SoCenterballManip

InventorModule

genre	InventorManipulators
author	Silicon Graphics Inc
package	MeVisLab/Standard
definition	inventor.def

Purpose

SoCenterballManip is derived from SoTransform (via SoTransformerManip). When its fields change, nodes following it in the scene graph rotate, scale, and/or translate.

As a subclass of SoTransformerManip, this manipulator also features a 3D interface to edit some of its fields. In this case, the interface allows editing of the rotation and center fields.

A manipulator differs from a dragger. When you move a dragger, no other nodes are affected. In contrast, when you move a SoTransformerManip, other nodes move along with it.

Windows

Default Panel

Output Fields

self

name: self, type: SoNode

Parameter Fields

Field Index

Center: Vector3

Rotation: Rotation

Scale Factor: Vector3

Scale Orientation: Rotation

Translation: Vector3

Visible Fields

Translation

name: translation, type: Vector3, default: 0 0 0

Sets and shows the translation.

Rotation

name: rotation, type: Rotation, default: 0 0 1 0

Sets and shows the rotation of the manipulator.

Scale Factor

name: scaleFactor, type: Vector3, default: 1 1 1

Sets and shows the scale factor for the small cubes, which are of type SoScaleUniformDragger.

Scale Orientation

name: scaleOrientation, type: Rotation, default: 0 0 1 0

Sets and shows the scale orientation of the manipulator.

Center

name: center, type: Vector3, default: 0 0 0

Sets and shows the center of rotation and scale of the manipulator.