SoHandleBoxDragger

InventorModule

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

Purpose

SoHandleBoxDragger is a dragger shaped like a wireframe box with small corner cubes mounted on each corner. Click and drag any of these cubes to scale the box uniformly. Six other center cubes are centered on the sides of the box; white lines connect them to the center of the dragger. Drag one of the center cubes along its line to stretch the box in that direction. Dragging a face of the box translates the dragger within that plane.

While you drag a face of the box, purple feedback arrows display the possible directions of motion. Press the key to constrain the motion to one of the two major directions in the plane. The constraint direction is chosen based on the next user gesture. Press the key and the dragger will translate perpendicular to that plane. The translation field is modified as the face is dragged.

By default, dragging any of the small cubes scales about the center of the object. Pressing the key changes this: A corner cube will scale about its opposite corner. A center cube will scale about the center of its opposite face. Dragging one of the small cubes will usually result in changes to both the Scale Factor and Translation fields. This is because any scale about a point other than the origin has a translation element.

Windows

Default Panel

Output Fields

self

name: self, type: SoNode

Parameter Fields

Visible Fields

Is Active

name: isActive, type: Bool, persistent: no

TRUE when mouse is down and dragging, else FALSE.

Translation

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

The position of the dragger.

Scale Factor

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

With the small cubes you change the Scale Factor field.

Hidden Fields

enable

name: enable, type: Bool, default: TRUE