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PolygonOrientation


Module: FoundationBasic

Computes the polygon orientation as angle with value in range 0.0 - 180.0.

Name Type Description
Input value
inPolygon Path
Output value
outOrientationAngle Real

Description

Polygon orientation can be thought of as the direction in which the polygon is oriented. Mathematically it is the angle between X-axis and the line passing through the polygon mass center, that rotation around this line produces the smallest torque.

Note that if the input path is not a valid polygon (i.e. it has at least one self-intersection), the computation may lead to results that are not intuitive.

Examples

Orientation of the sample region equals to 55.386, which is visualized on the second image by drawing the line of this orientation passing through the mass center of the polygon.

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 Degenerate polygon on input in PolygonOrientation.
DomainError Open path on input in PolygonOrientation.

Complexity Level

This filter is available on Advanced Complexity Level.

See Also

  • RegionOrientation – Computes the orientation of a region as an angle of value in a proper range.