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PathBoundingRectangle

Basic

Module: FoundationBasic

Computes the smallest rectangle containing a path.

Name Type Description
Input value
 inPath Path Input path
Input value
 inBoundingRectangleFeature BoundingRectangleFeature Determines what kind of bounding rectangle will be computed
Input value
 inReferenceAngle Real The middle angle of the valid range of the output rectangle's angle
Input value
 inRectangleOrientation RectangleOrientation Orientation of the output rectangle
Output value
 outBoundingRectangle Rectangle2D The smallest bounding rectangle of the input path
Output value
 outCenter Point2D Center of the bounding rectangle
Output value
 outLongSide Real Length of the bounding rectangle long side
Output value
 outShortSide Real Length of the bounding rectangle short side

Description

The filter computes a rectangle with the smallest possible selected feature that contains all points of the given path. The angle of the resulting rectangle is then normalized as in the NormalizeRectangleOrientation filter.

Errors

This filter can throw an exception to report error. Read how to deal with errors in Error Handling.

List of possible exceptions:

Error type Description
DomainError Empty path on input in PathBoundingRectangle.

Complexity Level

This filter is available on Basic Complexity Level.

Filter Group

This filter is member of PathBoundingRectangle filter group.

See Also