SoGLShapeHintsElement(3)

💖 SoGLShapeHintsElement 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for SoGLShapeHintsElement, straight out of the Coin library, section 3. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

SoGLShapeHintsElement — and the official word is that the SoGLShapeHintsElement class is yet to be documented. that's the whole name section. she's mysterious, she's elusive, she's giving cryptic icon energy 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <Inventor/elements/SoGLShapeHintsElement.h>

Inherits SoShapeHintsElement.

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🌸 Public Member Functions 🌸

• virtual void init (SoState *state) — FIXME: write doc. 😭
• virtual void push (SoState *state) — FIXME: write doc. 😭
• virtual void pop (SoState *state, const SoElement *prevTopElement) — FIXME: write doc. 😭

🌈 Public Member Functions inherited from SoShapeHintsElement

• virtual SbBool matches (const SoElement *element) const — FIXME: write doc.
• virtual SoElement * copyMatchInfo (void) const — FIXME: write doc.
• virtual void print (FILE *file) const — FIXME: write doc.

💜 Public Member Functions inherited from SoElement

• const SoType getTypeId (void) const
• int getStackIndex (void) const
• void setDepth (const int depth)
• int getDepth (void) const
• virtual ~SoElement ()

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🎀 Static Public Member Functions 🎀

• static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
• static int getClassStackIndex (void)
• static void * createInstance (void)
• static void initClass (void)
• static void forceSend (SoState *const state, const SbBool twoside)
• static void forceSend (SoState *const state, const SbBool ccw, const SbBool cull)
• static void forceSend (SoState *const state, const SbBool ccw, const SbBool cull, const SbBool twoside) — FIXME: write doc.

⭐ Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoShapeHintsElement

• static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
• static int getClassStackIndex (void)
• static void * createInstance (void)
• static void initClass (void)
• static void set (SoState *const state, SoNode *const node, const VertexOrdering vertexOrdering, const ShapeType shapeType, const FaceType faceType) — FIXME: write doc.
• static void set (SoState *const state, const VertexOrdering vertexOrdering, const ShapeType shapeType, const FaceType faceType) — FIXME: write doc.
• static void get (SoState *const state, VertexOrdering &vertexOrdering, ShapeType &shapeType, FaceType &faceType) — FIXME: write doc.
• static VertexOrdering getVertexOrdering (SoState *const state) — FIXME: write doc.
• static ShapeType getShapeType (SoState *const state) — FIXME: write doc.
• static FaceType getFaceType (SoState *const state) — FIXME: write doc.
• static VertexOrdering getDefaultVertexOrdering () — FIXME: write doc.
• static ShapeType getDefaultShapeType () — FIXME: write doc.
• static FaceType getDefaultFaceType () — FIXME: write doc.

💫 Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoElement

• static void initClass (void)
• static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
• static int getClassStackIndex (void)
• static void initElements (void)
• static int getNumStackIndices (void)
• static SoType getIdFromStackIndex (const int stackIndex)

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🧚 Protected Member Functions 🧚

• virtual ~SoGLShapeHintsElement ()
• virtual void setElt (VertexOrdering vertexOrdering, ShapeType shapeType, FaceType faceType) — FIXME: write doc.

🫶 Protected Member Functions inherited from SoShapeHintsElement

• virtual ~SoShapeHintsElement ()
• void updateLazyElement (SoState *state)

💅 Protected Member Functions inherited from SoElement

• SoElement (void)
• void capture (SoState *const state) const
• virtual void captureThis (SoState *state) const
• void setTypeId (const SoType typeId)
• void setStackIndex (const int index)
• SoElement * getNextInStack (void) const
• SoElement * getNextFree (void) const

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👑 Additional Inherited Members 👑

🌸 Public Types inherited from SoShapeHintsElement

enum VertexOrdering { UNKNOWN_ORDERING, CLOCKWISE, COUNTERCLOCKWISE, ORDERING_AS_IS }
enum ShapeType { UNKNOWN_SHAPE_TYPE, SOLID, SHAPE_TYPE_AS_IS }
enum FaceType { UNKNOWN_FACE_TYPE, CONVEX, FACE_TYPE_AS_IS }

🔥 Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoElement

• static SoElement * getElement (SoState *const state, const int stackIndex)
• static const SoElement * getConstElement (SoState *const state, const int stackIndex)
• static int createStackIndex (const SoType id)

🎀 Protected Attributes inherited from SoShapeHintsElement

• VertexOrdering vertexOrdering
• ShapeType shapeType
• FaceType faceType

🦋 Protected Attributes inherited from SoElement

• SoType typeId
• int stackIndex
• int depth

⭐ Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoElement

• static int classStackIndex
• static SoTypeList * stackToType

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💜 Detailed Description 💜

The SoGLShapeHintsElement class is yet to be documented.

FIXME: write doc.

like... okay. noted. someone's gotta write it, and today is not that day. 💀

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🎀 Constructor & Destructor Documentation 🎀

SoGLShapeHintsElement::~SoGLShapeHintsElement (void ) [protected], [virtual]

Destructor. that's it, that's the whole description. she says goodbye and leaves 🌸

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✨ Member Function Documentation ✨

SoType SoGLShapeHintsElement::getClassTypeId (void ) [static]

This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class. cute, functional, returns a type. periodt.

int SoGLShapeHintsElement::getClassStackIndex (void ) [static]

This static method returns the state stack index for the class. iykyk 🫶

void * SoGLShapeHintsElement::createInstance (void ) [static]

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Creates a new instance of the class type corresponding to the SoType object. bestie this one is not for you, it's backstage business 🙈

void SoGLShapeHintsElement::initClass (void ) [static]

Initialize relevant common data for all instances, like the type system. the setup ritual, the vibe check before the party starts ✨

void SoGLShapeHintsElement::init (SoState * state) [virtual]

FIXME: write doc.

Reimplemented from SoShapeHintsElement.

void SoGLShapeHintsElement::push (SoState * state) [virtual]

FIXME: write doc.

Reimplemented from SoShapeHintsElement.

void SoGLShapeHintsElement::pop (SoState * state, const SoElement * prevTopElement) [virtual]

FIXME: write doc.

Reimplemented from SoShapeHintsElement.

void SoGLShapeHintsElement::forceSend (SoState *const state, const SbBool twoside) [static]

Update GL state. Use this is you only want to modify the two-side lighting feature. ✨ (yes, the original really says "is you", we are preserving the sacred texts character for character 💅)

void SoGLShapeHintsElement::forceSend (SoState *const state, const SbBool ccw, const SbBool cull) [static]

Update GL state. Use this if you don't care about the two-side lighting state. no thoughts, just culling 🍓

void SoGLShapeHintsElement::setElt (VertexOrdering vertexOrdering, ShapeType shapeType, FaceType faceType) [protected], [virtual]

FIXME: write doc.

Reimplemented from SoShapeHintsElement.

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🌈 Author 🌈

Generated automatically by Doxygen for Coin from the source code. the robots wrote this one, not a human, which honestly explains the FIXMEs 😭

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