com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.analyst3dtools
Class CreateTin

java.lang.Object
  com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.AbstractGPTool
      com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.analyst3dtools.CreateTin

All Implemented Interfaces:

GPTool

public class CreateTin
extends AbstractGPTool

Creates an empty TIN. The Create TIN tool is contained in the 3D Analyst Tools tool box.

Usage tips:

• This tool instantiates a new, empty TIN and saves it to disk.
• When using the Create TIN dialog box, you can browse for a Spatial Reference using the button next to the Spatial Reference input textbox. When the Spatial Reference dialog box is open choose Import to browse for an existing GeoDataset to use as a source or the Select button to pick one of the predefined coordinate systems.
• When using the command line, you provide the name of an existing GeoDataset for the spatial reference argument.
• TINs used for surface modeling should be constructed using projected coordinate systems. Geographic coordinate systems are not recommended. Functions such as slope, volume, and line-of-sight can produce misleading or incorrect results when xy units are angular (e.g., decimal degrees).
• Features can subsequently be added to the empty TIN using the Edit Tin tool.
• You can resize the Input Feature Class properties dialog box to increase its width in case the default column width is too small.
• This tool is intended primarily for data automation, to be called from scripts and ModelBuilder. For an interactive tool to build TINs consider using the Create TIN From Features command found on the 3D Analyst toolbar.
• The maximum allowable size of a TIN varies relative to free, contiguous, memory resources. 10 to 15 million nodes represents the largest size achievable under normal operating conditions with Win32. Regardless, it's strongly recommended to cap the size at a few million for the sake of usability and performance. Anything larger than this is best represented using a terrain dataset.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.AbstractGPTool

vals

Constructor Summary

CreateTin()
Creates the Create TIN tool with defaults.

CreateTin(java.lang.Object outTin)
Creates the Create TIN tool with the required parameters.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getConstrainedDelaunay() Returns the Constrained Delaunay parameter of this tool .
java.lang.Object	getInFeatures() Returns the Input Feature Class parameter of this tool .
java.lang.Object	getOutTin() Returns the Output TIN parameter of this tool .
java.lang.Object	getSpatialReference() Returns the Spatial Reference parameter of this tool .
java.lang.String	getToolboxAlias() Returns the alias of the tool box containing this tool.
java.lang.String	getToolboxName() Returns the name of the tool box containing this tool.
java.lang.String	getToolName() Returns the name of this tool.
void	setConstrainedDelaunay(java.lang.String constrainedDelaunay) Sets the Constrained Delaunay parameter of this tool .
void	setInFeatures(java.lang.Object inFeatures) Sets the Input Feature Class parameter of this tool .
void	setOutTin(java.lang.Object outTin) Sets the Output TIN parameter of this tool .
void	setSpatialReference(java.lang.Object spatialReference) Sets the Spatial Reference parameter of this tool .

Methods inherited from class com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.AbstractGPTool

getParameterValues, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CreateTin

public CreateTin()

Creates the Create TIN tool with defaults.

Initializes the array of tool parameters with the default values specified when the tool was created.

CreateTin

public CreateTin(java.lang.Object outTin)

Creates the Create TIN tool with the required parameters.

Initializes the array of tool parameters with the values as specified for the required parameters and with the default values for the other parameters.

Parameters:

outTin - the output TIN to be created.

Method Detail

getOutTin

public java.lang.Object getOutTin()

Returns the Output TIN parameter of this tool . This parameter is the output TIN to be created. This is a required parameter.

Returns:

the Output TIN

setOutTin

public void setOutTin(java.lang.Object outTin)

Sets the Output TIN parameter of this tool . This parameter is the output TIN to be created. This is a required parameter.

Parameters:

outTin - the output TIN to be created.

getSpatialReference

public java.lang.Object getSpatialReference()

Returns the Spatial Reference parameter of this tool . This parameter is the spatial reference of the TIN to be created. This is an optional parameter.

Returns:

the Spatial Reference

setSpatialReference

public void setSpatialReference(java.lang.Object spatialReference)

Sets the Spatial Reference parameter of this tool . This parameter is the spatial reference of the TIN to be created. This is an optional parameter.

Parameters:

spatialReference - the spatial reference of the TIN to be created.

getInFeatures

public java.lang.Object getInFeatures()

Returns the Input Feature Class parameter of this tool . This parameter is add references to one or more feature classes that will be included in the TIN. For each feature class you'll need to set properties that indicate how it's used to define the surface. This is an optional parameter.

Returns:

the Input Feature Class

setInFeatures

public void setInFeatures(java.lang.Object inFeatures)

Sets the Input Feature Class parameter of this tool . This parameter is add references to one or more feature classes that will be included in the TIN. For each feature class you'll need to set properties that indicate how it's used to define the surface. This is an optional parameter.

Parameters:

inFeatures - add references to one or more feature classes that will be included in the TIN. For each feature class you'll need to set properties that indicate how it's used to define the surface.

getConstrainedDelaunay

public java.lang.String getConstrainedDelaunay()

Returns the Constrained Delaunay parameter of this tool . This parameter is a constrained Delaunay triangulation conforms to Delaunay rules everywhere except along breaklines. When using conforming Delaunay triangulation, breaklines are densified by the software, therefore one input breakline segment can result in multiple triangle edges. When using constrained Delaunay triangulation no densication occurs and each breakline segment is added as a single edge. This is an optional parameter.

Returns:

the Constrained Delaunay

setConstrainedDelaunay

public void setConstrainedDelaunay(java.lang.String constrainedDelaunay)

Sets the Constrained Delaunay parameter of this tool . This parameter is a constrained Delaunay triangulation conforms to Delaunay rules everywhere except along breaklines. When using conforming Delaunay triangulation, breaklines are densified by the software, therefore one input breakline segment can result in multiple triangle edges. When using constrained Delaunay triangulation no densication occurs and each breakline segment is added as a single edge. This is an optional parameter.

Parameters:

constrainedDelaunay - a constrained Delaunay triangulation conforms to Delaunay rules everywhere except along breaklines. When using conforming Delaunay triangulation, breaklines are densified by the software, therefore one input breakline segment can result in multiple triangle edges. When using constrained Delaunay triangulation no densication occurs and each breakline segment is added as a single edge.

getToolName

public java.lang.String getToolName()

Returns the name of this tool.

Returns:

the tool name

getToolboxName

public java.lang.String getToolboxName()

Returns the name of the tool box containing this tool.

Returns:

the tool box name

getToolboxAlias

public java.lang.String getToolboxAlias()

Returns the alias of the tool box containing this tool.

Returns:

the tool box alias