SoJackDragger(3)

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version 4.0.10 Β· 4 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

πŸ’– SoJackDragger(3) β€” Coin πŸ’–

okay bestie, buckle UP, because we're reading the SoJackDragger(3) page together and it's a whole journey. ✨


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

SoJackDragger β€” the dragger class you can translate, rotate and scale. all three. at once. it's giving overachiever and honestly? we love her for it. πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

#include <Inventor/draggers/SoJackDragger.h>

Inherits SoDragger. 🫢 (so everything her mama SoDragger can do, she can do too β€” and mama has a lot.)


✨ Public Member Functions ✨

these are the ones that are actually hers, the main character moves:

  • virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const β€” the runtime type check, so you can be like "hey are you actually a SoJackDragger?"
  • virtual const SoNodekitCatalog * getNodekitCatalog (void) const β€” hands you the nodekit catalog for this class. it's the blueprint of what parts live inside her.
  • SoJackDragger (void) β€” the constructor, aka her origin story. 🌸

πŸ’œ Public Member Functions inherited from SoDragger πŸ’œ

bestie she inherits everything from SoDragger, and I do mean everything. scroll responsibly. 😭

  • virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
  • virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
  • virtual void getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
  • virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
  • virtual void search (SoSearchAction *action)
  • virtual void write (SoWriteAction *action)
  • virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
  • void setProjectorEpsilon (const float epsilon)
  • float getProjectorEpsilon (void) const
  • void addStartCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void removeStartCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void addMotionCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void removeMotionCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void addFinishCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void removeFinishCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void addValueChangedCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void removeValueChangedCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void setMinGesture (int pixels)
  • int getMinGesture (void) const
  • SbBool enableValueChangedCallbacks (SbBool newval)
  • const SbMatrix & getMotionMatrix (void)
  • void addOtherEventCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void removeOtherEventCallback (SoDraggerCB *func, void *data=NULL)
  • void registerChildDragger (SoDragger *child)
  • void unregisterChildDragger (SoDragger *child)
  • void registerChildDraggerMovingIndependently (SoDragger *child)
  • void unregisterChildDraggerMovingIndependently (SoDragger *child)
  • SbMatrix getLocalToWorldMatrix (void)
  • SbMatrix getWorldToLocalMatrix (void)
  • SbVec3f getLocalStartingPoint (void)
  • SbVec3f getWorldStartingPoint (void)
  • void getPartToLocalMatrix (const SbName &partname, SbMatrix &parttolocalmatrix, SbMatrix &localtopartmatrix)
  • void transformMatrixLocalToWorld (const SbMatrix &frommatrix, SbMatrix &tomatrix)
  • void transformMatrixWorldToLocal (const SbMatrix &frommatrix, SbMatrix &tomatrix)
  • void transformMatrixToLocalSpace (const SbMatrix &frommatrix, SbMatrix &tomatrix, const SbName &fromspacepartname)
  • virtual void setMotionMatrix (const SbMatrix &newmatrix)
  • void valueChanged (void)
  • const SbMatrix & getStartMotionMatrix (void)
  • virtual void saveStartParameters (void)
  • const SoPath * getPickPath (void) const
  • const SoEvent * getEvent (void) const
  • SoPath * createPathToThis (void)
  • const SoPath * getSurrogatePartPickedOwner (void) const
  • const SbName & getSurrogatePartPickedName (void) const
  • const SoPath * getSurrogatePartPickedPath (void) const
  • void setStartingPoint (const SoPickedPoint *newpoint)
  • void setStartingPoint (const SbVec3f &newpoint)
  • const SbViewVolume & getViewVolume (void)
  • void setViewVolume (const SbViewVolume &vol)
  • const SbViewportRegion & getViewportRegion (void)
  • void setViewportRegion (const SbViewportRegion &reg)
  • SoHandleEventAction * getHandleEventAction (void) const
  • void setHandleEventAction (SoHandleEventAction *newAction)
  • void setTempPathToThis (const SoPath *somethingclose)
  • virtual void grabEventsSetup (void)
  • virtual void grabEventsCleanup (void)
  • void workFieldsIntoTransform (SbMatrix &mtx)
  • void setFrontOnProjector (ProjectorFrontSetting newval)
  • ProjectorFrontSetting getFrontOnProjector (void) const

