TinSurface Class

This class encapsulates a Triangle Irregular Network (TIN) surface.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  SystemMarshalByRefObject
    DisposableWrapper
      RXObject
        Drawable
          DBObject
            Entity
              Curve
                Entity
                  Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServicesEntity
                    Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServicesSurface
                      Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServicesTinSurface

Namespace: Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServices
Assembly: AeccDbMgd (in AeccDbMgd.dll) Version: 13.8.0.292
Syntax
public sealed class TinSurface : Surface, 
	ITinSurface, ITerrainSurface

The TinSurface type exposes the following members.

Properties
 NameDescription
Public propertyAnalysis Gets a SurfaceAnalysis object that exposes the surface analysis properties for the Surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyApplication Gets the Application. Not currently implemented.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyAutoRebuild Gets or sets whether to rebuild the surface when surface definition is changed.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyBoundariesDefinition Gets the collection of boundaries associated with the Surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyBreaklinesDefinition Gets the definition of breaklines associated with the surface.
Public propertyBuildOptions Gets an object that encapsulates options applied to building or re-building a Surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyContoursDefinition Gets the definition of contours associated with the surface.
Public propertyDEMFilesDefinition 
Public propertyDescription Gets or sets the Entity object's description.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyDisplayName Gets the Entity object's display name.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyDocument Gets the Document. Not currently implemented.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyDrawingObjectsDefinition Gets the definition of drawing objects associated with the surface.
Public propertyFingerPrint Gets or sets FingerPrint of the Entity.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyFolderId Gets the folder ObjectId of the Entity Returns ObjectId::Null if the Entity is located in root folder
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyCode exampleHasSnapshot Gets a boolean value that specifies whether the surface has a snapshot.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyIsCWSReferenceObject Gets whether the Entity is a Civil Worksharing reference object. A Civil Worksharing reference object is a Civil object shared to Shared Space. It is not editable. But it can be updated to the new version in the Shared Space.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsCWSSourceObject Gets whether the Entity is a Civil Worksharing source object. A Civil Worksharing source object is a Civil object shared to Shared Space. It is editable and can be updated to Shared Space.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsLevelOfDetailEnabled Gets or sets whether to reduced level of Detail.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyIsOutOfDate Gets whether this surface is out-of-date.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyIsPartialReferenceObject Gets whether the surface is partial reference surface.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsReadOnlyReferenceObject Gets whether the Entity is a readonly reference object. A readonly reference object is either a data shortcut referece object or a Civil Worksharing reference object.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyCode exampleIsReferencedSourceExisting For reference object (IsReferenceObject == true), it will try to get its source entity while opening a drawing. This indicates whether the reference object has source entity.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsReferenceObject Gets whether the Entity is a reference object. A reference object is located in another drawing, and linked using a data shortcut or Vault. If the entity is native to the current drawing this property returns false; if it is being referenced via data shortcuts or AutoCAD Vault it returns true.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsReferenceStale For reference objects (IsReferenceObject == true), gets whether the Entity object's reference is stale.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsReferenceSubObject For reference objects (IsReferenceObject == true), gets whether the Entity is a reference subobject. For example, when iterating through the structure of a pipe network referenced from another drawing, this property is true for each entity.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsReferenceValid For reference objects (IsReferenceObject == true), gets whether the Entity object's reference is valid.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsSnapshotOutOfDate Gets whether the snapshot in the surface is out-of-date.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyIsUsed Gets whether the style is used by other objects in the current drawing.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyIsVolumeSurface Gets whether the surface is a volume surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyLock Gets or sets whether the Civil 3D GUI shows this surface as locked.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyMasks Gets all the masks in the Surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyName Gets or sets the Entity object's name.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyOperations Gets the operation list for the Surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyOriginationType Gets origination type which indicates the surface is created from a Corridor or Grading.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyPartialReferenceBoundaryManager Provides access to the manager for partial reference boundaries.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyPointFilesDefinition Gets the definition of point files associated with the surface.
Public propertyPointGroupsDefinition Gets the definition of point groups associated with the surface.
Public propertyShowToolTip Gets or sets whether to show tooltips for the Entity.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertyCode exampleStyleId Sets the Surface's style Id.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public propertyStyleName Gets or sets the Entity object's style name.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public propertySurveyQueriesAddFigureDefinition Gets the definition for figure survey adding queries associated with the surface.
Public propertySurveyQueriesAddPointDefinition Gets the definition for survey point adding queries associated with the surface.
