topic Re: IZAware in ArcGIS Pro SDK in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

IZAware in ArcGIS Pro SDK

EdwardBlair — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:32:41 GMT

In ArcObjects there is the IZAware interface we can use to make an existing 2D geometry aware of Z-values. I can't find the equivalent in the ArcGIS Pro SDK -- but there must be a way to do this. How can I, for example, change a polyline that may include a parametric curve from a 2D polyline to a 3D polyline?

Re: IZAware in ArcGIS Pro SDK

CharlesMacleod — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:49:04 GMT

geometries are immutable. to convert 2d to 3d u will need a builder. In your specific example, you will need a PolygonBuilderEx . Note that is has a HasZ property which is get and set. There is also a constructor overload that takes a polyline as its input.

Lots of examples here in the Geometry snippets. Ctrl-F "PolylineBuilderEx"

Re: IZAware in ArcGIS Pro SDK

EdwardBlair — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:53:54 GMT

Right. I've looked at the examples in the Geometry snippets, but none seems to completely satisfy the need to ensure all components are z-aware. I could get all the points from the source polyline, update them to 3-D and re-create the polyline as 3-D, but that would lose any parametric curves.

Re: IZAware in ArcGIS Pro SDK

AnnetteLocke — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 23:06:42 GMT

If you set HasZ = true in the builder, then all start and end points will have the HasZ property set to true too. Here is some code to set the z-values in the points while still preserving the curve segments.

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LineSegment line = LineBuilderEx.CreateLineSegment(new Coordinate2D(0, 0), new Coordinate2D(3, 3));

MapPoint start = MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(3, 3);
MapPoint end = MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(7, 3);
Coordinate2D center = new Coordinate2D(5, 5);
EllipticArcSegment arc = EllipticArcBuilderEx.CreateCircularArc(start, end, center, ArcOrientation.ArcCounterClockwise);

Polyline polyline = PolylineBuilderEx.CreatePolyline(new Segment[] { line, arc });
Assert.IsFalse(polyline.HasZ);

PolylineBuilderEx polylineBuilder = new PolylineBuilderEx(polyline);
polylineBuilder.HasZ = true;
Polyline polyline3D = polylineBuilder.ToGeometry();

var points = polyline3D.Points;
foreach (MapPoint p in points)
Assert.IsTrue(p.HasZ);

var part = polyline3D.Parts[0];
int numSegments = part.Count;

for (int i = 0; i < numSegments; i++)
{
Segment segment = part[i];

MapPointBuilderEx pointBuilder = new MapPointBuilderEx(segment.StartPoint);
pointBuilder.Z = i + 1;
MapPoint startPoint = pointBuilder.ToGeometry();

pointBuilder = new MapPointBuilderEx(segment.EndPoint);
pointBuilder.Z = i + 2;
MapPoint endPoint = pointBuilder.ToGeometry();

SegmentType segmentType = segment.SegmentType;
SegmentBuilderEx segmentBuilder = null;
switch (segmentType)
{
case SegmentType.Line:
segmentBuilder = new LineBuilderEx((LineSegment)segment);
break;
case SegmentType.Bezier:
segmentBuilder = new CubicBezierBuilderEx((CubicBezierSegment)segment);
break;
case SegmentType.EllipticArc:
segmentBuilder = new EllipticArcBuilderEx((EllipticArcSegment)segment);
break;
}

segmentBuilder.StartPoint = startPoint;
segmentBuilder.EndPoint = endPoint;
segment = segmentBuilder.ToSegment();

polylineBuilder.ReplaceSegment(0, i, segment);
}

polyline3D = polylineBuilder.ToGeometry();

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Re: IZAware in ArcGIS Pro SDK

EdwardBlair — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 01:53:03 GMT

Annette -

Pretty interesting. I will give this a try. Thanks much!