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SoVertexShape Class Reference

Abstract base class for all vertex-based shape nodes. More...

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoVertexShape.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoVertexShape:
SoShape SoNode SoFieldContainer SoBase SoIndexedShape SoNonIndexedShape SoIndexedFaceSet SoIndexedLineSet SoIndexedTriangleSet SoIndexedTriangleStripSet SoFaceSet SoLineSet SoPointSet SoQuadMesh SoTriangleStripSet

Public Member Functions

virtual bool generateDefaultNormals (SoState *state, SoNormalBundle *nb)
 Subclasses may define this method to generate normals to use when the normal binding is DEFAULT and there aren't enough normals in the state.
 
virtual void notify (SoNotList *list)
 Redefines this to invalidate normal cache.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
virtual bool affectsState () const
 Overrides default method on SoNode.
 
virtual void getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
 Implements bounding box method using virtual computeBBox() method.
 
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 Implements rendering by rendering each primitive generated by subclass.
 
virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
 Implements picking along a ray by intersecting the ray with each primitive generated by subclass.
 
virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
 Implements primitive generation for all shapes.
 
virtual void computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)=0
 Computes bounding box for subclass using information in the given action (which may not necessarily be an SoGetBoundingBoxAction).
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
void setOverride (bool state)
 Turns override flag on or off.
 
bool isOverride () const
 Returns the state of the override flag.
 
SoNodecopy (bool copyConnections=FALSE) const
 Creates and returns an exact copy of the node.
 
virtual bool affectsState () const
 Returns TRUE if a node has an effect on the state during traversal.
 
virtual void doAction (SoAction *action)
 This method performs the "typical" operation of a node for any action.
 
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 These virtual functions implement all of the actions for nodes, Most of the default implementations do nothing.
 
virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
 
virtual void getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
 
virtual void getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
 
virtual void handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)
 
virtual void pick (SoPickAction *action)
 
virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
 
virtual void search (SoSearchAction *action)
 
virtual void write (SoWriteAction *action)
 
virtual void GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 These methods make render traversal faster by implementing different rendering paths corresponding to different action path codes.
 
virtual void GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 
virtual void GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 
virtual void grabEventsSetup ()
 These virtual functions are called when a node gains or loses status as "grabber" of events (see HandleEventAction::setGrabber()).
 
virtual void grabEventsCleanup ()
 
virtual void startNotify ()
 Initiates notification from an instance.
 
virtual void notify (SoNotList *list)
 Propagates modification notification through an instance.
 
SbNodeIdType getNodeId () const
 Returns the unique id for a node.
 
virtual SoChildListgetChildren () const
 Returns pointer to children, or NULL if none.
 
virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
 Writes instance to SoOutput. (Used for either stage of writing.)
 
virtual SoNodeaddToCopyDict () const
 Recursively adds this node and all nodes under it to the copy dictionary.
 
virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *fromFC, bool copyConnections)
 Copies the contents of the given node into this instance.
 
virtual SoFieldContainercopyThroughConnection () const
 Copies an instance that is encountered through a field connection.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void setToDefaults ()
 Sets all fields in this object to their default values.
 
bool hasDefaultValues () const
 Returns TRUE if all of the object's fields have their default values.
 
bool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
 Returns TRUE if this object's fields are exactly equal to fc's fields.
 
void copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *fc, bool copyConnections=FALSE)
 Copies the contents of fc's fields into this object's fields.
 
bool set (const char *fieldDataString)
 Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Inventor file format.
 
void get (SbString &fieldDataString)
 Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Inventor ASCII file format in the given string.
 
virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &list) const
 Appends pointers to all of this object's fields to resultList, and returns the number of fields appended.
 
virtual SoFieldgetField (const SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns a pointer to the field with the given name.
 
bool getFieldName (const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns the name of the given field in the fieldName argument.
 
bool enableNotify (bool flag)
 Notification at this Field Container is enabled (if flag == TRUE) or disabled (if flag == FALSE).
 
bool isNotifyEnabled () const
 Notification is the process of telling interested objects that this object has changed.
 
bool set (const char *fieldDataString, SoInput *dictIn)
 Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Inventor file format.
 
void get (SbString &fieldDataString, SoOutput *dictOut)
 Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Inventor ASCII file format in the given string.
 
virtual void notify (SoNotList *)
 Propagates modification notification through an instance.
 
virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, bool isFromField=FALSE)
 Adds a reference to the instance when writing.
 
virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
 Writes instance to SoOutput. (Used only for last stage of writing)
 
bool getIsBuiltIn () const
 Returns whether or not instance is considered 'built-in' to the library.
 
