computeNormalFromAngle

 get normal vetor into direction

 THIS IS NO USER FUNCTION

• identifyEdges identify edges of a boundary
• moveBndToCenterOfMass correct boundary so that the origin is the center of mass
• obtainShapeFromFunctional extract shape information from collective structure
• viewNormalVectorBnd plot normal vector for boundary

0001 function normVector = computeNormalFromAngle(angle)
0002 % get normal vetor into direction
0003 %
0004 % THIS IS NO USER FUNCTION
0005 
0006 % The elk-library: convex geometry applied to crystallization modeling.
0007 %   Copyright (C) 2012 Alexander Reinhold
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0021 
0022 %% baa :)
0023 normVector = [cos(angle); sin(angle)];