🫢 Public Member Functions inherited from SoInteractionKit 🫢

  • SoInteractionKit (void)
  • virtual SbBool setPartAsPath (const SbName &partname, SoPath *path)
  • virtual SbBool setPartAsDefault (const SbName &partname, SoNode *node, SbBool onlyifdefault=TRUE)
  • virtual SbBool setPartAsDefault (const SbName &partname, const SbName &nodename, SbBool onlyifdefault=TRUE)
  • SbBool isPathSurrogateInMySubgraph (const SoPath *path, SoPath *&pathToOwner, SbName &surrogatename, SoPath *&surrogatepath, SbBool fillargs=TRUE)
  • SbBool isPathSurrogateInMySubgraph (const SoPath *path)
  • virtual SbBool setPart (const SbName &partname, SoNode *from)

🌈 Public Member Functions inherited from SoBaseKit 🌈

  • SoBaseKit (void)
  • virtual SoNode * getPart (const SbName &partname, SbBool makeifneeded)
  • SbString getPartString (const SoBase *part)
  • virtual SoNodeKitPath * createPathToPart (const SbName &partname, SbBool makeifneeded, const SoPath *pathtoextend=NULL)
  • SbBool set (const char *namevaluepairliststring)
  • SbBool set (const char *partnamestring, const char *parameterstring)
  • virtual void doAction (SoAction *action)
  • virtual SoChildList * getChildren (void) const
  • void printDiagram (void)
  • void printSubDiagram (const SbName &rootname, int level)
  • void printTable (void)
  • virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
  • SbBool forceChildDrivenWriteRefs (SoOutput *out)

⭐ Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode ⭐

  • void setOverride (const SbBool state)
  • SbBool isOverride (void) const
  • void setNodeType (const NodeType type)
  • NodeType getNodeType (void) const
  • virtual SoNode * copy (SbBool copyconnections=FALSE) const
  • virtual SbBool affectsState (void) const
  • virtual void GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
  • virtual void GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
  • virtual void GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
  • virtual void pick (SoPickAction *action)
  • virtual void audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)
  • virtual void startNotify (void)
  • virtual void notify (SoNotList *l)
  • SbUniqueId getNodeId (void) const
  • virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
  • virtual SoFieldContainer * copyThroughConnection (void) const

πŸ¦‹ Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer πŸ¦‹

  • void setToDefaults (void)
  • SbBool hasDefaultValues (void) const
  • SbBool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const
  • void copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)
  • SbBool set (const char *const fielddata)
  • void get (SbString &fielddata)
  • virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &l) const
  • virtual int getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const
  • virtual SoField * getField (const SbName &name) const
  • virtual SoField * getEventIn (const SbName &name) const
  • virtual SoField * getEventOut (const SbName &name) const
  • SbBool getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const
  • SbBool enableNotify (const SbBool flag)
  • SbBool isNotifyEnabled (void) const
  • SbBool set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)
  • void get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)
  • virtual SbBool validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
  • SbBool getIsBuiltIn (void) const
  • virtual void getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const
  • void setUserData (void *userdata) const
  • void * getUserData (void) const

πŸ’€ Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase πŸ’€

  • void ref (void) const
  • void unref (void) const
  • void unrefNoDelete (void) const
  • int32_t getRefCount (void) const
  • void touch (void)
  • SbBool isOfType (SoType type) const β€” returns TRUE if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type. no cap.
  • virtual SbName getName (void) const
  • virtual void setName (const SbName &newname)
  • void addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
  • void removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
  • const SoAuditorList & getAuditors (void) const
  • SbBool shouldWrite (void)
  • void assertAlive (void) const

