Provides access to members that identify a ring and define its behavior. Note: the IRing interface has been superseded byIRing2. Please consider using the more recent version.
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
A Ring is a type of surface patch that defines a two dimensional area and can be used to construct a MultiPatch, defined by a collection of points forming a closed Path, such that the From and To points have the same coordinates. The front side is established by orienting its vertices clockwise.
Members
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Close | Makes sure that this ring is closed by adding a line segment between the ring's 'to' and 'from' points if necessary. |
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Dimension | The topological dimension of this geometry. |
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Envelope | Creates a copy of this geometry's envelope and returns it. |
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FromPoint | The 'from' point of the curve. |
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Generalize | Generalizes this path using the Douglas-Poiker algorithm. |
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GeometryType | The type of this geometry. |
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GeoNormalize | Shifts longitudes, if need be, into a continuous range of 360 degrees. |
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GeoNormalizeFromLongitude | Normalizes longitudes into a continuous range containing the longitude. This method is obsolete. |
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GetSubcurve | Extracts a portion of this curve into a new curve. |
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GetSubcurveEx | Extracts a portion of this curve into a new curve. The interior of the new curve may contain the from/to point of the ring when useRingOrientation is true. |
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IsClosed | Indicates if 'from' and 'to' points (of each part) are identical. |
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IsEmpty | Indicates whether this geometry contains any points. |
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IsExterior | Indicates if this ring can function as the exterior ring in a polygon (ring orientation is clockwise, area > 0). |
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Length | The length of the curve. |
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Project | Projects this geometry into a new spatial reference. |
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QueryChordLengthTangents | Returns tangent vectors (relative to corresponding endpoint) at both sides of a Bezier end point; and whether they have been set by user or by smoothing process. |
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QueryEnvelope | Copies this geometry's envelope properties into the specified envelope. |
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QueryFromPoint | Copies this curve's 'from' point to the input point. |
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QueryNormal | Constructs a line normal to a curve from a point at a specified distance along the curve. |
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QueryPoint | Copies to outPoint the properties of a point on the curve at a specified distance from the beginning of the curve. |
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QueryPointAndDistance | Finds the point on the curve closest to inPoint, then copies that point to outPoint; optionally calculates related items. |
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QueryTangent | Constructs a line tangent to a curve from a point at a specified distance along the curve. |
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QueryToPoint | Copies the curve's 'to' point into the input point. |
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Reshape | Modifies this ring by replacing some of its segments with some segments from reshapeSource. |
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ReverseOrientation | Reverses the parameterization of the curve ('from' point becomes 'to' point, first segment becomes last segment, etc). |
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SetChordLengthTangents | Sets tangent vectors (relative to corresponding endpoint) at both sides of a Bezier end point; if either is Nothing, they will be set by smoothing process. |
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SetEmpty | Removes all points from this geometry. |
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Smooth | Converts this path into a smooth approximation of itself that contains only Bezier curve segments. |
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SmoothLocal | Replaces up to four segments (two on each of the specified vertex index) with bezier curves. |
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SnapToSpatialReference | Moves points of this geometry so that they can be represented in the precision of the geometry's associated spatial reference system. |
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SpatialReference | The spatial reference associated with this geometry. |
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ToPoint | The 'to' point of the curve. |
Inherited Interfaces
Interfaces | Description |
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IPath | Provides access to members that identify a path and define its behavior. |
ICurve | Provides access to properties and methods of all 1 dimensional curves (polylines, segments, boundaries of polygons, etc.). |
IGeometry | Provides access to members that describe properties and behavior of all geometric objects. |
CoClasses that implement IRing
CoClasses and Classes | Description |
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Ring | An area bounded by one, closed sequence of connected segments; optionally has measure, height and ID attributes at each vertex. |
See Also
IPath Interface | IGeometry Interface