Ubuntu Manpage: SoIndexedShape — abstract base class for all indexed vertex-based shapes

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NAME

       SoIndexedShape — abstract base class for all indexed vertex-based shapes

INHERITS FROM

       SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoNode > SoShape > SoVertexShape > SoIndexedShape

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoIndexedShape.h>

          Fields from class SoIndexedShape:

     SoMFInt32           coordIndex
     SoMFInt32           materialIndex
     SoMFInt32           normalIndex
     SoMFInt32           textureCoordIndex

          Fields from class SoVertexShape:

     SoSFNode            vertexProperty

          Methods from class SoIndexedShape:

     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 node is the abstract base class for all vertex-based shapes that are constructed from indices,
including SoIndexedFaceSet, SoIndexedTriangleStripSet, and SoIndexedLineSet. SoIndexedShape defines
fields that are used in all of its subclasses.

All subclasses of SoNonIndexedShape construct objects by using the coordinates specified by the
vertexProperty field (from SoVertexShape), or the current inherited coordinates. The coordIndex field
defined by this class contains the indices into the current coordinates of the vertices of the shape.
These indices are also used for materials, normals, or texture coordinates when the appropriate binding
is PER_VERTEX_INDEXED.

Material and normal bindings are interpreted as follows for each subclass:

OVERALL One material for the entire shape.
PER_PART Specific to the subclass.
PER_PART_INDEXED Same as PER_PART, using indices from the
materialIndex or normalIndex field.
PER_FACE Specific to the subclass.
PER_FACE_INDEXED Same as PER_FACE, using indices from the
materialIndex or normalIndex field.
PER_VERTEX One material per vertex.
PER_VERTEX_INDEXED One material per vertex, using indices from the
materialIndex or normalIndex field.

When any _INDEXED binding is used for materials or normals, the materialIndex or normalIndex field is used
to determine the indices for the materials or normals. If this field contains a single value of -1 (the
default), the coordinate indices from the coordIndex field are used as well for materials or normals. When
the binding is PER_VERTEX_INDEXED, indices in these fields that correspond to negative indices in
coordIndex are skipped; for other index bindings all the values in the fields are used, in order.

Explicit texture coordinates (as defined by SoTextureCoordinate2) may be bound to vertices of an indexed
shape consecutively (if the texture coordinate binding is PER_VERTEX) or by using the indices in the
textureCoordIndex field (if the binding is PER_VERTEX_INDEXED). As with all vertex-based shapes, if there
is a current texture but no texture coordinates are specified, a default texture coordinate mapping is
calculated using the bounding box of the shape.

Be sure that the indices contained in the coordIndex, materialIndex, normalIndex, and textureCoordIndex
fields are valid with respect to the current state, or errors will occur.

FIELDS

     SoMFInt32           coordIndex
          The indices of the coordinates that the shape uses as its vertices. The coordinates  connect  to  form
          faces,  lines,  or  other  shapes.  Each  subclass defines special negative indices to use to indicate
          separation between faces, lines, and so on.

     SoMFInt32           materialIndex
     SoMFInt32           normalIndex
     SoMFInt32           textureCoordIndex
          The indices of the materials, normals, and texture coordinates that are  used  for  the  shape.  These
          fields  are  used  only  when the appropriate binding is one of the _INDEXED bindings. By default, the
          values of these fields indicate that the coordinate indices should be used for materials, normals,  or
          texture coordinates as well.

METHODS

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

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS

       This is an abstract class. See the reference page of a derived class for the format and default values.