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Negative volume of triangle in udim 2 #63

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@bboeyken

When computing the volume of a 2D simplex (with udim=2) using a BEAST assembly method, the resulting value is often negative. This volume is subsequently used to calculate the Jacobian, which leads to a negative assembled matrix.
The relevant function is available at:

function _normals(tangents::SVector{2,SVector{2,T}}, ::Type{Val{0}}) where {T}
t = tangents[1]
s = tangents[2]
v = (t[1]*s[2] - t[2]*s[1])/2
# n[3] = tangents[1] × tangents[2]
# l = norm(n)
P = SVector{2,T}
SVector{0,P}(), v
end

Shouldn’t there be an absolute value applied to the volume calculation at line 220?

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