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IConstructCircularArc.ConstructBearingRadiusTangent Method

Constructs an arc with the given chord bearing, radius and tangent distance.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub ConstructBearingRadiusTangent ( _
    ByVal from As IPoint, _
    ByVal inAngle As Double, _
    ByVal isCCW As Boolean, _
    ByVal inRadius As Double, _
    ByVal tangentDistance As Double _
)

[C#]
public void ConstructBearingRadiusTangent (
    IPoint from,
    double inAngle,
    bool isCCW,
    double inRadius,
    double tangentDistance
);

[C++]
HRESULT ConstructBearingRadiusTangent(
  IPoint* from,
  double inAngle,
  VARIANT_BOOL isCCW,
  double inRadius,
  double tangentDistance
);

[C++]
Parameters
from 

  from is a parameter of type IPoint*
inAngle 

  inAngle is a parameter of type double
isCCW 

  isCCW is a parameter of type bool
inRadius 

  inRadius is a parameter of type double
tangentDistance 

  tangentDistance is a parameter of type double

Product Availability

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

Description

Constructs a CircularArc given the From Point, the Bearing Angle, the desired orientation, the desired Radius, and the desired Tangent Distance. The Bearing Angle is measured in radians.

Remarks

-isCCW stands for "is counter clockwise"

ConstructCircularArc Bearing Angle Example

[C#]

        private void ConstructBearingRadiusTangent()
        {
            IConstructCircularArc constructCircularArc = new CircularArcClass();
            ICircularArc circularArc = constructCircularArc as ICircularArc;

IPoint fromPoint = new PointClass();
fromPoint.PutCoords(100, 100);

//The angles should be in Radians (Radians = Degrees * PI/180)
constructCircularArc.ConstructBearingRadiusTangent(fromPoint, 0, true, 40, 1000);

            String report = "Length : " + circularArc.Length + "\n" +
                            "Radius : " + circularArc.Radius + "\n" +
                            "Chord Height : " + circularArc.ChordHeight + "\n" +
                            "Central Angle (Rad) : " + circularArc.CentralAngle + "\n" +
                            "From Angle (Rad) : " + circularArc.FromAngle + "\n" +
                            "To Angle (Rad) : " + circularArc.ToAngle + "\n" +
                            "Center Point : " + circularArc.CenterPoint.X + " , " + circularArc.CenterPoint.Y + "\n" +
                            "From Point : " + circularArc.FromPoint.X + " , " + circularArc.FromPoint.Y + "\n" +
                            "To Point : " + circularArc.ToPoint.X + " , " + circularArc.ToPoint.Y;
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(report);
        }

[Visual Basic .NET]

    Private Sub ConstructBearingRadiusTangent()
        Dim pConstructCircularArc As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IConstructCircularArc
        Dim pCArc As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.ICircularArc
        Dim Pi As Double
        Dim pFromPoint As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IPoint

        pConstructCircularArc = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.CircularArc
        pCArc = pConstructCircularArc
        Pi = 4 * Math.Atan(1) 'Calculate the value of pi.
        pFromPoint = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.Point
        pFromPoint.PutCoords(100, 100)
        'The angles should be in Radians (Radians = Degrees * PI/180)
        pConstructCircularArc.ConstructBearingRadiusTangent(pFromPoint, 0, True, 40, 1000)

        Debug.Print("Length : " & pCArc.Length)
        Debug.Print("Radius : " & pCArc.Radius)
        Debug.Print("Chord Height : " & pCArc.ChordHeight)
        Debug.Print("Central Angle (Rad) : " & pCArc.CentralAngle)
        Debug.Print("From Angle (Rad) : " & pCArc.FromAngle)
        Debug.Print("To Angle (Rad) : " & pCArc.ToAngle)
        Debug.Print("Center Point : " & pCArc.CenterPoint.X & " , " & pCArc.CenterPoint.Y)
        Debug.Print("From Point : " & pCArc.FromPoint.X & " , " & pCArc.FromPoint.Y)
        Debug.Print("To Point : " & pCArc.ToPoint.X & " , " & pCArc.ToPoint.Y)
    End Sub

IConstructCircularArc.ConstructBearingRadiusTangent Method

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