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Get Angle between two points

MarkSanchezSPEC — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:29:40 GMT

With the Plant 3D or AutoCAD .NET API, I can "calculate a vector between two points and determines the angle from the X-axis" like this:

Plant 3D
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Dim pt1 As New Point2d(2142.371247, -2066.73581)
Dim pt2 As New Point2d(2142.371247, -1989.581039)
Dim angle As Double = pt1.GetVectorTo(pt2).Angle	'RETURNS 1.5707963267948966 IN RADIANS, WHICH IS 90-DEGREES

I'm not able to do likewise with the Revit API however. I've tried the "AngleOnPlaneTo" and "AngleTo" but do not get the expected results as above:

Dim pt1 As New XYZ(2142.371247, -2066.73581)
Dim pt2 As New XYZ(2142.371247, -1989.581039)
Dim angle2 As Double = pt1.AngleOnPlaneTo(pt2, New XYZ(0, 0, 1))	'RETURNS 0.01899334843737778
Dim angle3 As Double = pt1.AngleTo(pt2)	'RETURNS 0.018159197737853211

Any suggestions?

Re: Get Angle between two points

jeremytammik — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:40:02 GMT

Dear Mark,

Thank you for your query.

The AngleTo method documentation says that it "returns the angle between this vector and the specified vector":

http://www.revitapidocs.com/2017/4251dd2b-1b48-8b2e-7159-02333cdf39e6.htm

The input you define above is given as points.

You need to convert your point input to vectors, e.g.:

  XYZ pt1 = New XYZ(2142.371247, -2066.73581, 0)
  XYZ pt2 = New XYZ(2142.371247, -1989.581039, 0)
  XYZ vector_from_pt1_to_pt2 = pts - pt1
  double angle = vector_from_pt1_to_pt2.AngleTo( XYZ.BasisX )

By the way, if you are just starting to explore the Revit API, I would strongly suggest working through the getting started material first:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#2

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jeremy

Re: Get Angle between two points

MarkSanchezSPEC — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:12:32 GMT

Thank you sir.