I use the following simple ASCII STL file as input for self-intersection mesh repair. It's basically five triangles on the same plane i.e. co-planar. Triangle `4` is intersecting with triangle `1`. FreeCAD cannot detect the self-intersection of facets `4` and `1`.
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solid Simple
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex 0.0e1 +1.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 +1.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex 1.0e1 1.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex 0.0e1 +1.0e1 1.0e1
vertex -1.0e1 1.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 -1.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.6e1 0.8e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.6e1 0.8e1 1.0e1
vertex +0.6e1 1.8e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
endsolid Simple
3D
As another test, I use the following simple STL file. Just like previous STL, it consists of 5 facets but they are NOT on the same plane. In this case FreeCAD detects the intersection of facet `4` and `1` and deletes it properly.
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solid Simple
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex 0.0e1 +1.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 +1.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex 1.0e1 1.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex 0.0e1 +1.0e1 1.0e1
vertex -1.0e1 1.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 0.0e1 1.0e1
vertex +1.0e1 -1.0e1 1.0e1
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.0e0 0.0e0 1.0e1
outer loop
vertex 0.6e1 0.8e1 1.2e1
vertex +1.6e1 0.8e1 0.0e1
vertex +0.6e1 1.8e1 0.0e1
endloop
endfacet
endsolid Simple
Question
The 2D case above is just like the 3D case with some minor differences in `Z` coordinates of some vertices.
I wonder why FreeCAD can detect self-intersection in 3D case? But not in 2D case?
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OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
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Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
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