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static sgCEllipsoid*   sgCEllipsoid::Create(double radius1, double radius2, double radius3, short merid_cnt, short parall_cnt)

 

Description:

Creates an object of the ELLIPSOID class with the center in the coordinate origin.

 

Arguments:

 

radius1 - ellipsoid radius on the X axis,

radius2 - ellipsoid radius on the Y axis,

radius3 - ellipsoid radius on the Z axis,

merid_cnt - the number of meridians,

parall_cnt - the number of parallels.

More about the coordinates meanings - SG_ELLIPSOID

 

 

Returned value:

Returns the pointer to the created object. If one of the arguments is negative or equal to zero, the function returns NULL.

 

Following shortening is set:

#define  sgCreateEllipsoid   sgEllipsoid::Create

 

Example:

sgCEllipsoid*     ell = sgCreateEllipsoid(10.0, 20.0, 5.0, 24, 36);

 

See also:

Objects hierarchy   sgCObject methods   SG_ELLIPSOID