Creating a toolbar of globe tools
PolylineGeometry.vb
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Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry
Imports System

Namespace GlobeGraphicsToolbar
  Public Class PolylineGeometry
    Private _geometry As IGeometry

    Public Sub New(ByVal spatialReference As ISpatialReference)
      _geometry = GetGeometry(spatialReference)
    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal baseGeometry As IGeometry)
      _geometry = GetGeometry(baseGeometry)
    End Sub

    Private Function GetGeometry(ByVal spatialReference As ISpatialReference) As IGeometry
      Dim geometry As IGeometry

      Dim polyline As IPolyline = New PolylineClass()

      polyline.SpatialReference = spatialReference

      geometry = TryCast(polyline, IGeometry)

      MakeZAware(geometry)

      Return geometry
    End Function

    Private Function GetGeometry(ByVal baseGeometry As IGeometry) As IGeometry
      Dim geometry As IGeometry

      Dim polyline As IPolyline = New PolylineClass()

      polyline.SpatialReference = baseGeometry.SpatialReference

      geometry = TryCast(polyline, IGeometry)

      Dim targetPointCollection As IPointCollection = TryCast(geometry, IPointCollection)

      Dim basePointCollection As IPointCollection = TryCast(baseGeometry, IPointCollection)

      Dim missing As Object = Type.Missing

      For i As Integer = 0 To basePointCollection.PointCount - 1
        targetPointCollection.AddPoint(basePointCollection.Point(i), missing, missing)
      Next i

      MakeZAware(geometry)

      Return geometry
    End Function

    Private Sub MakeZAware(ByVal geometry As IGeometry)
      Dim zAware As IZAware = TryCast(geometry, IZAware)
      zAware.ZAware = True
    End Sub

    Public Sub AddPoint(ByVal point As IPoint)
      Dim pointCollection As IPointCollection = TryCast(_geometry, IPointCollection)

      Dim missing As Object = Type.Missing

      pointCollection.AddPoint(point, missing, missing)
    End Sub

    Public ReadOnly Property Geometry() As IGeometry
      Get
        Return _geometry
      End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property PointCount() As Integer
      Get
                Dim numPoints As Integer

                Dim pointCollection As IPointCollection = TryCast(_geometry, IPointCollection)

                numPoints = pointCollection.PointCount

                Return numPoints
            End Get
    End Property
  End Class
End Namespace