fmeobjects.FMEFace.getNormal

FMEFace.getNormal()

Returns the normal vector of this face, normalized to the unit length. The returned vector is computed using Newell’s method on the vertices contained on the outer boundary of this face. If the face is a single point, then a zero vector will be returned.

Return type:

tuple[float, float, float]

Returns:

The normal vector of this face.