SoPathTracerSpheres

InventorModule

author	MeVis Medical Solutions AG
package	MeVisLab/Standard
dll	SoPathTracer
definition	SoPathTracer.def
keywords	marker

Purpose

The SoPathTracerSpheres allows to render markers as analytical spheres in a SoPathTracer scene.

Windows

Default Panel

Input Fields

inMarkers

name: inMarkers, type: MLBase

The input markers.

inStylePalette

name: inStylePalette, type: MLBase

A style palette that can provide marker colors.

inMaterial

name: inMaterial, type: SoNode

An material that sets the material properties of the spheres.

Parameter Fields

Field Index

Enable Clipping: Bool

Enabled: Bool

Flip Clipping: Bool

Radius: Float

Radius Mode: Enum

Style Palette Color Mode: Enum

Update: Trigger

Update Mode: Enum

Visible Fields

Enabled

name: enabled, type: Bool, default: TRUE

Enable rendering of the spheres.

Enable Clipping

name: enableClipping, type: Bool, default: TRUE

If enabled, Open Inventor clipping planes affect the spheres.

Flip Clipping

name: flipClipping, type: Bool, default: FALSE

If enabled, the Open Inventor clipping planes are flipped before being applied to the spheres.

Update

name: update, type: Trigger

Updates the spheres from the markers.

Update Mode

name: updateMode, type: Enum, default: AutoUpdate

Update mode.

Values:

Title	Name	Description
Off	Off	Off, no auto-update.
Auto Clear	AutoClear	Clears the spheres when markers change.
Auto Update	AutoUpdate	Re-creates the spheres when markers change.

Style Palette Color Mode

name: stylePaletteColorMode, type: Enum, default: COLOR_BY_INDEX

Selects the style palette color mode.

Values:

Title	Name
Index	COLOR_BY_INDEX
Type	COLOR_BY_TYPE
Id	COLOR_BY_ID

Radius Mode

name: radiusMode, type: Enum, default: FixedRadius

Selects the radius mode.

Values:

Title	Name	Description
Fixed Radius	FixedRadius	Radius is given in Radius.
Marker Radius	MarkerRadius	Use the length of the vec component of the marker as radius.

Radius

name: radius, type: Float, default: 1

Radius in millimeters.