Generalizes this path using the Douglas-Poiker algorithm.

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Sub Generalize(
    ByVal maxAllowableOffset As Double _
)

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub Generalize ( _
    ByVal maxAllowableOffset As Double _
)

[C#]
public void Generalize (
    double maxAllowableOffset
);

[Java]
public void generalize (
    double maxAllowableOffset
)
throws
    IOException,
    AutomationException

[C++]
HRESULT Generalize(
  double maxAllowableOffset
);

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Description

Generalizes the Path into a generalized collection of Line segments.  Generalize performs a Douglas-Poiker Generalization algorithm with a specified maximum offset tolerance given as input.  For Line segments, the Generalized output is a subset of the original input vertices.  For non-Linear segments, the Generalized output contains points along all parts of the curve, not necessarily only the vertices.

Remarks

For a path with non-linear segments, the output curve may contain more vertices than the input curve, but all output segments will be linear.

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