_points().len(),
331                branch.points.len()
332            );
333        }
334    }
335
336    #[test]
337    fn the_pcurves_lift_back_onto_the_curve() {
338        // A pcurve is only worth having if evaluating it and lifting through
339        // its surface lands on the intersection. Checked through both
340        // surfaces at matched ends and sampled interiors.
341        let a = sphere(3.0);
342        let b = cylinder(1.5);
343        let found = branches(&a, &b, options(), T).unwrap();
344        let branch = &found[0];
345        let fitted = approximate_branch(&a, &b, branch, 1e-4, T).unwrap();
346
347        for (surface, pcurve) in [(&a, &fitted.on_a), (&b, &fitted.on_b)] {
348            let (lo, hi) = pcurve.domain();
349            for i in 0..=200 {
350                #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
351                let u = lo + (hi - lo) * f64::from(i) / 200.0;
352                let at = pcurve.point_at(u, T).unwrap();
353                let lifted = surface.point_at(at.x, at.y, T).unwrap();
354                // The lifted point is on its own surface by construction; what
355                // matters is that it is on the *other* one too, i.e. on the
356                // intersection.
357                let off = match (surface as &SurfaceGeometry, &a, &b) {
358                    _ if core::ptr::eq(surface, &a) => match &b {
359                        SurfaceGeometry::Cylinder(c) => c.cylinder().distance_to(lifted),
360                        _ => 0.0,
361                    },
362                    _ => match &a {
363                        SurfaceGeometry::Sphere(s) => s.sphere().distance_to(lifted),
364                        _ => 0.0,
365                    },
366                };
367                assert!(
368                    off.abs() < 5e-4,
369                    "a lifted pcurve point is {off:e} off the intersection"
370                );
371            }
372        }
373    }
374
375    #[test]
376    fn a_branch_across_the_seam_gets_a_continuous_pcurve() {
377        // A plane through a cylinder's axis at an angle produces an ellipse
378        // whose pcurve crosses the cylinder's u = 0 seam. Folded naively the
379        // pcurve tears by 2π; unwrapped it runs smoothly and leaves the stated
380        // domain, which is what crossing a seam means.
381        let a = cylinder(2.0);
382        let b = plane(Point::ORIGIN, Vector::new(0.0, 0.4, 1.0));
383        let found = branches(&a, &b, options(), T).unwrap();
384        assert_eq!(found.len(), 1, "an oblique plane cuts one ellipse");
385        let fitted = approximate_branch(&a, &b, &found[0], 1e-4, T).unwrap();
386
387        // Continuity: no two adjacent samples of the fitted pcurve jump by
388        // anything near a period.
389        let (lo, hi) = fitted.on_a.domain();
390        let mut previous = fitted.on_a.point_at(lo, T).unwrap();
391        for i in 1..=400 {
392            #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
393            let u = lo + (hi - lo) * f64::from(i) / 400.0;
394            let at = fitted.on_a.point_at(u, T).unwrap();
395            assert!(
396                (at.x - previous.x).abs() < 1.0,
397                "the pcurve tears at the seam: {} to {}",
398                previous.x,
399                at.x
400            );
401            previous = at;
402        }
403    }
404
405    /// A loop walked round a converted drum is closed, seam or no seam.
406    ///
407    /// A cylinder converted to a patch is clamped, not periodic: it meets
408    /// itself at its seam. A plane across it cuts a circle the walk reaches
409    /// the seam on from both sides, each half stopping a fraction of a step
410    /// short of it, and the joined branch has coincident ends. Left flagged
411    /// as having left the domain, the arrangement downstream held a circle
412    /// with two ends at one point; it is closed, and fitted as a loop whose
413    /// chart image runs continuously across the seam.
414    #[test]
415    fn a_loop_cut_at_a_converted_drum_s_seam_is_closed() {
416        let drum: SurfaceGeometry = cylinder(2.0).to_bspline(T).unwrap().into();
417        assert!(matches!(drum, SurfaceGeometry::BSpline(_)));
418        let cut = plane(Point::new(0.0, 0.0, 1.0), Vector::new(0.0, 0.2, 1.0));
419        let found = branches(&drum, &cut, options(), T).unwrap();
420        assert_eq!(found.len(), 1, "an oblique plane cuts one loop");
421        assert!(found[0].closed(), "the loop closes on the seam");
422        let fitted = approximate_branch(&drum, &cut, &found[0], 1e-4, T).unwrap();
423        assert!(fitted.closed);
424        assert!(
425            fitted.fit_error < 1e-3,
426            "the loop fits as one: {}",
427            fitted.fit_error
428        );
429        let (lo, hi) = fitted.on_a.domain();
430        let mut previous = fitted.on_a.point_at(lo, T).unwrap();
431        for i in 1..=400 {
432            let u = lo + (hi - lo) * f64::from(i) / 400.0;
433            let at = fitted.on_a.point_at(u, T).unwrap();
434            assert!(
435                (at.x - previous.x).abs() < 0.5,
436                "the chart image tears at the seam: {} to {}",
437                previous.x,
438                at.x
439            );
440            previous = at;
441        }
442    }
443
444    #[test]
445    fn what_cannot_be_fitted_is_refused() {
446        let a = sphere(1.0);
447        let b = plane(Point::ORIGIN, Vector::Z);
448        let found = branches(&a, &b, options(), T).unwrap();
449        assert!(approximate_branch(&a, &b, &found[0], 0.0, T).is_err());
450        assert!(approximate_branch(&a, &b, &found[0], -1.0, T).is_err());
451
452        let empty = Traced {
453            points: vec![],
454            on_a: vec![],
455            on_b: vec![],
456            stopped: crate::march::Stopped::Stalled,
457        };
458        assert!(approximate_branch(&a, &b, &empty, 1e-4, T).is_err());
459    }
460}