✨ Static Public Member Functions ✨

these ones live on the class itself, not on any individual instance. iconic behavior honestly. πŸ‘‘

  • static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog * getClassNodekitCatalog (void)
  • static void initClass (void)

🌸 Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoDragger 🌸

  • static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog * getClassNodekitCatalog (void)
  • static void setMinScale (float newminscale)
  • static float getMinScale (void)
  • static void workValuesIntoTransform (SbMatrix &mtx, const SbVec3f *translationptr, const SbRotation *rotationptr, const SbVec3f *scalefactorptr, const SbRotation *scaleorientationptr, const SbVec3f *centerptr)
  • static void getTransformFast (SbMatrix &mtx, SbVec3f &translation, SbRotation &rotation, SbVec3f &scalefactor, SbRotation &scaleorientation, const SbVec3f &center)
  • static void getTransformFast (SbMatrix &mtx, SbVec3f &translation, SbRotation &rotation, SbVec3f &scalefactor, SbRotation &scaleorientation)
  • static SbMatrix appendTranslation (const SbMatrix &mtx, const SbVec3f &translation, const SbMatrix *conversion=NULL)
  • static SbMatrix appendScale (const SbMatrix &mtx, const SbVec3f &scale, const SbVec3f &scalecenter, const SbMatrix *conversion=NULL)
  • static SbMatrix appendRotation (const SbMatrix &mtx, const SbRotation &rot, const SbVec3f &rotcenter, const SbMatrix *conversion=NULL)
  • static void initClass (void)
  • static void initClasses (void)

πŸŽ€ Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoInteractionKit πŸŽ€

  • static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog * getClassNodekitCatalog (void)
  • static void initClass (void) β€” sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system. she's doing the groundwork for everyone, lowkey a team player.
  • static void setSwitchValue (SoNode *node, const int newVal)

πŸ’œ Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBaseKit πŸ’œ

  • static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
  • static void initClass (void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog * getClassNodekitCatalog (void)
  • static SbBool isSearchingChildren (void)
  • static void setSearchingChildren (const SbBool newval)

okay that's the synopsis and all the inherited stuff, which is genuinely a lot of lore to carry. part 2 coming up next bestie, don't go anywhere πŸ’–

  • static uint32_t getCompatibilityTypes(const SoType &nodetype)
  • static SoType getClassTypeId(void)
  • static SoNode * getByName(const SbName &name)
  • static int getByName(const SbName &name, SoNodeList &l)
  • static void initClass(void) β€” okay so this one sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system. bestie it's doing the paperwork so you don't have to πŸ’…
  • static void initClasses(void)
  • static SbUniqueId getNextNodeId(void)
  • static int getActionMethodIndex(const SoType type)
  • static void getBoundingBoxS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void GLRenderS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void callbackS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void getMatrixS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void handleEventS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void pickS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void rayPickS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void searchS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void writeS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void audioRenderS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
  • static void getPrimitiveCountS(SoAction *action, SoNode *node)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer ✨

  • static void initClass(void) β€” same energy as above: sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
  • static SoType getClassTypeId(void) β€” this static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class. it's giving ✨identity✨
  • static void cleanupClass(void)
  • static void initCopyDict(void)
  • static void addCopy(const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
  • static SoFieldContainer * checkCopy(const SoFieldContainer *orig)
  • static SoFieldContainer * findCopy(const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)
  • static void copyDone(void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase πŸ’œ

  • static void initClass(void) β€” you guessed it, sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system. the family tradition fr fr.
  • static SoType getClassTypeId(void) β€” this static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
  • static void addName(SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
  • static void removeName(SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
  • static void incrementCurrentWriteCounter(void)
  • static void decrementCurrentWriteCounter(void)
  • static SoBase * getNamedBase(const SbName &name, SoType type)
  • static int getNamedBases(const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)
  • static SbBool read(SoInput *input, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedtype)
  • static void setInstancePrefix(const SbString &c)
  • static void setTraceRefs(SbBool trace)
  • static SbBool getTraceRefs(void)
  • static SbBool connectRoute(SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)
  • static SbBool readRoute(SoInput *input)

