SoSceneWriter

InventorModule

genre	InventorFile
author	MeVis Medical Solutions AG
package	MeVisLab/Standard
dll	SoUtils
definition	utils.def
keywords	save, iv, stl, z3d, vrml, graph

Purpose

The module SoSceneWriter saves an Inventor scenes to a file using varying formats.

The extension of the submitted filename is altered self-controlled to match standard conventions.

Details

Support for VRML and Z3D format is not part of the Open Inventor core library. The used functionality for VRML export is supported fully since Coin 2.0 or Inventor TGS 2.5 implementation. The STL formatter uses only core functionality of Open Inventor.

Windows

Default Panel

Input Fields

sceneGraph

name: sceneGraph, type: SoNode

Parameter Fields

Field Index

bColorPerVertex: Bool

bNormalPerVertex: Bool

bSaveNormals: Bool

bUseGlobalColor: Bool

Data Format: Enum

Filename: String

Write Scene: Trigger

Visible Fields

Filename

name: filename, type: String, default: scene

Sets the filename.

Write Scene

name: save, type: Trigger

If pressed, the input scene is written to the specified file.

Data Format

name: format, type: Enum, default: INVENTOR_ASCII

Defines the output format.

Values:

Title	Name	Description
Inventor Ascii	INVENTOR_ASCII	Open Inventor standard ASCII format.
Inventor Binary	INVENTOR_BINARY	Open Inventor standard binary format.
Stl Ascii	STL_ASCII	STL ASCII format.
Stl Binary	STL_BINARY	STL binary format.
Vrml 97	VRML_97	VRML 97 format.

Hidden Fields

bColorPerVertex

name: bColorPerVertex, type: Bool, default: TRUE

bUseGlobalColor

name: bUseGlobalColor, type: Bool, default: FALSE

bNormalPerVertex

name: bNormalPerVertex, type: Bool, default: TRUE

bSaveNormals

name: bSaveNormals, type: Bool, default: TRUE