SoPickStyle

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

Purpose

The node SoPickStyle determines how subsequent geometry nodes in the scene graph are picked, as indicated by the Style field.

Note that this is the only way to change the picking behavior of shapes; drawing style, complexity, and other rendering-related properties have no effect on picking.

Windows

Default Panel

../../../Modules/Inventor/InventorBase/mhelp/Images/Screenshots/SoPickStyle._default.png

Output Fields

self

name: self, type: SoNode

Parameter Fields

Visible Fields

Style

name: style, type: Enum, default: SHAPE

Defines the picking style.

Values:

Title Name Description
Shape SHAPE Points on the surfaces of shapes can be picked.
Bounding Box BOUNDING_BOX Points on the surfaces of the 3D bounding boxes of shapes can be picked.
Unpickable UNPICKABLE Subsequent objects are transparent to picking.