Public Attributes πŸŽ€

the literal vibes you can touch and set:

  • SoSFRotation rotation
  • SoSFVec3f translation
  • SoSFVec3f scaleFactor

Public Attributes inherited from SoDragger πŸ¦‹

  • SoSFBool isActive

Public Attributes inherited from SoInteractionKit πŸ¦‹

  • SoSFEnum renderCaching
  • SoSFEnum boundingBoxCaching
  • SoSFEnum renderCulling
  • SoSFEnum pickCulling

Protected Member Functions πŸ™ˆ

these are the internal besties β€” not for you to poke from the outside, but they're doing the work behind the scenes:

  • virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData(void) const
  • virtual ~SoJackDragger(void)
  • virtual SbBool setUpConnections(SbBool onoff, SbBool doitalways=FALSE)
  • virtual void setDefaultOnNonWritingFields(void)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoDragger πŸ’…

  • SoDragger(void)
  • virtual ~SoDragger(void)
  • SbVec2f getNormalizedLocaterPosition(void)
  • SbVec2s getLocaterPosition(void)
  • SbVec2s getStartLocaterPosition(void) const
  • void setStartLocaterPosition(SbVec2s p)
  • SbBool isAdequateConstraintMotion(void)
  • virtual SbBool shouldGrabBasedOnSurrogate(const SoPath *pickpath, const SoPath *surrogatepath)
  • void setCameraInfo(SoAction *action)
  • virtual void handleEvent(SoHandleEventAction *ha)
  • void transferMotion(SoDragger *child)
  • void setIgnoreInBbox(SbBool newval)
  • SbBool isIgnoreInBbox(void)
  • virtual void getBoundingBox(SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
  • void setActiveChildDragger(SoDragger *newchilddragger)
  • SoDragger * getActiveChildDragger(void) const
  • void updateDraggerCache(const SoPath *path)
  • virtual const SoPickedPoint * getPickedPointForStart(SoHandleEventAction *action)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoInteractionKit 🌸

  • virtual ~SoInteractionKit()
  • virtual void copyContents(const SoFieldContainer *fromFC, SbBool copyConnections)
  • virtual SbBool setPart(const int partNum, SoNode *node)
  • virtual SbBool readInstance(SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
  • virtual SbBool setAnyPartAsDefault(const SbName &partname, SoNode *node, SbBool anypart=TRUE, SbBool onlyifdefault=TRUE)
  • virtual SbBool setAnyPartAsDefault(const SbName &partname, const SbName &nodename, SbBool anypart=TRUE, SbBool onlyifdefault=TRUE)
  • SbBool setAnySurrogatePath(const SbName &name, SoPath *path, SbBool leafcheck=FALSE, SbBool publiccheck=FALSE)
  • void connectSeparatorFields(SoSeparator *dest, SbBool onOff)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBaseKit 🌸

  • virtual ~SoBaseKit()
  • virtual SoNode * addToCopyDict(void) const
  • SoGroup * getContainerNode(const SbName &listname, SbBool makeifneeded=TRUE)
  • virtual SoNode * getAnyPart(const SbName &partname, SbBool makeifneeded, SbBool leafcheck=FALSE, SbBool publiccheck=FALSE)
  • virtual SoNodeKitPath * createPathToAnyPart(const SbName &partname, SbBool makeifneeded, SbBool leafcheck=FALSE, SbBool publiccheck=FALSE, const SoPath *pathtoextend=NULL)
  • virtual SbBool setAnyPart(const SbName &partname, SoNode *from, SbBool anypart=TRUE)
  • void createNodekitPartsList(void)
  • void createFieldList(void)
  • virtual void createDefaultParts(void)
  • const SoNodekitParts * getNodekitPartsList(void) const
  • const SbList< SoSFNode * > & getCatalogInstances(void) const
  • void catalogError(void)
  • void countMyFields(SoOutput *out)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode ⭐

