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#! /usr/bin/env python


import numpy as np
import pylab as pl
import scipy as sp
from scipy.spatial import ConvexHull
from scipy.spatial.distance import euclidean
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import mpl_toolkits.mplot3d as a3


# see http://bit.ly/1qJlWkP

aspect = 0
while aspect == 0:

    # Generate random points & convex hull
    points = np.random.rand(20,3)
    hull = ConvexHull(points)

    # Check aspect ratios of surface facets
    aspectRatio = []
    for simplex in hull.simplices:
        a = euclidean(points[simplex[0],:], points[simplex[1],:])
        b = euclidean(points[simplex[1],:], points[simplex[2],:])
        c = euclidean(points[simplex[2],:], points[simplex[0],:])
        circRad = (a*b*c)/(np.sqrt((a+b+c)*(b+c-a)*(c+a-b)*(a+b-c)))
        inRad = 0.5*np.sqrt(((b+c-a)*(c+a-b)*(a+b-c))/(a+b+c))
        aspectRatio.append(inRad/circRad)

    # Threshold for minium allowable aspect raio of surface facets
    if np.amin(aspectRatio) > 0.3:
        aspect = 1



        
ax = a3.Axes3D(pl.figure())
facetCol = sp.rand(3) #[0.0, 1.0, 0.0]

# Plot hull's vertices
#for vert in hull.vertices:    
#    ax.scatter(points[vert,0], points[vert,1], zs=points[vert,2])

# Plot surface traingulation
for simplex in hull.simplices:
    vtx = [points[simplex[0],:], points[simplex[1],:], points[simplex[2],:]]
    tri = a3.art3d.Poly3DCollection([vtx], linewidths = 2, alpha = 0.8)
    tri.set_color(facetCol)
    tri.set_edgecolor('k')
    ax.add_collection3d(tri)

# mp = Axes3D.scatter(points[:,0], points[:,1], point[:,2])

ax.scatter(points[:,0], points[:,1], points[:,2], s=100)

plt.axis('off')
plt.show()

print "So far so good"