SOMATERIALBINDING(3iv)

💖 SoMaterialBinding(3IV)() — the manual page, bestie 💖

okay so welcome to the SoMaterialBinding(3IV)() manual page. no cap, this node is iconic for binding materials to shapes, and we're gonna go through every single detail together. periodt.

🌸 NAME 🌸

SoMaterialBinding — node that specifies how multiple materials are bound to shapes

🦋 INHERITS FROM 🦋

SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoNode > SoMaterialBinding

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoMaterialBinding.h>

enum Binding {
     SoMaterialBinding::OVERALL   Whole object has same material
     SoMaterialBinding::PER_PART  One material for each part of object
     SoMaterialBinding::PER_PART_INDEXED
                                  One material for each part, indexed
     SoMaterialBinding::PER_FACE  One material for each face of object
     SoMaterialBinding::PER_FACE_INDEXED
                                  One material for each face, indexed
     SoMaterialBinding::PER_VERTEX
                                  One material for each vertex of object
     SoMaterialBinding::PER_VERTEX_INDEXED
                                  One material for each vertex, indexed
}

Fields from class SoMaterialBinding:

SoSFEnum            value

Methods from class SoMaterialBinding:

                         SoMaterialBinding()
     static SoType       getClassTypeId()

Methods from class SoNode:

void                setOverride(SbBool state)
SbBool              isOverride() const
SoNode *            copy(SbBool copyConnections = FALSE) const
virtual SbBool      affectsState() const
static SoNode *     getByName(const SbName &name)
static int          getByName(const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)

Methods from class SoFieldContainer:

void                setToDefaults()
SbBool              hasDefaultValues() const
SbBool              fieldsAreEqual(const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
void                copyFieldValues(const SoFieldContainer *fc, SbBool
                         copyConnections = FALSE)
SbBool              set(const char *fieldDataString)
void                get(SbString &fieldDataString)
virtual int         getFields(SoFieldList &resultList) const
virtual SoField *   getField(const SbName &fieldName) const
SbBool              getFieldName(const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName)
                         const
SbBool              isNotifyEnabled() const
SbBool              enableNotify(SbBool flag)

Methods from class SoBase:

void                ref()
void                unref() const
void                unrefNoDelete() const
void                touch()
virtual SoType      getTypeId() const
SbBool              isOfType(SoType type) const
virtual void        setName(const SbName &name)
virtual SbName      getName() const

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so listen. This node is literally the vibe coordinator for how the current materials get bound to the shapes that follow it in the scene graph. Each shape node may interpret bindings differently — it's giving main character energy per shape. The current material always has a base value, and that base value is defined by the first value of all material fields. Since material fields may have multiple values, the binding determines how these values are distributed over a shape. slay.

The bindings for faces and vertices are meaningful only for shapes that are made from faces and vertices. Similarly, the indexed bindings are only used by the shapes that allow indexing. no cap.

The bindings apply only to diffuse colors and transparency. Other materials — emissive, specular, ambient, shininess — will have the first value applied to the entire shape, regardless of the material binding or the number provided. periodt.

If the number of transparencies is less than the number of diffuse colors, only the first transparency value will be used, regardless of the material binding. If the number of diffuse colors in the state is less than the number required for the given binding, a debug warning will be printed and unpredictable colors will result. 💀 so maybe don't test fate like that.

🎀 FIELDS 🎀

• SoSFEnum value — Specifies how to bind materials to shapes.

🌟 METHODS 🌟

• SoMaterialBinding() — Creates a material binding node with default settings.
• static SoType getClassTypeId() — Returns type identifier for this class.

🔥 ACTION BEHAVIOR 🔥

• SoGLRenderAction, SoCallbackAction — Sets the current material binding type.

🌈 FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS 🌈

MaterialBinding {
     value  OVERALL
}

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SoMaterial
• SoNormalBinding
• SoShape
• SoTextureCoordinateBinding

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and that's the whole vibe. this page came from SoMaterialBinding(3IV)() — that's the source/version and date, bestie. go off, bind those materials, and remember: you're the main character. 💖✨🦋