Distance3D Method (GeometryEngine)

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Measures the 3-dimensional planar distance between two geometries.

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public double Distance3D( 
   Geometry geometry1,
   Geometry geometry2
)

Public Function Distance3D( _
   ByVal geometry1 As Geometry, _
   ByVal geometry2 As Geometry _
) As Double

Parameters

geometry1: The first geometry.
geometry2: The second geometry.

Return Value

The distance between the two input geometries in the same unit as the spatial reference of the input geometries. If either of the input geometries is empty, then NaN is returned.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	Either geometry1 or geometry2 or both are null.
System.NotImplementedException	The method is not implemented for GeometryBag.
System.InvalidOperationException	Incompatible spatial references between the input geometries.
System.InvalidOperationException	Either geometry1 or geometry2 is not Z-Aware.

Remarks

Returns the minimum distance between two Z-Aware geometries in 3D space. If the geometries intersect, the minimum distance is 0. Only returns the distance, not the nearest points.

Example

Determine 3D distance between two Geometries

// between points 
MapPoint pt1 = MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(1, 1, 1);
MapPoint pt2 = MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(2, 2, 2);
MapPoint pt3 = MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(10, 2, 1);

// pt1 to pt2
double d = GeometryEngine.Instance.Distance3D(pt1, pt2);        // d = Math.Sqrt(3)

// pt1 to pt3
d = GeometryEngine.Instance.Distance3D(pt1, pt3);        // d = Math.Sqrt(82)

// pt2 to pt3
d = GeometryEngine.Instance.Distance3D(pt2, pt3);        // d = Math.Sqrt(65)

// intersecting lines

List<MapPoint> list = new List<MapPoint>();
list.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(1.0, 1.0, 1.0));
list.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(3.0, 3.0, 1.0));
list.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(5.0, 1.0, 1.0));

Polyline line1 = PolylineBuilderEx.CreatePolyline(list);

List<MapPoint> list2 = new List<MapPoint>();
list2.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(1.0, 3.0, 1.0));
list2.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(3.0, 1.0, 1.0));
list2.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(5.0, 3.0, 1.0));

Polyline line2 = PolylineBuilderEx.CreatePolyline(list2);

bool intersects = GeometryEngine.Instance.Intersects(line1, line2);    // intersects = true
d = GeometryEngine.Instance.Distance3D(line1, line2);                  // d = 0   (distance is 0 when geomtries intersect)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10

ArcGIS Pro version: 3.0 or higher.

Reference

GeometryEngine Class
GeometryEngine Members

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