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SoVRMLBox Class Reference
[VRML97 classes]

#include <Inventor/VRMLnodes/SoVRMLBox.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoVRMLBox:

SoVRMLGeometry SoShape SoNode SoFieldContainer SoBase List of all members.

Detailed Description

The SoVRMLBox class is used for representing a 3D box.

The detailed class documentation is taken verbatim from the VRML97 standard (ISO/IEC 14772-1:1997). It is copyright The Web3D Consortium, and is used by permission of the Consortium:

  Box {
    field    SFVec3f size  2 2 2        # (0, inf)
  }
  

The Box node specifies a rectangular parallelepiped box centred at (0, 0, 0) in the local coordinate system and aligned with the local coordinate axes. By default, the box measures 2 units in each dimension, from -1 to +1. The size field specifies the extents of the box along the X-, Y-, and Z-axes respectively and each component value shall be greater than zero. Figure 6.2 illustrates the Box node.

box.gif
Figure 6.2

Textures are applied individually to each face of the box. On the front (+Z), back (-Z), right (+X), and left (-X) faces of the box, when viewed from the outside with the +Y-axis up, the texture is mapped onto each face with the same orientation as if the image were displayed normally in 2D. On the top face of the box (+Y), when viewed from above and looking down the Y-axis toward the origin with the -Z-axis as the view up direction, the texture is mapped onto the face with the same orientation as if the image were displayed normally in 2D. On the bottom face of the box (-Y), when viewed from below looking up the Y-axis toward the origin with the +Z-axis as the view up direction, the texture is mapped onto the face with the same orientation as if the image were displayed normally in 2D. SoVRMLTextureTransform affects the texture coordinates of the Box. The Box node's geometry requires outside faces only. When viewed from the inside the results are undefined.


Public Member Functions

virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const
 SoVRMLBox (void)
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)

Static Public Member Functions

SoType getClassTypeId (void)
void initClass (void)

Public Attributes

SoSFVec3f size

Protected Member Functions

virtual const SoFieldDatagetFieldData (void) const
virtual ~SoVRMLBox ()
virtual void generatePrimitives (SoAction *action)
virtual void computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)

Static Protected Member Functions

const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoVRMLBox::SoVRMLBox void   ) 
 

Constructor.

SoVRMLBox::~SoVRMLBox  )  [protected, virtual]
 

Destructor.


Member Function Documentation

SoType SoVRMLBox::getClassTypeId void   )  [static]
 

This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

Reimplemented from SoVRMLGeometry.

SoType SoVRMLBox::getTypeId void   )  const [virtual]
 

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for run-time type checking and "downward" casting.

Usage example:

  void foo(SoNode * node)
  {
    if (node->getTypeId() == SoFile::getClassTypeId()) {
      SoFile * filenode = (SoFile *)node;  // safe downward cast, knows the type
    }
    else if (node->getTypeId().isOfType(SoGroup::getClassTypeId())) {
      SoGroup * group = (SoGroup *)node;  // safe downward cast, knows the type
    }
  }

For application programmers wanting to extend the library with new nodes, engines, nodekits, draggers or others: this method needs to be overridden in all subclasses. This is typically done as part of setting up the full type system for extension classes, which is usually accomplished by using the pre-defined macros available through for instance Inventor/nodes/SoSubNode.h (SO_NODE_INIT_CLASS and SO_NODE_CONSTRUCTOR for node classes), Inventor/engines/SoSubEngine.h (for engine classes) and so on.

For more information on writing Coin extensions, see the class documentation of the toplevel superclasses for the various class groups.

Reimplemented from SoVRMLGeometry.

const SoFieldData ** SoVRMLBox::getFieldDataPtr void   )  [static, protected]
 

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Reimplemented from SoVRMLGeometry.

const SoFieldData * SoVRMLBox::getFieldData void   )  const [protected, virtual]
 

Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returns NULL.

Reimplemented from SoVRMLGeometry.

void SoVRMLBox::initClass void   )  [static]
 

Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.

Reimplemented from SoVRMLGeometry.

void SoVRMLBox::GLRender SoGLRenderAction action  )  [virtual]
 

Action method for the SoGLRenderAction.

This is called during rendering traversals. Nodes influencing the rendering state in any way or who wants to throw geometry primitives at OpenGL overrides this method.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

void SoVRMLBox::rayPick SoRayPickAction action  )  [virtual]
 

Calculates picked point based on primitives generated by subclasses.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

void SoVRMLBox::getPrimitiveCount SoGetPrimitiveCountAction action  )  [virtual]
 

Action method for the SoGetPrimitiveCountAction.

Calculates the number of triangle, line segment and point primitives for the node and adds these to the counters of the action.

Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculates their primitive count also overrides this method to change the relevant state variables.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

void SoVRMLBox::generatePrimitives SoAction action  )  [protected, virtual]
 

The method implements action behavior for shape nodes for SoCallbackAction. It is invoked from SoShape::callback(). (Subclasses should not override SoNode::callback().)

The subclass implementations uses the convenience methods SoShape::beginShape(), SoShape::shapeVertex(), and SoShape::endShape(), with SoDetail instances, to pass the primitives making up the shape back to the caller.

Implements SoShape.

void SoVRMLBox::computeBBox SoAction action,
SbBox3f box,
SbVec3f center
[protected, virtual]
 

Implemented by SoShape subclasses to let the SoShape superclass know the exact size and weighted center point of the shape's bounding box.

The bounding box and center point should be calculated and returned in the local coordinate system.

The method implements action behavior for shape nodes for SoGetBoundingBoxAction. It is invoked from SoShape::getBoundingBox(). (Subclasses should not override SoNode::getBoundingBox().)

The box parameter sent in is guaranteed to be an empty box, while center is undefined upon function entry.

Implements SoShape.


Member Data Documentation

SoVRMLBox::size
 

Box size vector. Default value is (2,2,2).


The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

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