virtual const SoFieldDatagetFieldData () const
 Returns an SoFieldData structure for the node.
 
virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *fromFC, bool copyConnections)
 Copies the contents of the given node into this instance.
 
virtual SoFieldContainercopyThroughConnection () const
 During a copy operation, this copies an instance that is encountered through a field connection.
 
void addManagedSensor (SoSensor *sensor)
 Adds a sensor which is managed by the field container.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void ref () const
 Adds and removes a reference to an instance.
 
void unref () const
 
void unrefNoDelete () const
 
void touch ()
 Marks an instance as modified, simulating a change to it.
 
virtual SoType getTypeId () const =0
 Returns the type identifier for a specific instance.
 
bool isOfType (SoType type) const
 Returns TRUE if this object is of the type specified in type or is derived from that type.
 
virtual SbName getName () const
 Returns the name of an instance.
 
virtual void setName (const SbName &name)
 Sets the name of an instance.
 
virtual void startNotify ()
 Initiates notification from an instance.
 
virtual void notify (SoNotList *list)
 Propagates modification notification through an instance.
 
void addAuditor (void *auditor, SoNotRec::Type type)
 Adds/removes an auditor to/from list.
 
void removeAuditor (void *auditor, SoNotRec::Type type)
 
const SoAuditorListgetAuditors ()
 Returns auditor list– used by SoField and SoEngineOutput to trace forward connections.
 
int getRefCount () const
 Returns current reference count.
 
virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, bool isFromField=FALSE)
 Adds a reference to the instance when writing.
 
bool shouldWrite ()
 Returns TRUE if the instance should be written, based on the write-reference info already accumulated.
 

Static Public Member Functions

static void initClass ()
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
static void initClass ()
 
static void getScreenSize (SoState *state, const SbBox3f &boundingBox, SbVec2s &rectSize)
 This can be used by subclasses when the complexity type is SCREEN_SPACE to determine how many window pixels are covered by the shape.
 
static void setPreVertexArrayRenderingCallback (VertexArrayRenderingCB *cb)
 register global pre callback for vertex array rendering (MeVis ONLY)
 
static void setPostVertexArrayRenderingCallback (VertexArrayRenderingCB *cb)
 register global post callback for vertex array rendering (MeVis ONLY)
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns type identifier for the SoNode class.
 
static SoNodegetByName (const SbName &name)
 Returns the last node given the specified name.
 
static int getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)
 Returns the number of nodes with the given name, and adds to list pointers to those nodes.
 
static void initClass ()
 Initializes base node class.
 
static void initClasses ()
 Initialize ALL Inventor node classes.
 
static SbNodeIdType getNextNodeId ()
 Returns the next available unique id.
 
static int getActionMethodIndex (SoType t)
 Returns the index of this node in the action/method table, given its type.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type of this class.
 
static void initClass ()
 Setup type information.
 
static void initCopyDict ()
 During a copy operation, copies of nodes and engines are stored in a dictionary, keyed by the original node or engine pointer, so that copies can be re-used.
 
static void addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
 Adds an instance to the dictionary.
 
static SoFieldContainercheckCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
 If a copy of the given instance is in the dictionary, this returns it.
 
static SoFieldContainerfindCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, bool copyConnections)
 If a copy of the given instance is not in the dictionary, this returns NULL.
 
static void copyDone ()
 Cleans up the dictionary when done.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns type identifier for this class.
 
static void initClass ()
 Setup type information.
 
static void incrementCurrentWriteCounter ()
 Increments the current write counter at the start of a write operation.
 
static void decrementCurrentWriteCounter ()
 Decrements the current write counter after a write operation, in some rare cases.
 
static void addName (SoBase *, const char *)
 Internal methods used to maintain the global name dictionary.
 
static void removeName (SoBase *, const char *)
 
static SoBasegetNamedBase (const SbName &, SoType)
 Helper routines used to get stuff out of nameDict.
 
static int getNamedBases (const SbName &, SoBaseList &, SoType)
 
static bool read (SoInput *in, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedType)
 Reads one instance of some subclass of SoBase.
 
static void setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
 This defaults to "+" and is used when naming nodes that are DEF's and USE'd.
 

Public Attributes

SoSFNode vertexProperty
 

Protected Member Functions

 SoVertexShape ()
 Constructor - makes this abstract.
 
virtual ~SoVertexShape ()
 
SoVertexPropertygetVertexProperty ()
 Get the SoVertexProperty from the vertexProperty field, returning NULL if the contained node is not of type SoVertexProperty.
 
virtual bool shouldGLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 Returns TRUE if the shape should be rendered.
 
void setNormalCache (SoState *state, int numNormals, const SbVec3f *normals)
 Sets up a cache to hold normals.
 