  • SoNode(void)
  • virtual ~SoNode()

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer ⭐

  • SoFieldContainer(void)
  • virtual ~SoFieldContainer()

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase ⭐

  • SoBase(void)
  • virtual ~SoBase()
  • virtual void destroy(void)
  • SbBool hasMultipleWriteRefs(void) const
  • SbBool writeHeader(SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const
  • void writeFooter(SoOutput *out) const
  • virtual const char * getFileFormatName(void) const
  • virtual SoNotRec createNotRec(void)

Static Protected Member Functions 🧚

  • static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr(void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog ** getClassNodekitCatalogPtr(void)
  • static void invalidateSurroundScaleCB(void *f, SoDragger *d)
  • static void fieldSensorCB(void *f, SoSensor *s)
  • static void valueChangedCB(void *f, SoDragger *d)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoDragger 🌈

  • static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr(void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog ** getClassNodekitCatalogPtr(void)
  • static void childTransferMotionAndValueChangedCB(void *, SoDragger *)
  • static void childValueChangedCB(void *, SoDragger *)
  • static void childStartCB(void *, SoDragger *)
  • static void childMotionCB(void *, SoDragger *)
  • static void childFinishCB(void *, SoDragger *)
  • static void childOtherEventCB(void *, SoDragger *)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoInteractionKit 🌈

  • static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr(void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog ** getClassNodekitCatalogPtr(void)
  • static void readDefaultParts(const char *fileName, const char defaultBuffer[], int defBufSize)
  • static void fieldSensorCB(void *, SoSensor *)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBaseKit 🌈

  • static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr(void)
  • static const SoNodekitCatalog ** getClassNodekitCatalogPtr(void)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode 🌈

  • static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr(void)
  • static void setNextActionMethodIndex(int index)
  • static int getNextActionMethodIndex(void)
  • static void incNextActionMethodIndex(void)
  • static void setCompatibilityTypes(const SoType &nodetype, const uint32_t bitmask)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase 🌈

  • static uint32_t getCurrentWriteCounter(void)
  • static void staticDataLock(void)
  • static void staticDataUnlock(void)

Protected Attributes πŸ“

  • SoSFNode antiSquish
  • SoSFNode rotator
  • SoSFNode scaler
  • SoSFNode surroundScale
  • SoSFNode translator
  • SoFieldSensor * rotFieldSensor
  • SoFieldSensor * translFieldSensor
  • SoFieldSensor * scaleFieldSensor

Protected Attributes inherited from SoDragger 🫢

  • SoSFNode motionMatrix

Protected Attributes inherited from SoInteractionKit 🫢

  • SoSFNode geomSeparator
  • SoSFNode topSeparator
  • SoFieldSensor * fieldSensor
  • SoSeparator * oldTopSep

Protected Attributes inherited from SoBaseKit 🫢

  • SoSFNode callbackList
  • SoChildList * children
  • SbBool connectionsSetUp

Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode 🫢

  • SbUniqueId uniqueId

Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer 🫢

  • SbBool isBuiltIn

Additional Inherited Members πŸ‘‘

Public Types inherited from SoDragger

  • enum ProjectorFrontSetting { FRONT, BACK, USE_PICK }

Public Types inherited from SoInteractionKit

  • enum CacheEnabled { OFF, ON, AUTO }

Public Types inherited from SoNode

  • enum NodeType { INVENTOR = 0x0000, VRML1 = 0x0001, VRML2 = 0x0002, INVENTOR_1 = 0x0004, INVENTOR_2_0 = 0x0008, INVENTOR_2_1 = 0x0010, INVENTOR_2_5 = 0x0020, INVENTOR_2_6 = 0x0040, COIN_1_0 = 0x0080, COIN_2_0 = 0x0100, EXTENSION = 0x0200, COIN_2_2 = 0x0400, COIN_2_3 = 0x0800, COIN_2_4 = 0x1000, INVENTOR_5_0 = 0x2000, COIN_2_5 = 0x4000, COIN_3_0 = 0x8000, INVENTOR_6_0 = 0x10000, COIN_4_0 = 0x20000 } β€” not me listing every single one bestie they're all right there, hex and all πŸ’€

