ArcObjects Library Reference (DataSourcesRaster)  

IRasterPyramid Interface

Provides access to members that control the pyramids for a raster dataset. Note: the IRasterPyramid interface has been superseded byIRasterPyramid2. Please consider using the more recent version.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Members

Description
Method Create Build raster pyramids for this raster.
Read/write property MinimumSize The minimum raster pyramid size.
Read-only property Present Indicates whether pyramid layers exist.

CoClasses that implement IRasterPyramid

CoClasses and Classes Description
RasterBand A representation of a single band of a raster dataset on disk.
RasterDataset A representation of a raster dataset on disk.

Remarks

The MinimumSize property is used to specify the smallest size for which pyramids will be built automatically for certain operations such as SaveAs. For datasets larger than this size, pyramids will be created when you save the dataset to another raster format. If you dont want the pyramids to be created during SaveAs, simply set a size bigger than the raster dataset.