SoRotation(3)
π SoRotation(3) β Coin β SoRotation π
β¨ NAME β¨
SoRotation β the class that specifies a rotation transformation. Periodt.
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
#include <Inventor/nodes/SoRotation.h>
Inherits SoTransformation.
Inherited by SoPendulum, and SoRotor.
π Public Member Functions π
virtual SoType getTypeId (void) constSoRotation (void)virtual void doAction (SoAction *action)virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)virtual void getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)virtual void getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)virtual void pick (SoPickAction *action)virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
π Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode π
void setOverride (const SbBool state)SbBool isOverride (void) constvoid setNodeType (const NodeType type)NodeType getNodeType (void) constvirtual SoNode * copy (SbBool copyconnections=FALSE) constvirtual SbBool affectsState (void) constvirtual void GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)virtual void GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)virtual void GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)virtual void handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)virtual void search (SoSearchAction *action)virtual void write (SoWriteAction *action)virtual void audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)virtual void grabEventsSetup (void)virtual void grabEventsCleanup (void)virtual void startNotify (void)virtual void notify (SoNotList *l)SbUniqueId getNodeId (void) constvirtual SoChildList * getChildren (void) constvirtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)virtual SoNode * addToCopyDict (void) constvirtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)virtual SoFieldContainer * copyThroughConnection (void) const
π Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer π
void setToDefaults (void)SbBool hasDefaultValues (void) constSbBool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) constvoid copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)SbBool set (const char *const fielddata)void get (SbString &fielddata)virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &l) constvirtual int getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) constvirtual SoField * getField (const SbName &name) constvirtual SoField * getEventIn (const SbName &name) constvirtual SoField * getEventOut (const SbName &name) constSbBool getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) constSbBool enableNotify (const SbBool flag)SbBool isNotifyEnabled (void) constSbBool set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)void get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)virtual SbBool validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)SbBool getIsBuiltIn (void) constvirtual void getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) constvoid setUserData (void *userdata) constvoid * getUserData (void) const
π¦ Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase π¦
void ref (void) constvoid unref (void) constvoid unrefNoDelete (void) constint32_t getRefCount (void) constvoid touch (void)SbBool isOfType (SoType type) constβ returns TRUE if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type.virtual SbName getName (void) constvirtual 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) constSbBool shouldWrite (void)void assertAlive (void) const
β¨ Static Public Member Functions β¨
static SoType getClassTypeId (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.
π Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoTransformation π
static SoType getClassTypeId (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.
β Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode β
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 sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.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)
π Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer π
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.static SoType getClassTypeId (void)β this static method returns theSoTypeobject associated with objects of this class.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)
π Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase π
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.static SoType getClassTypeId (void)β this static method returns theSoTypeobject 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)
π Public Attributes π
SoSFRotation rotation
π Protected Member Functions π
virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) constvirtual ~SoRotation ()
π Protected Member Functions inherited from SoTransformation π
SoTransformation (void)virtual ~SoTransformation ()
π Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode π
SoNode (void)virtual ~SoNode ()virtual SbBool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
π Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer π
SoFieldContainer (void)virtual ~SoFieldContainer ()
π Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase π
SoBase (void)virtual ~SoBase ()virtual void destroy (void)SbBool hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) constSbBool writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) constvoid writeFooter (SoOutput *out) constvirtual const char * getFileFormatName (void) constvirtual SoNotRec createNotRec (void)
π§ Static Protected Member Functions π§
static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)
π§ Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoTransformation π§
static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)
π§ Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode π§
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)
π§ Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase π§
static uint32_t getCurrentWriteCounter (void)static void staticDataLock (void)static void staticDataUnlock (void)
π Additional Inherited Members π
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 }
Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }
Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
SbUniqueId uniqueId
Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
SbBool isBuiltIn
Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static SbUniqueId nextUniqueId = 1static int nextActionMethodIndex = 0
π Detailed Description π
SoRotation β bestie, this class specifies a rotation transformation.
Use nodes of this class type to reorient geometry data within the scene graph.
