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InflatePath


Header: FIL.h
Namespace: fil
Module: FoundationPro

Enlarges a path by a given margin (points in the input path must be sorted clockwise).

Syntax

C++
C#
 
void fil::InflatePath
(
	const fil::Path& inPath,
	float inMargin,
	float inMaxPointDisplacement,
	ftl::Conditional<fil::Path>& outPath
)

Parameters

Name Type Range Default Description
Input value
 inPath const Path& Input path
Input value
 inMargin float Margin of inflation
Input value
 inMaxPointDisplacement float 0.0 - 1000.0f Maximal displacement of single point
Output value
 outPath Conditional<Path>& Output path

Description

Creates a new path by enlarging the existing one. Distance between corresponding segments of inPath and outPath is defined by inMargin.

Examples

Example of inflation of initial path (blue). Result is in orange. Note that results for closed (on left) and open path (on right) are slightly different.