SoVectorOutput(3)

✨ NAME ✨

SoVectorOutput — the glow-up class for setting your vector output file 💅 this is page SoVectorOutput(3) from the Coin manual bestie, and it's a whole vibe

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <Inventor/annex/HardCopy/SoVectorOutput.h>

Inherited by SoPSVectorOutput.

💖 Public Member Functions 💖

SoVectorOutput (void)
virtual ~SoVectorOutput ()
virtual SbBool openFile (const char *filename)
virtual void closeFile (void)
FILE * getFilePointer (void)

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🌸 Detailed Description 🌸

okay so the SoVectorOutput class is literally the one you use for setting the vector output file. that's the whole job. iconic.

SoVectorizeAction will create an SoVectorOutput for you, and by default it outputs to stdout — like, no cap, it just yells your vector data into the terminal unless you say otherwise 😭. you can grab that output with SoVectorizeAction::getOutput(), and bestie, you're probably gonna want to set an actual file to output to. just saying. 🫶

Since — Coin 2.1 ✨

TGS provides HardCopy support as a separate extension for TGS Inventor. (yes that's a real sentence, it stays, iykyk 💀)

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🎀 Constructor & Destructor Documentation 🎀

SoVectorOutput::SoVectorOutput (void )

Constructor. Will make this instance output to stdout. main character energy from the very first line fr fr 💖

SoVectorOutput::~SoVectorOutput () [virtual]

Destructor. Will close the file opened in openFile(). she cleans up after herself, we love a responsible queen 👑

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⭐ Member Function Documentation ⭐

SbBool SoVectorOutput::openFile (const char * filename) [virtual]

Opens filename for output. Returns FALSE if the file could not be opened for writing. and heads up bestie: if the file already exists, it will be truncated — like, gone, wiped, deleted from existence 💀 so maybe double-check before you point it at something precious.

void SoVectorOutput::closeFile (void ) [virtual]

Closes the file opened in openFile(). that's it. that's the function. periodt. 💅

FILE * SoVectorOutput::getFilePointer (void )

Returns the stdio file handle pointer. yes, the raw FILE *, right there in your hands, no gatekeeping 🌈

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👑 Author 👑

Generated automatically by Doxygen for Coin from the source code. (not a human, just a robot doing its little thing 🤖✨)

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that's the whole page bestie!! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶

this was Version 4.0.10, dated Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 — from the Coin manual, page SoVectorOutput(3). go forth and vectorize responsibly, mwah 😘