TinEdgeClass Class

The Esri TinEdge component.

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Description

The TinEdge object is one of the three basic elements of a TIN: nodes, edges, and triangles. Edges are comprised of two nodes, a FromNode and a ToNode. Edges are oriented in clockwise order and are used to form triangles.

TinEdges may be hard, soft, or regular. Hard and soft edges are enforced in the triangulation. When a TIN is used as a surface model, these usually represent breaklines. Regular edges are simply a consequence of triangulation and dont' have special meaning. The esriTinEdgeType enumeration describes edge type.

Edges have both dual and single representations in a TIN. A given edge has an index, a FromNode and a ToNode, a LeftTriangle and a RightTriangle. If you use ITinEdge.GetNeighbor it returns the corresponding edge in the adjacent triangle. That edge has a different index and its from nodes, to nodes, left and right triangles are opposite of the original edge. In this sense there are two edges between each triangle; the dual representation. On the other hand, a number of properties and functions treat both edges logically as one. Edge type and tag value are shared. These properties will always be the same for both edges. A change in property of one edge is automatically reflected in the other. Selection functionality (see ITinSelection ) works the same way. Selection of one edge automatically results in the selection of its neighbor.

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Extended Error Information

Use the ISupportErrorInfo method InterfaceSupportsErrorInfo to determine if the object supports extended error information. If the object supports extended error info, VC++ developers should use the OLE/COM IErrorInfo interface to access the ErrorInfo object. Visual Basic developers should use the global error object Err to retrieve this extended error information.

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