NAME¶

SoTransformBoxDragger — box-like object you scale, rotate, and translate by dragging with the mouse

INHERITS FROM¶

SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoNode > SoBaseKit > SoInteractionKit > SoDragger > SoTransformBoxDragger

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <Inventor/draggers/SoTransformBoxDragger.h>

Fields from class SoTransformBoxDragger:

SoSFRotation rotation

SoSFVec3f translation

SoSFVec3f scaleFactor

Fields from class SoDragger:

SoSFBool isActive

Fields from class SoInteractionKit:

SoSFEnum renderCaching

SoSFEnum boundingBoxCaching

SoSFEnum renderCulling

SoSFEnum pickCulling

Parts from class SoBaseKit:

(SoNodeKitListPart) callbackList

Methods from class SoTransformBoxDragger:

SoTransformBoxDragger()

static const SoNodekitCatalog * getClassNodekitCatalog() const

static SoType getClassTypeId()

Methods from class SoDragger:

void addStartCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

void removeStartCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

void addMotionCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

void removeMotionCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

void addFinishCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

void removeFinishCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

void addValueChangedCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

void removeValueChangedCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)

SbBool enableValueChangedCallbacks()

void setMinGesture(int pixels)

int getMinGesture() const

static void setMinScale(float newMinScale)

static float getMinScale()

Methods from class SoInteractionKit:

virtual SbBool setPartAsPath(const SbName &partName, SoPath *surrogatePath )

Methods from class SoBaseKit:

virtual const SoNodekitCatalog * getNodekitCatalog() const

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)

virtual SbBool setPart(const SbName &partName, SoNode *newPart)

SbBool set(char *partName, char *parameters)

SbBool set(char *nameValuePairs)

static SbBool isSearchingChildren()

static void setSearchingChildren(SbBool newVal)

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)

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

Macros from class SoBaseKit:

SO_GET_PART(kit, partName, partClass)
SO_CHECK_PART(kit, partName, partClass)

DESCRIPTION¶

SoTransformBoxDragger is a composite dragger shaped like a box with small cubes at the corners. Click and drag any of these cubes to scale the box uniformly. Drag any edge of the box to rotate the whole dragger about its center, along an axis parallel to that edge. Pick any face of the box for 2D translation in the plane of that face.

Although the box looks just about like a wireframe cube, it is composed of many different simple draggers arranged in a composite assembly. When one part is dragged, the transformBox makes sure they all move together. Each of the parts of the box is a different dragger with the default geometry changed. The faces of the box are SoTranslate2Draggers, the edges are SoRotateCylindricalDraggers, and the cubes are an SoScaleUniformDragger. Drag them and the dragger will update its translation, rotation and scaleFactor fields to reflect the changes. As with all draggers, if you change the fields the dragger will move to match the new settings.

Remember: This is not an SoTransform!. If you want to move other objects with this dragger, you can either:

[a] Use an SoTransformBoxManip, which is subclassed from SoTransform. It creates one of these draggers and uses it as the interface to change its fields. (see the SoTransformBoxManip man page).

[b] Use field-to-field connections to connect the fields of this dragger to those of any SoTransformation node.

You can change the parts in any instance of this dragger using setPart(). The default part geometries are defined as resources for this SoTransformBoxDragger class. They are detailed in the Dragger Resources section of the online reference page for this class. You can make your program use different default resources for the parts by copying the file /usr/share/data/draggerDefaults/transformBoxDragger.iv into your own directory, editing the file, and then setting the environment variable SO_DRAGGER_DIR to be a path to that directory.

FIELDS¶

SoSFRotation rotation

Orientation of the dragger.

SoSFVec3f translation

Position of the dragger.

SoSFVec3f scaleFactor

Scale of the dragger.

METHODS¶

SoTransformBoxDragger()

Constructor.

static const SoNodekitCatalog * getClassNodekitCatalog() const

Returns an SoNodekitCatalog for this class

static SoType getClassTypeId()

Returns type identifier for this class.

CATALOG PARTS¶

DRAGGER RESOURCES¶

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxScalerScaler
.in 0n+.5i Part: scaler.scaler

Appearance: Eight small white cubes at the corners of the box

Description: Picking this initiates uniform 3D scaling of the dragger.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxScalerScalerActive
.in 0n+.5i Part: scaler.scalerActive

Appearance: Yellow version of the regular scaler part

Description: Displayed while the dragger is being scaled.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxScalerFeedback
.in 0n+.5i Part: scaler.feedback

Appearance: Empty separator

Description: Removes any feedback geometry created in the constructor of the SoScaleUniformDragger.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxScalerFeedbackActive
.in 0n+.5i Part: scaler.feedbackActive

Appearance: Empty separator

Description: Removes any feedbackActive geometry created in the constructor of the SoScaleUniformDragger.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxRotatorRotator
.in 0n+.5i Parts: rotator1.rotator
rotator2.rotator
rotator3.rotator

Appearance: Four white lines along the edges of the box

Description: Picking this begins rotational dragging. In each of the three rotateCylindrical draggers, the lines of the rotator part are oriented parallel to the axis of rotation.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive
.in 0n+.5i Parts: rotator1.rotatorActive
rotator2.rotatorActive
rotator3.rotatorActive

