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NAME

       SoQuadMesh — quadrilateral mesh shape node

INHERITS FROM

       SoBase  >  SoFieldContainer  >  SoNode  >  SoShape  >  SoVertexShape > SoNonIndexedShape >
       SoQuadMesh

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoQuadMesh.h>

          Fields from class SoQuadMesh:

     SoSFInt32           verticesPerColumn
     SoSFInt32           verticesPerRow

          Fields from class SoNonIndexedShape:

     SoSFInt32           startIndex

          Fields from class SoVertexShape:

     SoSFNode            vertexProperty

          Methods from class SoQuadMesh:

                         SoQuadMesh()
     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

       This  shape  node constructs quadrilaterals out of vertices. The vertices may be specified
       in the vertexProperty field (from SoVertexShape), or by the current inherited coordinates.
       For optimal performance, the vertexProperty field is recommended.

       SoQuadMesh  uses  the  coordinates,  in  order, starting with the first one. The number of
       vertices in the columns and rows of the mesh are specified by  the  verticesPerColumn  and
       verticesPerRow  fields.  (Note  that  these  numbers  are  1  greater  than  the number of
       quadrilaterals per row and per column.)

       For example, an SoQuadMesh with verticesPerColumn of 3, and verticesPerRow of 4 would  use
       coordinates  1,  2, 3, and 4 for the first row of vertices, coordinates 5, 6, 7, and 8 for
       the second row, and coordinates 9, 10, 11, and 12 for the third (last) row. The result  is
       a  mesh  of 3 quadrilaterals across by 2 down. Note: non-planar quadrilaterals formed by a
       quad mesh may cause interesting but unpredictable results.

       The coordinates of the mesh are transformed by the current cumulative transformation.  The
       mesh is drawn with the current light model and drawing style.

       Treatment  of  the current material and normal binding is as follows: The PER_PART binding
       specifies a material or normal for each row of the mesh. The PER_FACE binding specifies  a
       material  or  normal for each quadrilateral. The _INDEXED bindings are equivalent to their
       non-indexed counterparts. The default material binding  is  OVERALL.  The  default  normal
       binding is PER_VERTEX.

       If  any  normals  (or  materials)  are specified, Inventor assumes you provide the correct
       number of them, as indicated by the binding.  You  will  see  unexpected  results  if  you
       specify fewer normals (or materials) than the shape requires. If no normals are specified,
       they will be generated automatically.

FIELDS

     SoSFInt32           verticesPerColumn
     SoSFInt32           verticesPerRow
          Number of vertices per column and row.

METHODS

                         SoQuadMesh()
          Creates a quadrilateral mesh node with default settings.

     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
          Returns type identifier for this class.

ACTION BEHAVIOR

       SoGLRenderAction
          Draws a mesh based on the current coordinates, normals, materials, drawing  style,  and
          so on.

     SoRayPickAction
          Picks  on  the  mesh based on the current coordinates and transformation. Details about
          the intersection are returned in an SoFaceDetail.

     SoGetBoundingBoxAction
          Computes the bounding box that encloses all vertices  of  the  mesh  with  the  current
          transformation  applied  to  them. Sets the center to the average of the coordinates of
          all vertices.

     SoCallbackAction
          If any triangle callbacks are registered with the action, they will be invoked for each
          successive triangle forming the quadrilaterals of the mesh.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS

       QuadMesh {
          vertexProperty     NULL
          startIndex         0
          verticesPerColumn  1
          verticesPerRow     1
     }

SEE ALSO

       SoCoordinate3, SoDrawStyle, SoFaceDetail, SoFaceSet, SoTriangleStripSet, SoVertexProperty

                                                                                SoQuadMesh(3IV)()