Public propertyTriangles Gets all the visible triangles in the TinSurface.
Public propertyVertices Gets all the visible vertices in the TinSurface.
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Methods
 NameDescription
Public methodAddLine Adds a line to the TinSurface object.
Public methodAddVertex(Point2d) Adds a vertex to the TinSurface object.
Public methodAddVertex(Point3d) Adds a vertex to the TinSurface object.
Public methodAddVertices(Point2dCollection) Adds multiple vertices to the TinSurface object.
Public methodCode exampleAddVertices(Point3dCollection) Adds multiple vertices to the TinSurface object.
Public methodComputeFingerPrint Compute FingerPrint of the Entity.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public methodStatic memberCreate(Database, String) Creates a new instance of a TinSurface and adds it to the specified database.
Public methodStatic memberCode exampleCreate(String, ObjectId) Creates a new instance of a TinSurface and adds it to the database that contains styleId.
Public methodStatic memberCreateByCropping(Database, String, ObjectId, Point2dCollection) Creates a new TinSurface by cropping from an existing source TinSurface, and then inserts the new surface into another drawing. You must specify the cropped area with at least 3 points.
Public methodStatic memberCreateByCropping(Database, String, ObjectId, Point3dCollection) Creates a new TinSurface by cropping from an existing source TinSurface, and then inserts the new surface into another drawing. You must specify at least 3 points as the cropped area.
Public methodStatic memberCreateByCropping(Database, String, ObjectId, ObjectIdCollection, Point2d) Creates a new TinSurface by cropping from a source TinSurface, and then inserts the new surface into another drawing. You must specify a cropped area with at least one AutoCAD drawing object.
Public methodStatic memberCreateFromCorridorSurface Creates a new TinSurface from corridor surface.
Public methodStatic memberCreateFromIMX Creates a new instance of a TinSurface from a specified IMX file to the specified database.
Public methodStatic memberCreateFromLandXML(Database, String, String)Obsolete.
Creates a new instance of a TinSurface from a specified LandXML file, and adds it to the specified database.
Public methodStatic memberCreateFromLandXML(Database, String, String, String) Creates a new instance of a TinSurface from a specified surface in the LandXML file, and adds it to the specified database. If the specified surface name does not exist in the LandXML file, this function will create an empty surface in the specified database.
Public methodStatic memberCode exampleCreateFromTin Creates a new instance of a TinSurface from a specified TIN file, and adds it to the specified database.
Public methodCode exampleCreateSnapshot Creates a snapshot that contains the current state of points and triangles resulting from previous Surface operations. A snapshot can improve the performance of Surface builds from subsequent operations.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCreateSolidsAtDepth Generate a solid with constant depth from a surface
Public methodCreateSolidsAtDepthToFile Generate a solid with constant depth from a surface and save solid to file
Public methodCreateSolidsAtFixedElevation Generate a solid at certain elevation from a surface
Public methodCreateSolidsAtFixedElevationToFile Generate a solid at elevation from a surface and save solid to file
Public methodCreateSolidsAtSurface Generate a solid at intersection of two surfaces.
Public methodCreateSolidsAtSurfaceToFile Generate a solid at elevation from a surface and save solid to file
Public methodDeleteLine Deletes a line from the TinSurface object.
Public methodDeleteLines Deletes multiple lines from the TinSurface object.
Public methodDeleteVertex Deletes a vertex from the TinSurface object.
Public methodDeleteVertices Deletes multiple vertices from the TinSurface object.
Public methodExportToDEM(String, String, Double, ExportDetermineElevationType) Exports the Surface to a DEM file.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodExportToDEM(String, String, Double, ExportDetermineElevationType, Boolean, Single) Exports the surface to a DEM file, with an optional custom value for null elevation.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCode exampleExtractBorder Extracts the surface border information from the terrain surface.
Public methodCode exampleExtractContours(Double) Extracts the surface contour information from the terrain surface at a specified elevation interval.
Public methodCode exampleExtractContours(Double, ContourSmoothingType, Int32) Extracts the surface contour information from the terrain surface at a specified elevation interval with smoothing.
Public methodCode exampleExtractContours(Double, Double, Double) Extracts the surface contour information from the terrain surface at a specified elevation range and interval.
Public methodCode exampleExtractContours(Double, Double, Double, ContourSmoothingType, Int32) Extracts the surface contour information from the terrain surface at a specified elevation range and interval with smoothing.
Public methodCode exampleExtractContoursAt(Double) Extracts the surface contour information from the terrain surface at a specified elevation.
