POINTARRAY function

Synopsis

This function returns an array of point objects created using arrays of X and Y-coordinates or of fixtures. The resulting point array is without a CoordinateSystem.

Remarks

The POINTARRAY function is useful for isolating the individual X- or Y-coordinate of a point. For more information, see the Using TRANSFORMCOORDINATES and accessing individual coordinates subsection of the Transforming from one coordinate system to another section in Chapter 32: Fixturing.

Variations

POINTARRAY(SourceArrayX, SourceArrayY)

Returns an array of point objects from an array of X-coordinates and of Y-coordinates.

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Parameters

SourceArrayX

Specifies the array of X-coordinates.

Supported types: Numeric array.

SourceArrayY

Specifies the array of Y-coordinates.

Supported types: Numeric array.

Returns

Returned types: Point array.

Examples

1.	The following example returns an array of point objects with the coordinates ((10, 11), (20, 21), (30,31)). POINTARRAY([10, 20, 30], [11, 21, 31])

POINTARRAY(SourceArrayFixtures)

Returns an array of point objects based on the origins of an array of fixtures.

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Parameters

SourceArrayFixtures

Specifies the array of fixture objects. Note that the angle of the fixtures are ignored.

Supported types: Fixture array.

Returns

Returned types: Point array.

Examples

1.	The following example returns an array of point objects that correspond to the origins of the fixtures created by the BlobAnalysis step. POINTARRAY(SELECT(BlobAnalysis.BlobFound, Item.Fixture))