ArcGIS Pro 3.3 API Reference Guide
ArcGIS.Core.Geometry Namespace / IGeometryEngine Interface / Intersection Method / Intersection(Geometry,Geometry,GeometryDimensionType) Method
The first geometry.
The second geometry.
Specifies the required dimension of the output. For example, if geometry1 is a Polyline and geometry2 is a Polyline and they cross each other at two points, then the intersection is a Multipoint. In this case, if you want the returned geometry to be the Multipoint where the input geometries intersect, use GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometry0Dimension. Note that if the geometries intersect at one point and GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometry0Dimension is used, the returned geometry will be a Multipoint with one point. In the above example, if GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometry1Dimension is passed, an empty Polyline will be returned because the geometries intersect only at points. If, on the other hand, the two polylines overlap, then a non-empty Polyline will be returned. If resultDimensionType is GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometryUnknownDimension, then the lowest dimension of the input geometries will be used.
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    Intersection(Geometry,Geometry,GeometryDimensionType) Method
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    Constructs the set-theoretic intersection between two geometries. Use different resultDimensionType values to generate results of different dimensions.
    Syntax

    Parameters

    geometry1
    The first geometry.
    geometry2
    The second geometry.
    resultDimensionType
    Specifies the required dimension of the output. For example, if geometry1 is a Polyline and geometry2 is a Polyline and they cross each other at two points, then the intersection is a Multipoint. In this case, if you want the returned geometry to be the Multipoint where the input geometries intersect, use GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometry0Dimension. Note that if the geometries intersect at one point and GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometry0Dimension is used, the returned geometry will be a Multipoint with one point. In the above example, if GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometry1Dimension is passed, an empty Polyline will be returned because the geometries intersect only at points. If, on the other hand, the two polylines overlap, then a non-empty Polyline will be returned. If resultDimensionType is GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometryUnknownDimension, then the lowest dimension of the input geometries will be used.

    Return Value

    A geometry that represents the intersection of the two input geometries.
    Exceptions
    ExceptionDescription
    Either geometry1 or geometry2 or both are null or empty.
    The method is not implemented for GeometryBag.
    Incompatible spatial references between the input geometries.
    Spatial reference of geometry1or geometry2is an image coordinate system.
    Remarks
    If an input geometry is a Multipatch, then the Multipatch footprint will be used to determine the intersection.

    GeometryEngine Intersection

    Example
    Intersection between two Polylines
    // determine intersection between two polylines
    
    List<MapPoint> pts = new List<MapPoint>();
    pts.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(1.0, 1.0));
    pts.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(3.0, 3.0));
    pts.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(5.0, 1.0));
    
    Polyline line1 = PolylineBuilderEx.CreatePolyline(pts);
    
    List<MapPoint> pts2 = new List<MapPoint>();
    pts2.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(1.0, 3.0));
    pts2.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(3.0, 1.0));
    pts2.Add(MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(5.0, 3.0));
    
    Polyline line2 = PolylineBuilderEx.CreatePolyline(pts2);
    
    bool intersects = GeometryEngine.Instance.Intersects(line1, line2);    // intersects = true
    Geometry g = GeometryEngine.Instance.Intersection(line1, line2, GeometryDimensionType.EsriGeometry0Dimension);
    Multipoint resultMultipoint = g as Multipoint;
    
    // result is a multiPoint that intersects at (2,2) and (4,2)
    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10

    ArcGIS Pro version: 3 or higher.
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