SoTransform

InventorModule

genre	InventorTransform,InventorNodesAutomatic
author	Silicon Graphics Inc
package	MeVisLab/Standard
definition	inventor.def
keywords	3D, affine, rotate, scale, shear

Purpose

The node SoTransform defines a geometric 3D transformation consisting of (in order) a (possibly) non-uniform scale about an arbitrary point, a rotation about an arbitrary point and axis, and a translation.

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 the translation vector.

Rotation

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

Sets the rotation using an axis and an angle in radians.

Scale Factor

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

Sets the 3D scale factors.

Non-positive values may lead to undesirable results.

Scale Orientation

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

Sets the rotational orientation for scale.

Center

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

Sets the origin for scale and rotation.