SoSilhouette

InventorModule

genre	Visualization
author	MeVis Medical Solutions AG
package	MeVisLab/Standard
dll	SoSilhouette
definition	SoSilhouette.def
see also	SoEdgeEmphasize
keywords	Open, Inventor, node

Purpose

The module SoSilhouette draws the silhouette of the scene graph rooted by this node.

In contrast to the SoEdgeEmphasize module, only the outline and no inner edges (feature lines) are drawn.

Details

Renderings of the same vascular system, with and without using the SoSilhouette.

With Silhouette

Without Silhouette

Windows

Default Panel

Input Fields

child

name: child, type: SoNode

Output Fields

self

name: self, type: SoNode

Parameter Fields

Field Index

boundingBoxCaching: Enum

On: Bool

Only Silhouette: Bool

Outline Color: Color

Outline Width: Float

pickCulling: Enum

renderCaching: Enum

renderCulling: Enum

Visible Fields

Outline Color

name: outlineColor, type: Color, default: 0 0 0

Sets the color of the silhouette.

Outline Width

name: outlineWidth, type: Float, default: 3.5

Sets the line width of the silhouette in pixels.

Only Silhouette

name: onlySilhouette, type: Bool, default: FALSE

If checked, only the silhouette is drawn and not the original model.

On

name: on, type: Bool, default: TRUE

If checked, the drawing of the silhouette is enabled.

Hidden Fields

renderCaching

name: renderCaching, type: Enum, default: AUTO

Values:

Title	Name
​On	​ON
​Off	​OFF
​Auto	​AUTO

boundingBoxCaching

name: boundingBoxCaching, type: Enum, default: AUTO

Values:

Title	Name
​On	​ON
​Off	​OFF
​Auto	​AUTO

renderCulling

name: renderCulling, type: Enum, default: AUTO

Values:

Title	Name
​On	​ON
​Off	​OFF
​Auto	​AUTO

pickCulling

name: pickCulling, type: Enum, default: AUTO

Values:

Title	Name
​On	​ON
​Off	​OFF
​Auto	​AUTO