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IAffineTransformation2D3GEN.DefineConformalFromControlPoints Method

Defines the best conformal affine transformation between two sets of points. Can be used to register paper maps on a digitizer.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub DefineConformalFromControlPoints ( _
    ByRef fromPoints As IPoint[], _
    ByRef toPoints As IPoint[] _
)

[C#]
public void DefineConformalFromControlPoints (
    ref IPoint[] fromPoints,
    ref IPoint[] toPoints
);

[C++]
HRESULT DefineConformalFromControlPoints(
  SAFEARRAY(IPoint)** fromPoints,
  SAFEARRAY(IPoint)** toPoints
);

[C++]
Parameters
fromPoints [in]

  fromPoints is a parameter of type SAFEARRAY(IPoint*)*
toPoints [in]

  toPoints is a parameter of type SAFEARRAY(IPoint*)*

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

[C#]

        private void DefineConformalFromControlPoints()
        {
            //The following controls point define a translation of 10 along the X Axis
            IPoint[] fromPoints = new IPoint[2];
            fromPoints[0] = CreatePoint(0, 0);
            fromPoints[1] = CreatePoint(0, 10);
            //To point
            IPoint[] toPoints = new IPoint[2];
            toPoints[0] = CreatePoint(10, 0);
            toPoints[1] = CreatePoint(10, 10);
            //TransformPoint
            IPoint transformPoint = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.Point();
            transformPoint.PutCoords(5, 5);
            IAffineTransformation2D3GEN affineTransformation = new AffineTransformation2D() as IAffineTransformation2D3GEN;
            //The method requires as inputs the fromPoints and toPoints array
            affineTransformation.DefineConformalFromControlPoints(ref fromPoints, ref toPoints);
            //The affine transformation can then be used as input in the ITransform2D.Transform method
            ITransform2D transformator = transformPoint as ITransform2D;
            transformator.Transform(esriTransformDirection.esriTransformForward, affineTransformation as ITransformation);
        }

        private IPoint CreatePoint(double x, double y)
        {
            IPoint pnt = new PointClass();
            pnt.X = x;
            pnt.Y = y;
            return pnt;
        }

[Visual Basic .NET]

    Public Sub DefineConformalFromControlPoints()
        Dim ptfrom(1) As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IPoint, ptto(1) As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IPoint, i As Long, paffine As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IAffineTransformation2D3GEN
        Dim ptrns As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.ITransform2D
        For i = 0 To 1
            ptfrom(i) = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.Point
            ptto(i) = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.Point
        Next
        'The following controls point define a translation of 10 along the X Axis
        ptfrom(0).PutCoords(0, 0)
        ptfrom(1).PutCoords(0, 10)
        ptto(0).PutCoords(10, 0)
        ptto(1).PutCoords(10, 10)
        paffine = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.AffineTransformation2D
        'The method requires as inputs the number of points and a pointer
        'to first object in the array of IPoint
        paffine.DefineConformalFromControlPoints(ptfrom, ptto)
        'TransformPoint
        Dim transformPoint As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IPoint
        transformPoint = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.Point
        transformPoint.PutCoords(5, 5)
        'The affine transformation can then be used as input in the ITransform2D::TransForm method
        ptrns = transformPoint
        ptrns.Transform(ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriTransformDirection.esriTransformForward, paffine)
    End Sub

IAffineTransformation2D3GEN.DefineConformalFromControlPoints Method

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