See SoTransformation class documentation for a short usage example.
FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:
Rotation {
rotation 0 0 1 0
}
See also
SbRotationSoRotationXYZ
π Constructor & Destructor Documentation π
SoRotation::SoRotation (void )
Constructor.
SoRotation::~SoRotation () [protected], [virtual]
Destructor.
β¨ Member Function Documentation β¨
Okay bestie, let's get into the member functions! These are the methods that make SoRotation do its thing. No cap, they're giving main character energy. Let's go through them one by one. π
SoType SoRotation::getClassTypeId (void ) [static]β This static method returns theSoTypeobject associated with objects of this class. It's literally the type identity plug. πSoType SoRotation::getTypeId (void ) const [virtual]β Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheritingSoBase. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.
Reimplemented from SoTransformation.
Reimplemented in SoPendulum, and SoRotor.
const SoFieldData ** SoRotation::getFieldDataPtr (void ) [static], [protected]β 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. It's giving internal library secrets, iykyk. π€«
const SoFieldData * SoRotation::getFieldData (void ) const [protected], [virtual]β Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returnsNULL.
Reimplemented from SoTransformation.
Reimplemented in SoPendulum, and SoRotor.
void SoRotation::doAction (SoAction * action) [virtual]β This function performs the typical operation of a node for any action. It's the moment of action, fr fr. π¬
Reimplemented from SoNode.
void SoRotation::GLRender (SoGLRenderAction * action) [virtual]β Action method for theSoGLRenderAction.
This is called during rendering traversals. Nodes influencing the rendering state in any way or want to throw geometry primitives at OpenGL override this method. It's giving OpenGL realness. π₯
Reimplemented from SoNode.
void SoRotation::callback (SoCallbackAction * action) [virtual]β Action method forSoCallbackAction.
Simply updates the state according to how the node behaves for the render action, so the application programmer can use the SoCallbackAction for extracting information about the scene graph.
Reimplemented from SoNode.
void SoRotation::getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction * action) [virtual]β Action method for theSoGetBoundingBoxAction.
Calculates bounding box and center coordinates for node and modifies the values of the action to encompass the bounding box for this node and to shift the center point for the scene more towards the one for this node.
Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculate their bounding box also override this method to change the relevant state variables.
Reimplemented from SoNode.
void SoRotation::getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction * action) [virtual]β Action method forSoGetMatrixAction.
Updates action by accumulating with the transformation matrix of this node (if any).
Reimplemented from SoNode.
void SoRotation::pick (SoPickAction * action) [virtual]β Action method forSoPickAction.
Does common processing for SoPickAction action instances.
Reimplemented from SoNode.
void SoRotation::getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction * action) [virtual]β Action method for theSoGetPrimitiveCountAction.
Calculates the number of triangle, line segment and point primitives for the node and adds these to the counters of the action.
Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculate their primitive count also override this method to change the relevant state variables.
Reimplemented from SoNode.
π Member Data Documentation π
SoSFRotation SoRotation::rotationβ Rotation specification. Defaults to no rotation at all. See theSbRotationdocumentation for instructions on how to set the value of this field.
Note that there is one very common mistake that is easy to make when setting the value of an SoSFRotation field, and that is to inadvertently use the wrong SbRotation constructor. This example should clarify the problem:
mytransformnode->rotation.setValue(0, 0, 1, 1.5707963f);
The programmer clearly tries to set a PI/2 rotation around the Z-axis, but this will fail, as the SbRotation constructor invoked above is the one that takes as arguments the 4 floats of a quaternion. What the programmer almost certainly wanted to do was to use the SbRotation constructor that takes a rotation vector and a rotation angle, which is invoked like this:
mytransformnode->rotation.setValue(SbVec3f(0, 0, 1), 1.5707963f);
Another common problem is to set the rotation value to exactly 0.0, while wanting to store just a rotation angle in the field: rotations are internally handled as quaternions, and when converting from an angle and a rotation value to a quaternion representation, the information about the angle "gets lost" if there is no actual rotation.
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