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graphics - "The function DiscretizeGraphics is not implemented for GraphicsComplex" confusion


Why does DiscretizeGraphics seems to work on one GraphicsComplex and not the other? Here is an example that works:


v = {{1, 0}, {0, 1}, {-1, 0}, {0, -1}};
p1 = Graphics[GraphicsComplex[v, Polygon[{1, 2, 3, 4}]]];
DiscretizeGraphics[p1]

But this does not


p2 = Graphics3D[First@ParametricPlot3D[{Cos[t],  Sin[u], c Sin[t]}, 

   {u, 0, 2 Pi}, {t, 0, 2 Pi}]];
DiscretizeGraphics[p2]

(*The function DiscretizeGraphics is not implemented for \
 GraphicsComplex[{{0.9999999999998993`,4.487989505128125`*^-7,*)

But p2 is a GraphicsComplex? Looking at FullForm[p2]


Mathematica graphics


Here is the FullForm for p1


Mathematica graphics



Are not p1 and p2 both GraphicsComplex ? p1 is 2D and p2 is 3D, but are they not both considered GraphicsComplex?


Mathematica graphics


It will good to know exactly what can and what can not be discretized. I tried to find this, but could not. All what I see are examples of usages so far.


reference: http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/new-in-10/data-and-mesh-regions/discretizing-graphics.html


http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiscretizeGraphics.html?q=DiscretizeGraphics


Mathematica graphics


I also looked at possible issues, and did not notice anything about this. Only one that came close is this multiple volume primitives is not supported. Is this the case here?



Answer



In the end this is a bug and I filed that.


Now, what is going on: If you extract the coords and polygons from the GraphicsComplex and try to set up a MeshRegion you get a warning:



gc = First@
   ParametricPlot3D[{Cos[t], Sin[u], Sin[t]}, {u, 0, 2 Pi}, {t, 0, 
     2 Pi}];
ply = Cases[(gc)[[2]], _Polygon, Infinity]
MeshRegion[gc[[1]], ply]
MeshRegion::coplnr: "The vertices in the polygon Polygon[{{1129,1621,705,100}}] are not coplanar."

I guess that is what is happening internally and then the conversion is rejected. It could have given a better message, though.


All of the Graphics(3D) functions were written before the MeshRegion functionality became available and used their own mesh format. For graphics it is not too important that the underlying mesh is of a good quality (e.g. no non coplanar elements). They human eye is very forgiving in that sense. But for computations over meshes it is essential that the underlying mesh has a reasonable quality. In this case the ParametricPlot3D needs to get rid of those non coplanar elements.


To get a discretized cylinder could use



DiscretizeGraphics[Cylinder[]]

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