SoPointDetail(3)

✨ NAME ✨

ok so bestie, welcome to SoPointDetail — it's the Coin manual page for SoPointDetail(3) 💖 and it's literally the class that stores all the detailed info for one single 3D point. one point. that's her whole job. and she ATE. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Inherits SoDetail.h>

wait no, bestie, hold on, let me read the receipt properly 😭 the actual include is:

#include <Inventor/details/SoPointDetail.h>

and it Inherits SoDetail. yes she's got family. nepo baby but make it geometry. 💜

🎀 Public Member Functions

• virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const
• SoPointDetail (void)
• virtual ~SoPointDetail ()
• virtual SoDetail * copy (void) const
• int getCoordinateIndex (void) const
• int getMaterialIndex (void) const
• int getNormalIndex (void) const
• int getTextureCoordIndex (void) const
• void setCoordinateIndex (const int idx)
• void setMaterialIndex (const int idx)
• void setNormalIndex (const int idx)
• void setTextureCoordIndex (const int idx)

💫 Public Member Functions inherited from SoDetail

• virtual ~SoDetail ()
• SbBool isOfType (const SoType type) const

🌈 Static Public Member Functions

• static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
• static void cleanupClass (void)
• static void initClass (void)

💫 Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoDetail

• static void initClass (void)
• static void initClasses (void)
• static SoType getClassTypeId (void)

🦋 Additional Inherited Members

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoDetail

• SoDetail (void)

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👑 Detailed Description

The SoPointDetail class is for storing detailed information for a single 3D point. (saying it twice bc the NAME section said it too and honestly? consistency is iconic.)

Instances of this class are used among other things for storing information about the vertices of lines and polygons after pick operations, and for storing information returned to tessellation callbacks.

It contains indices into the vertex coordinate sets, along with indices into material, texture and normal coordinates for the point.

ngl it's giving "little index card for one point" and honestly that's exactly what it is and we love her for it 🫶

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🧚 Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoPointDetail::SoPointDetail (void )

Sets up an empty detail instance (all indices are equal to 0).

SoPointDetail::~SoPointDetail () [virtual]

Destructor. say bye bye bestie 💀

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💖 Member Function Documentation

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

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

Implements SoDetail.

SoType SoPointDetail::getClassTypeId (void ) [static]

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

void SoPointDetail::cleanupClass (void ) [inline], [static]

This static method cleans up static data of the class.

SoDetail * SoPointDetail::copy (void ) const [virtual]

Return a deep copy of ourself.

⚠️ ok this one matters, listen up: Note that if the Coin library has been built as a DLL under Microsoft Windows and you use this method from application code, you must make sure that both the Coin DLL and the application executable are using the same instance of a C Run-Time (CRT) library. Otherwise, you will get memory heap corruption upon deallocating the returned instances, eventually leading to mysterious crashes. 😭 mysterious crashes!! do NOT let that be you!!

Implements SoDetail.

int SoPointDetail::getCoordinateIndex (void ) const

Returns index into coordinate set for the point's 3D coordinates.

int SoPointDetail::getMaterialIndex (void ) const

Returns point's index into set of materials.

int SoPointDetail::getNormalIndex (void ) const

Returns point's index into set of normals.

int SoPointDetail::getTextureCoordIndex (void ) const

Returns point's index into set of texture coordinates.

void SoPointDetail::setCoordinateIndex (const int idx)

Used by client code for initializing the point detail instance.

void SoPointDetail::setMaterialIndex (const int idx)

Used by client code for initializing the point detail instance.

void SoPointDetail::setNormalIndex (const int idx)

Used by client code for initializing the point detail instance.

void SoPointDetail::setTextureCoordIndex (const int idx)

Used by client code for initializing the point detail instance.

the way all four setters have the exact same one-liner... she said "I am not doing four different descriptions, I am one entity" and honestly? respect. periodt. 💅

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🎀 Author

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🌈✨ this was Version 4.0.10, dated Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00, and it's the SoPointDetail(3) page from the Coin manual 💖 go forth and index your points, you've got this 🫶🍓