Decimate Tin

Running programmatically

Creates a new TIN using subset of the nodes of the input TIN. The algorithm uses a Z Tolerance to generalize the input TIN and maintain the accuracy

Inputs:

Outputs:

Example:

Input TIN.

Output TIN.

Running Programmatically

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Parameters

Expression Explanation
Function Name DecimateTin
<input tin> A String representing the input TIN dataset.
<output tin> A String - the full name of the output tin.
<Z Tolerance> A Double representing the Z Tolerance.

Running the function

ETGWPath used in the table below is the full path to ETGWRun.exe (E.G. "C:\Program Files\ETSpatial Techniques\ETSurface\ETSRun.exe")

Language Syntax
Python subprocess.call([ETSPath, "DecimateTin", "input tin", "output tin", "Z Tolerance"])
.NET using ETSRun.exe StartInfo.FileName = ETSPath
StartInfo.Arguments = "DecimateTin" "input tin" "output tin" "Z Tolerance"
.NET using ETSOutX.dll DecimateTin(input tin, output tin, Z Tolerance)
ArcPy arcpy.DecimateTin("input tin", "output tin", "Z Tolerance")

Notes:

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