SoNormalCachegetNormalCache () const
 Returns the current normal cache, or NULL if there is none.
 
bool beginVertexArrayRendering (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 enables vertex array rendering client state and VBO rendering (if supported), returns true if VBOs are used (MeVis ONLY)
 
void endVertexArrayRendering (SoGLRenderAction *action, bool vboWasUsed)
 disables vertex array rendering and VBOs if vboWasUsed is passes as true (MeVis ONLY)
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoShape
 SoShape ()
 Constructor.
 
virtual void generatePrimitives (SoAction *action)=0
 This method MUST be defined by each subclass to generate primitives (triangles, line segments, points) that represent the shape.
 
virtual bool shouldGLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 Returns TRUE if the shape should be rendered.
 
bool shouldRayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
 Returns TRUE if the shape may be picked.
 
void beginSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 These can be used by solid shapes to indicate so during rendering.
 
void endSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 
void computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *action)
 Computes a picking ray in the object space of the shape instance.
 
void computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *action, const SbMatrix &matrix)
 
virtual SoDetailcreateTriangleDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v3, SoPickedPoint *pp)
 These methods are called during picking to create details representing extra info about a pick intersection.
 
virtual SoDetailcreateLineSegmentDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, SoPickedPoint *pp)
 
virtual SoDetailcreatePointDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v, SoPickedPoint *pp)
 
void invokeTriangleCallbacks (SoAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v3)
 These methods invoke whatever callbacks are registered with the primitive generation procedures.
 
void invokeLineSegmentCallbacks (SoAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2)
 
void invokePointCallbacks (SoAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v)
 
void beginShape (SoAction *action, TriangleShape shapeType, SoFaceDetail *faceDetail=NULL)
 These methods can be used by subclasses to generate triangles more easily when those triangles are part of a larger structure, such as a triangle strip, triangle fan, or triangulated polygon, according to the TriangleShape enumerated type.
 
void shapeVertex (const SoPrimitiveVertex *v)
 
void endShape ()
 
virtual ~SoShape ()
 
void GLRenderBoundingBox (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 Applies GLRender action to the bounding box surrounding the shape.
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
 SoNode ()
 Constructor, destructor.
 
virtual ~SoNode ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
 SoFieldContainer ()
 
 ~SoFieldContainer ()
 
virtual bool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
 Reads stuff into instance. Returns FALSE on error.
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
 SoBase ()
 Constructor is protected - this is an abstract class.
 
virtual ~SoBase ()
 Virtual destructor so that subclasses are deleted properly.
 
virtual void destroy ()
 Actually deletes an instance.
 
bool hasMultipleWriteRefs () const
 Returns TRUE if the instance has multiple write references.
 
bool writeHeader (SoOutput *out, bool isGroup, bool isEngine) const
 Writes a header (name, open brace) or footer (close brace) to file defined by SoOutput.
 
void writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
 
virtual const char * getFileFormatName () const
 Unknown nodes and engines write a different name for themselves than their typeId; this virtual method lets them do that (by default the typeId name is returned)
 
virtual bool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)=0
 Reads stuff into instance of subclass.
 

Protected Attributes

SoVertexPropertyCache vpCache
 vpCache stores information from one render to the next about what information needs to be grabbed from the state, etc.
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
SbNodeIdType uniqueId
 Unique id for this node.
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
bool isBuiltIn
 Is the subclass a built-in Inventor subclass or an extender subclass? This is used to determine whether to read/write field type information.
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from SoShape
enum  TriangleShape { TRIANGLE_STRIP , TRIANGLE_FAN , TRIANGLES , POLYGON }
 This type is used by the triangle shape generation methods (beginShape, etc.) More...
 
typedef void VertexArrayRenderingCB(SoNode *shape, SoGLRenderAction *, bool useVbo, uint32_t numVertices)
 callback used for pre/post vertex array rendering on SoVertexShapes (MeVis ONLY)
 
- Public Types inherited from SoNode
enum  Stage { FIRST_INSTANCE , PROTO_INSTANCE , OTHER_INSTANCE }
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from SoBase
static bool traceRefs
 Turns on/off reference count tracing (for debugging)
 
- Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum  BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 1 , IS_GROUP = 2 }
 This set of enums is used when reading and writing the base. More...
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr ()
 This is used by the field-inheritence mechanism, hidden in the SoSubNode macros.
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t getCurrentWriteCounter ()
 Returns current write counter.
 
- Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoShape
static VertexArrayRenderingCB_preVertexArrayRenderingCB
 
static VertexArrayRenderingCB_postVertexArrayRenderingCB
 
- Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static SbNodeIdType nextUniqueId
 Next available unique id.
 
static int nextActionMethodIndex
 Next index into the action method table.
 

Detailed Description

This node is the abstract base class for all vertex-based shape (geometry) nodes. It is used as a repository for convenience functions for subclasses and to provide a type identifier to make it easy to determine whether a shape is vertex-based. It contains one public field, the SoVertexProperty field.

All subclasses of this node draw objects constructed from vertices. If the vertexProperty field is non-null and there are coordinates in the associated vertex property node, then those coordinates are used. Otherwise the objects are drawn using the current coordinates in the state. The coordinates of the shape are transformed by the current transformation matrix and are drawn with the current light model and drawing style.

Subclasses that construct polygons from vertices may not render or pick correctly if any of their polygons are self-intersecting or non-planar.

All vertex shape subclasses use the bounding box of the shape to determine default texture coordinates. The longest dimension of the bounding box defines the S coordinates, and the next longest defines the T coordinates. The value of the S coordinate ranges from 0 to 1, from one end of the bounding box to the other. The T coordinate ranges between 0 and the ratio of the second greatest dimension of the bounding box to the greatest dimension.

When a vertex-based shape is picked with an SoRayPickAction, a detail is always returned. If the shape is composed of faces (such as SoFaceSet or SoTriangleStripSet), an SoFaceDetail is returned. If the shape is composed of line segments (such as SoLineSet), an SoLineDetail is returned. If the shape is composed of points (such as SoPointSet), an SoPointDetail is returned. Note that the type of detail returned is not affected by the current drawing style.

Similarly, each class of vertex-based shape invokes appropriate callbacks if those callbacks are registered with the SoCallbackAction. Shapes made of faces invoke triangle callbacks for each generated triangle. (Faces may be triangulated to create these triangles.) Shapes made of line segments invoke line segment callbacks for each segment, and shapes made of points invoke point callbacks.

The subclass SoIndexedShape is a base class for vertex-based shapes that index into the current set of coordinates. The subclass SoNonIndexedShape is a base class for vertex-based shapes that use the current coordinates in order.

See Also
SoIndexedShape, SoNonIndexedShape, SoVertexProperty

Definition at line 135 of file SoVertexShape.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SoVertexShape()

SoVertexShape::SoVertexShape ( )
protected

◆ ~SoVertexShape()

virtual SoVertexShape::~SoVertexShape ( )
protectedvirtual

Member Function Documentation

◆ beginVertexArrayRendering()

bool SoVertexShape::beginVertexArrayRendering ( SoGLRenderAction action)
protected

◆ endVertexArrayRendering()

void SoVertexShape::endVertexArrayRendering ( SoGLRenderAction action,
bool  vboWasUsed 
)
protected

◆ generateDefaultNormals()

virtual bool SoVertexShape::generateDefaultNormals ( SoState state,
SoNormalBundle nb 
)
virtual

This should use the given SoNormalBundle to generate the normals. Returns TRUE if normals were generated.

Reimplemented in SoFaceSet, SoIndexedFaceSet, SoIndexedTriangleSet, SoIndexedTriangleStripSet, SoQuadMesh, and SoTriangleStripSet.

◆ getNormalCache()

SoNormalCache * SoVertexShape::getNormalCache ( ) const
inlineprotected

Definition at line 181 of file SoVertexShape.h.

◆ getVertexProperty()

SoVertexProperty * SoVertexShape::getVertexProperty ( )
protected

◆ initClass()

static void SoVertexShape::initClass ( )
static

◆ notify()

virtual void SoVertexShape::notify ( SoNotList list)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoNode.

Reimplemented in SoIndexedShape.

◆ setNormalCache()

void SoVertexShape::setNormalCache ( SoState state,
int  numNormals,
const SbVec3f normals 
)
protected

This assumes the cache depends on only the current coordinates, shape hints, and crease angle.

◆ shouldGLRender()

virtual bool SoVertexShape::shouldGLRender ( SoGLRenderAction action)
protectedvirtual

Checks for transparency in vertexProperty node before invoking render action.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

Member Data Documentation

◆ vertexProperty

SoSFNode SoVertexShape::vertexProperty

Definition at line 140 of file SoVertexShape.h.

◆ vpCache

SoVertexPropertyCache SoVertexShape::vpCache
protected

Definition at line 173 of file SoVertexShape.h.


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