Protected Types inherited from SoBase

  • enum BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }

Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode

  • static SbUniqueId nextUniqueId = 1
  • static int nextActionMethodIndex = 0

πŸ’– DETAILED DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

okay so bestie, the SoJackDragger class is a dragger that you can translate, rotate and scale. it's giving multitasking icon behavior fr fr πŸ’…

Here's how the dragger looks with its default geometry in the inactive state:

Translation is done with this dragger by picking the flat transparent box ("x-z" translation) or the solid middle part of the axis ("y"-axis translation). Press a SHIFT-key while translating in x-z to constrain to one of the principal axes. lowkey a glow-up for precision ✨

Uniform scale operations can be done by dragging any of the 6 cubes. Non-uniform scale operations cannot be done with this dragger. periodt. πŸŽ€

Rotations are invoked by clicking and dragging the line parts of the 3 principal "axes" of the dragger geometry.

NB: How to rotate the dragger might be a bit unintuitive for the end user. If the dragger is to be used 'out of the box', a good documentation should be added to your application. An alternative is to modify the geometry to increase the affordance of the dragger. See the SoDragger documentation on how to change the geometry of a dragger. no cap, tell your users how it works or they will be lost 😭

An "action shot" of the SoJackDragger used within an SoClipPlaneManip:

The name "Jack dragger" probably stems from this dragger being implemented by SGI for interacting with a "jack-in-the-box" type model way back in the Inventor history. the lore?? immaculate 🎁

For programmer convenience, this dragger comes fully wrapped within instances of the SoJackManip class. The SoClipPlaneManip manipulator also uses this dragger, for controlling an SoClipPlane node. convenient much? πŸ’œ


πŸ› οΈ Constructor & Destructor Documentation πŸ› οΈ

SoJackDragger::SoJackDragger (void )

Default constructor, sets up the dragger nodekit catalog with the interaction and feedback geometry. it literally builds the whole vibe from scratch, slay ✨

Nodekit structure (new entries versus parent class marked with arrow prefix):

CLASS SoJackDragger
-->"this"
      "callbackList"
      "topSeparator"
         "motionMatrix"
-->      "surroundScale"
-->      "antiSquish"
-->      "scaler"
-->      "rotator"
-->      "translator"
         "geomSeparator"

(See SoBaseKit::printDiagram() for information about the output formatting.)

Detailed information on catalog parts:

CLASS SoJackDragger
PVT   "this",  SoJackDragger  ---
      "callbackList",  SoNodeKitListPart [ SoCallback, SoEventCallback ]
PVT   "topSeparator",  SoSeparator  ---
PVT   "motionMatrix",  SoMatrixTransform  ---
      "surroundScale",  SoSurroundScale  ---
      "antiSquish",  SoAntiSquish  ---
      "scaler",  SoScaleUniformDragger  ---
      "rotator",  SoRotateSphericalDragger  ---
      "translator",  SoDragPointDragger  ---
PVT   "geomSeparator",  SoSeparator  ---

(See SoBaseKit::printTable() for information about the output formatting.)

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

Protected destructor.

