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NAME
SoCalculator — a general-purpose calculator
INHERITS FROM
SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoEngine > SoCalculator
SYNOPSIS
#include <Inventor/engines/SoCalculator.h>
Inputs from class SoCalculator:
SoMFFloat a
SoMFFloat b
SoMFFloat c
SoMFFloat d
SoMFFloat e
SoMFFloat f
SoMFFloat g
SoMFFloat h
SoMFVec3f A
SoMFVec3f B
SoMFVec3f C
SoMFVec3f D
SoMFVec3f E
SoMFVec3f F
SoMFVec3f G
SoMFVec3f H
SoMFString expression
Outputs from class SoCalculator:
(SoMFFloat) oa
(SoMFFloat) ob
(SoMFFloat) oc
(SoMFFloat) od
(SoMFVec3f) oA
(SoMFVec3f) oB
(SoMFVec3f) oC
(SoMFVec3f) oD
Methods from class SoCalculator:
SoCalculator()
Methods from class SoEngine:
static SoType getClassTypeId()
virtual int getOutputs(SoEngineOutputList &list) const
SoEngineOutput * getOutput(const SbName &outputName) const
SbBool getOutputName(const SoEngineOutput *output, SbName &outputName) const
SoEngine * copy() const
static SoEngine * getByName(const SbName &name)
static int getByName(const SbName &name, SoEngineList &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 engine is a general-purpose calculator. The calculator operates on floating-point
values and 3D floating-point vectors. The engine takes up to eight inputs of each type
(SoMFFloat and SoMFVec3f), and produces up to four outputs of each type.
Each input field (a-h, A-H) can have multiple values, allowing the engine to evaluate the
expression with different values in parallel. Some inputs may have more values than
others. In such cases, the last value of the shorter inputs will be repeated as
necessary.
The expression input string specifies the expression to be evaluated. An expression can
consist of multiple subexpressions. Several subexpressions can be specified in one string,
separated by semicolons (;). Alternatively, the subexpressions can be stored in separate
strings in the multiple-valued input field.
Each subexpression is of the form:
<lhs> = <rhs>
The <lhs> can be any one of the outputs or a temporary variable. The engine provides 8
temporary floating-point variables (ta, tb, tc, td, te, tf, tg, and th), and 8 temporary
vector variables (tA, tB, tC, tD, tE, tF, tG, and tH). You can assign a value to one
component of a vector output (A-H) or a vector variable (tA-tH) by using the [] operator.
For example, oA[0] = <rhs>, will evaluate the right hand side and assign the value to the
first component of the output vector oA.
The <rhs> supports arithmetic, logical and conditional operators. They are:
(unary) !, -
(binary) +, -, *, /, %, <, > <=, >=, ==, !=, &&, ||
(ternary) ? :
The ternary operator is a conditional operator. For example, a ? b : c evaluates to b if a
!= 0, and to c if a==0.
Valid operands for the <rhs> include the inputs, outputs, temporary variables, and their
components (e.g. oA[0]). Operands can also be numeric constants (e.g. 1.0), pre-defined
named constants, or pre-defined functions.
The named constants are:
MAXFLOAT
MINFLOAT
M_E
M_LOG2E
M_LOG10E
M_LN2
M_LN10
M_PI
M_SQRT2 = sqrt(2)
M_SQRT1_2 = sqrt(1/2)
Most of the pre-defined functions come from the math library:
cos, sin, tan,
acos, asin, atan, atan2,
cosh, sinh, tanh,
sqrt, pow, exp, log, log10,
ceil, floor, fabs, fmod.
Other functions are defined by SoCalculator. They are:
rand(f) - Random number generator
cross(v1, v2) - Vector cross product
dot(v1, v2) - Vector dot product
length(v) - Vector length
normalize(v) - Normalize vector
vec3f(f1, f2, f3) - Generate a vector from 3 floats
The subexpressions are evaluated in order, so a variable set in the <lhs> of an earlier
expression may be used in the <rhs> of a later expression.
Note, when the input has multiple values, all the subexpressions specified in the expression
are applied to all the multiple input values. This is unlike the SoBoolOperation engine,
where each operation is applied only to the corresponding entries of the input data. Note
also, that even though the inputs and outputs can have multiple values the [] operator is
only for indexing into the values of a single vector. It does not index into the multiple
values of a field. For example, if the floating-point input field a has two values: 1.0, and
2.0, then the expression
"oA[0]=a; oA[1]=a; oA[2]=0.0"
will produce two output vectors in oA: (1.0, 1.0, 0.0) and (2.0, 2.0, 0.0).
Examples of expressions:
"ta = oA[0]*floor(a)"
"tb = (a+b)*sin(M_PI)"
"oA = vec3f(ta, tb, ta+tb)"
"oB = normalize(oA)"
"ta = a; tb = sin(ta); oA = vec3f(ta, tb, 0)"
INPUTS
SoMFFloat a
SoMFFloat b
SoMFFloat c
SoMFFloat d
SoMFFloat e
SoMFFloat f
SoMFFloat g
SoMFFloat h
Inputs a-h are the floating-point values.
SoMFVec3f A
SoMFVec3f B
SoMFVec3f C
SoMFVec3f D
SoMFVec3f E
SoMFVec3f F
SoMFVec3f G
SoMFVec3f H
Inputs A-H are the vectors.
SoMFString expression
The expression to be evaluated.
OUTPUTS
(SoMFFloat) oa
(SoMFFloat) ob
(SoMFFloat) oc
(SoMFFloat) od
Outputs oa-od are the floating-point values.
(SoMFVec3f) oA
(SoMFVec3f) oB
(SoMFVec3f) oC
(SoMFVec3f) oD
Outputs oA-oD are the vectors.
METHODS
SoCalculator()
Constructor
FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS
Calculator {
a 0
b 0
c 0
d 0
e 0
f 0
g 0
h 0
A 0 0 0
B 0 0 0
C 0 0 0
D 0 0 0
E 0 0 0
F 0 0 0
G 0 0 0
H 0 0 0
expression ""
}
SEE ALSO
SoEngineOutput, SoBoolOperation
SoCalculator(3IV)()