Appearance: Four yellow lines along the edges of the box

Description: Displayed while the dragger is being rotated

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxRotatorFeedback
.in 0n+.5i Parts: rotator1.feedback
rotator2.feedback
rotator3.feedback

Appearance: Empty separator

Description: Removes any feedback geometry created in the constructor of the SoRotateCylindricalDragger.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive
.in 0n+.5i Parts: rotator1.feedbackActive
rotator2.feedbackActive
rotator3.feedbackActive

Appearance: Thin purple line through center of box

Description: Displayed to show axis of rotation during rotational dragging.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxTranslatorTranslator
.in 0n+.5i Parts: translator1.translator
translator2.translator
translator3.translator
translator4.translator
translator5.translator
translator6.translator

Appearance: Invisible but pickable square surface

Description: Picking these begins 2-D translational dragging within the plane of one of the sides of the box. The invisible squares of the six translate2Draggers are arranged to form the sides of the box. The squares are easy to discern, although rendered as invisible; they are bounded by the lines of the rotational dragger parts.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive
.in 0n+.5i Parts: translator1.translatorActive
translator2.translatorActive
translator3.translatorActive
translator4.translatorActive
translator5.translatorActive
translator6.translatorActive

Appearance: Invisible square surface

Description: Shown during 2-D translational dragging.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback
.in 0n+.5i Parts: translator1.xAxisFeedback
translator2.xAxisFeedback
translator3.xAxisFeedback
translator4.xAxisFeedback
translator5.xAxisFeedback
translator6.xAxisFeedback

Appearance: Short thin purple line

Description: Only shown if dragger is moving and the axis is a permissable direction of motion. When pressing <shift>, motion is constrained, and this is displayed only if the primary motion is in the X direction.

.in 0n+.5i Resource: transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback
.in 0n+.5i Parts: translator1.yAxisFeedback
translator2.yAxisFeedback
translator3.yAxisFeedback
translator4.yAxisFeedback
translator5.yAxisFeedback
translator6.yAxisFeedback

Appearance: Short thin purple line

Description: Only shown if dragger is moving and the axis is a permissable direction of motion. When pressing <shift>, motion is constrained, and this is displayed only if the primary motion is in the Y direction.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS¶

TransformBoxDragger {


renderCaching	AUTO
boundingBoxCaching	AUTO
renderCulling	AUTO
pickCulling	AUTO
isActive	FALSE
rotation	0 0 1  0
translation	0 0 0
scaleFactor	1 1 1
callbackList	NULL
surroundScale	NULL
antiSquish	AntiSquish {


    sizing BIGGEST_DIMENSION }
scaler	ScaleUniformDragger {
}
rotator1	RotateCylindricalDragger {
}
rotator2	RotateCylindricalDragger {
}
rotator3	RotateCylindricalDragger {
}
translator1	Translate2Dragger {
}
translator2	Translate2Dragger {
}
translator3	Translate2Dragger {
}
translator4	Translate2Dragger {
}
translator5	Translate2Dragger {
}
translator6	Translate2Dragger {
}
scaler.scaler	<transformBoxScalerScaler resource>
scaler.scalerActive	<transformBoxScalerScalerActive resource>
scaler.feedback	<transformBoxScalerFeedback resource>
scaler.feedbackActive	<transformBoxScalerFeedbackActive resource>
rotator1.rotator	<transformBoxRotatorRotator resource>
rotator2.rotator	<transformBoxRotatorRotator resource>
rotator3.rotator	<transformBoxRotatorRotator resource>
rotator1.rotatorActive	<transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive resource>
rotator2.rotatorActive	<transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive resource>
rotator3.rotatorActive	<transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive resource>
rotator1.feedback	<transformBoxRotatorFeedback resource>
rotator2.feedback	<transformBoxRotatorFeedback resource>
rotator3.feedback	<transformBoxRotatorFeedback resource>
rotator1.feedbackActive	<transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive resource>
rotator2.feedbackActive	<transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive resource>
rotator3.feedbackActive	<transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive resource>
translator1.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator2.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator3.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator4.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator5.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator6.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator1.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator2.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator3.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator4.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator5.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator6.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator1.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator2.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator3.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator4.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator5.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator6.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator1.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator2.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator3.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator4.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator5.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator6.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>


}

SEE ALSO¶

SoInteractionKit, SoDragger, SoCenterballDragger, SoDirectionalLightDragger, SoDragPointDragger, SoHandleBoxDragger, SoJackDragger, SoPointLightDragger, SoRotateCylindricalDragger, SoRotateDiscDragger, SoRotateSphericalDragger, SoScale1Dragger, SoScale2Dragger, SoScale2UniformDragger, SoScaleUniformDragger, SoSpotLightDragger, SoTabBoxDragger, SoTabPlaneDragger, SoTrackballDragger, SoTransformerDragger, SoTranslate1Dragger, SoTranslate2Dragger