(Dragger classes are derived from SoBase, so they are reference counted and automatically destroyed when their reference count goes to 0.) so you don't gotta manually delete it, the reference count handles the drama 🫢


🧚 Member Function Documentation 🧚

SoType SoJackDragger::getClassTypeId (void ) [static]

This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

SoType SoJackDragger::getTypeId (void ) const [virtual]

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

const SoFieldData ** SoJackDragger::getFieldDataPtr (void ) [static], [protected]

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

Returns the SoFieldData class which holds information about fields in this node. iykyk, it's an internal thing bestie, don't worry about it πŸ’œ

const SoFieldData * SoJackDragger::getFieldData (void ) const [protected], [virtual]

Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returns NULL.

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

const SoNodekitCatalog * SoJackDragger::getClassNodekitCatalog (void ) [static]

Returns the nodekit catalog which defines the layout of this class' kit.

const SoNodekitCatalog * SoJackDragger::getNodekitCatalog (void ) const [virtual]

Returns the nodekit catalog which defines the layout of this class' kit.

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

const SoNodekitCatalog ** SoJackDragger::getClassNodekitCatalogPtr (void ) [static], [protected]

Returns the pointer to the pointer of the nodekit catalog for this class.

void SoJackDragger::initClass (void ) [static]

Initializes type system for this dragger class.

Application programmers should usually not have to invoke this method, see documentation of SoInteraction::init(). so like, don't touch unless you know what you're doing okay? 😌

SbBool SoJackDragger::setUpConnections (SbBool onoff, SbBool doitalways = FALSE) [protected], [virtual]

Sets up all internal connections for instances of this class.

(This method will usually not be of interest to the application programmer, unless you want to extend the library with new custom nodekits or dragger classes. If so, see the SoBaseKit class documentation.)

Reimplemented from SoInteractionKit.

void SoJackDragger::setDefaultOnNonWritingFields (void ) [protected], [virtual]

(Be aware that this method is unlikely to be of interest to the application programmer who does not want to extend the library with new custom nodekits or draggers. If you indeed are writing extensions, see the information in the SoBaseKit class documentation.)

This is a virtual method, and the code in it should call SoField::setDefault() with argument TRUE on part fields that should not be written upon scene graph export operations.

This is typically done when:

  1. field value is NULL and part is NULL by default
  2. it is a leaf SoGroup or SoSeparator node with no children
  3. it is a leaf listpart with no children and an SoGroup or SoSeparator container
  4. it is a non-leaf part and it is of SoGroup type and all fields are at their default values

Subclasses should usually override this to do additional settings for new member fields. From the subclass, do remember to call "upwards" to your superclass' setDefaultOnNonWritingFields() method. don't forget the upward call, that's the rule bestie πŸ’™

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

void SoJackDragger::invalidateSurroundScaleCB (void * f, SoDragger * d) [static], [protected]

Used to invalidate the surroundScale and antiSquish parts when a child dragger starts or finishes dragging. keeping those parts fresh, no stale vibes allowed ✨

void SoJackDragger::fieldSensorCB (void * d, SoSensor * s) [static], [protected]

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

void SoJackDragger::valueChangedCB (void * f, SoDragger * d) [static], [protected]

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


πŸ‘‘ Member Data Documentation πŸ‘‘

SoSFRotation SoJackDragger::rotation

This field is continuously updated to contain the rotation of the current direction vector of the dragger. it's literally always tracking the rotation, main character energy fr πŸ’…

SoSFVec3f SoJackDragger::translation

Continuously updated to contain the current translation from the dragger's local origo position.

The application programmer applying this dragger in his code should connect the relevant node fields in the scene to this field to make it follow the dragger. hook it up so the scene follows along, periodt 🫢

SoSFVec3f SoJackDragger::scaleFactor

Continuously updated to contain the current vector of scaling along the X, Y and Z axes.

Only uniform scaling can be done with the SoJackDragger, so the 3 vector components will always be equal. all three matching? that's the uniform aesthetic πŸ’š

SoFieldSensor* SoJackDragger::rotFieldSensor [protected]

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

SoFieldSensor* SoJackDragger::translFieldSensor [protected]

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

SoFieldSensor* SoJackDragger::scaleFieldSensor [protected]

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


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