/// <summary>
/// Subdivides a line by a given number of subdivisions
/// </summary>
/// <param name="line">line to subdivide</param>
/// <param name="subDividionCount">number of subdivisions</param>
/// <returns>multidimensional array of start and end points of subdivision lines</returns>
public static System.Drawing.Point[] SubdivideLine(Line2d line, int subDividionCount)
{
// create an array for subdivision points
System.Drawing.Point[] points = new System.Drawing.Point[subDividionCount - 1];
// calculate length of a single subdivision step
// there is a possiblity of a round of error here
// e.g.: 95 / 10 = 9
int divisionLength = line.Length / subDividionCount;
int[] divisionStepLengths = Enumerable.Repeat(divisionLength, points.Length).ToArray();
// clean up round error if any
if (divisionLength * subDividionCount != line.Length)
{
var i = 0;
while (divisionStepLengths.Sum() + divisionLength < line.Length)
{
if (i % 2 == 0)
{
divisionStepLengths[i] += 1;
}
else
{
divisionStepLengths[divisionStepLengths.Length - i] += 1;
}
i += 1;
}
}
// iterate over points array and fill it
var startPoint = line.From;
for (int i = 0; i < divisionStepLengths.Length; i++)
{
points[i] = new System.Drawing.Point(startPoint.X - divisionStepLengths[i], line.From.Y);
startPoint = points[i];
}
return(points);
}
public static void DrawLine2d(this DisplayPipeline pipeline, Line2d line, Color lineColor, int lineThickness)
{
pipeline.Draw2dLine(line.From, line.To, lineColor, lineThickness);
}