Public methodCode exampleExtractContoursAt(Double, ContourSmoothingType, Int32) Extracts the surface contour information from the terrain surface at a specified elevation with smoothing.
Public methodCode exampleExtractGridded Extracts the surface grid information from the terrain surface.
Public methodCode exampleExtractMajorContours(SurfaceExtractionSettingsType) Extracts the surface major contour information from the terrain surface.
Public methodCode exampleExtractMajorContours(SurfaceExtractionSettingsType, ContourSmoothingType, Int32) Extracts the surface major contour information from the terrain surface.
Public methodCode exampleExtractMinorContours(SurfaceExtractionSettingsType) Extracts the surface minor contour information from the terrain surface.
Public methodCode exampleExtractMinorContours(SurfaceExtractionSettingsType, ContourSmoothingType, Int32) Extracts the surface minor contour information from the terrain surface.
Public methodCode exampleExtractWatershed Extracts the surface watershed information from the terrain surface.
Public methodFindDirectionAtXY Gets the direction of the Surface at the specified location (x, y).
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodFindEdgeAtXY Finds the closest TinSurfaceEdge near location (x, y).
Public methodFindElevationAtXY Gets the elevation of the Surface at the specified location (x, y).
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodFindPointsAlongLine Gets the points on the surface along the specified line segment.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodFindSlopeAtXY Gets the slope of the Surface at the specified location (x, y).
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodFindTriangleAtXY Finds the TinSurfaceTriangle which contains location (x, y).
Public methodFindVertexAtXY Finds the closest TinSurfaceVertex near location (x, y).
Public methodCode exampleGetBoundedVolumes(Point3dCollection) Calculates the volume of an area defined by several points.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCode exampleGetBoundedVolumes(Point3dCollection, Double) Calculate the volume of an area defined by several points.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCode exampleGetGeneralProperties Gets the general properties of the surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodGetIntersectionPoint Gets the intersection point with surface by the specified point and vector.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCode exampleGetReferenceInfo For Data Shortcut reference entity (IsReferenceObject == true), gets the entity's reference information.
(Inherited from Entity)
Public methodGetTerrainProperties Gets the Terrain properties of the surface.
Public methodGetTinProperties Gets the TIN properties of the surface.
Public methodGetTriangles Gets all the vertices in the TinSurface.
Public methodGetVerticesInsideBorder Gets an array that contains all the TinSurfaceVertex objects inside the border specified by a Point3d collection.
Public methodGetVerticesInsideBorderRandom Gets an array that contains a random selection of TinSurfaceVertex objects inside the border specified by a Point3d collection.
Public methodGetVerticesInsidePolylines Gets an array that contains all the TinSurfaceVertex objects inside the polyline.
Public methodGetVerticesInsidePolylinesRandom Gets an array that contains a random sample of TinSurfaceVertex objects inside the polyline.
Public methodIdentifyFeatureTypeAtXY Identifies the specific surface feature (triangle, edge, vertex) at a specified point.
Public methodMinimizeFlatAreas Minimizes flat areas in a surface.
Public methodMoveVertex Moves a vertex in the TinSurface object on the XY plane.
Public methodPasteSurface Pastes a surface into the current surface.
Public methodCode exampleRaiseSurface Raises or lowers the surface.
Public methodRaiseVertices Raises or lowers multiple vertices in the TinSurface object.
Public methodCode exampleRebuild Rebuilds the surface by processing all the operations one by one in the list.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCode exampleRebuildSnapshot Rebuilds the snapshot for the surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCode exampleRemoveSnapshot Removes the existing snapshot for the surface.
(Inherited from Surface)
Public methodCode exampleSampleElevations(ObjectId) Gets the sampled points along a curve entity.
Public methodSampleElevations(Point3d, Point3d) 
Public methodSetVertexElevation Sets the elevation of a vertex in the TinSurface object.
Public methodSetVerticesElevation Sets the elevation of multiple vertices in the TinSurface object.
Public methodSimplifySurface Reduces the number of points on TIN surface, making the surface file smaller and easier to process.
Public methodSmoothSurfaceByKriging Smooths the surface using the Kriging method.
Public methodCode exampleSmoothSurfaceByNNI Smooths the surface using the Natural Neighbor Interpolation (NNI) method.
Public methodSwapEdge Swaps edges in order to change the direction of two triangle faces in a surface model.
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Remarks
A TIN surface is formed by triangulating an arbitrary set of points.
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