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NAME
SoNurbsSurface -
The SoNurbsSurface class is used to render smooth surfaces.
A general explanation of NURBS is beyond the scope of the Coin documentation. For detailed
information, refer to the specialized literature on the topic (for example 'An
Introduction to NURBS: With Historical Perspective' by David F. Rogers). A basic overview
of curve and surface rendering using NURBS can be found in chapter 8 of 'The Inventor
Mentor'.
SYNOPSIS
#include <Inventor/nodes/SoNurbsSurface.h>
Inherits SoShape.
Public Member Functions
virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const
Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase.
This is used for run-time type checking and 'downward' casting.
SoNurbsSurface (void)
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
void sendPrimitive (SoAction *, SoPrimitiveVertex *)
Static Public Member Functions
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void initClass (void)
Public Attributes
SoSFInt32 numUControlPoints
SoSFInt32 numVControlPoints
SoSFInt32 numSControlPoints
SoSFInt32 numTControlPoints
SoMFFloat uKnotVector
SoMFFloat vKnotVector
SoMFFloat sKnotVector
SoMFFloat tKnotVector
Protected Member Functions
virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
virtual ~SoNurbsSurface ()
virtual void generatePrimitives (SoAction *action)
virtual void computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f ¢er)
SoDetail * createTriangleDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1,
const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v3, SoPickedPoint *pp)
Static Protected Member Functions
static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)
Additional Inherited Members
Detailed Description
The SoNurbsSurface class is used to render smooth surfaces.
A general explanation of NURBS is beyond the scope of the Coin documentation. For detailed
information, refer to the specialized literature on the topic (for example 'An
Introduction to NURBS: With Historical Perspective' by David F. Rogers). A basic overview
of curve and surface rendering using NURBS can be found in chapter 8 of 'The Inventor
Mentor'.
Note that knot values should be specified as [0, 1, 2,..., a] rather than [0, 1/a,
2/a,..., 1] to avoid tesselation errors due to floating point precision problems. (Even if
the rendered surface looks correct, such issues might surface when e.g. doing picking,
since the tesselated representation used internally is not the same as the one you see
rendered by OpenGL on-screen.)
Each control point has a weight that changes the shape of its basis function. Weight is
analogous to having magnets pulling on the curve. Coordinate3 sets control points to have
an equal weight of 1.0 (nonrational). Use Coordinate4 to specify x, y, z and weight values
(rational).
A basic usage example:
#Inventor V2.1 ascii
ShapeHints {
vertexOrdering COUNTERCLOCKWISE
}
Coordinate3 {
point [
-3 -3 -3, -3 -1 -3, -3 1 -3, -3 3 -3,
-1 -3 -3, -1 -1 3, -1 1 3, -1 3 -3,
1 -3 -3, 1 -1 3, 1 1 3, 1 3 -3,
3 -3 -3, 3 -1 -3, 3 1 -3, 3 3 -3
]
}
NurbsSurface {
numUControlPoints 4
numVControlPoints 4
uKnotVector [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ]
vKnotVector [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ]
}
FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:
NurbsSurface {
numUControlPoints 0
numVControlPoints 0
numSControlPoints 0
numTControlPoints 0
uKnotVector 0
vKnotVector 0
sKnotVector 0
tKnotVector 0
}
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
SoNurbsSurface::SoNurbsSurface (void)
Constructor.
SoNurbsSurface::~SoNurbsSurface () [protected], [virtual]
Destructor.
Member Function Documentation
SoType SoNurbsSurface::getTypeId (void) const [virtual]
Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This
is used for run-time type checking and 'downward' casting. Usage example:
void foo(SoNode * node)
{
if (node->getTypeId() == SoFile::getClassTypeId()) {
SoFile * filenode = (SoFile *)node; // safe downward cast, knows the type
}
}
For application programmers wanting to extend the library with new nodes, engines,
nodekits, draggers or others: this method needs to be overridden in all subclasses. This
is typically done as part of setting up the full type system for extension classes, which
is usually accomplished by using the pre-defined macros available through for instance
Inventor/nodes/SoSubNode.h (SO_NODE_INIT_CLASS and SO_NODE_CONSTRUCTOR for node classes),
Inventor/engines/SoSubEngine.h (for engine classes) and so on.
For more information on writing Coin extensions, see the class documentation of the
toplevel superclasses for the various class groups.
Reimplemented from SoShape.
const SoFieldData * SoNurbsSurface::getFieldData (void) const [protected], [virtual]
Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no
fields are present, returns NULL.
Reimplemented from SoShape.
void SoNurbsSurface::GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action) [virtual]
Action method for the SoGLRenderAction.
This is called during rendering traversals. Nodes influencing the rendering state in any
way or who wants to throw geometry primitives at OpenGL overrides this method.
Reimplemented from SoShape.
void SoNurbsSurface::rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action) [virtual]
Calculates picked point based on primitives generated by subclasses.
Reimplemented from SoShape.
void SoNurbsSurface::getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action) [virtual]
Action method for the SoGetPrimitiveCountAction.
Calculates the number of triangle, line segment and point primitives for the node and adds
these to the counters of the action.
Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculates their primitive count also overrides this
method to change the relevant state variables.
Reimplemented from SoShape.
void SoNurbsSurface::sendPrimitive (SoAction *, SoPrimitiveVertex *)
This method is part of the original SGI Inventor API, but not implemented in Coin, as it
looks like a method that should probably have been private in Open Inventor.
void SoNurbsSurface::generatePrimitives (SoAction *action) [protected], [virtual]
The method implements action behavior for shape nodes for SoCallbackAction. It is invoked
from SoShape::callback(). (Subclasses should not override SoNode::callback().)
The subclass implementations uses the convenience methods SoShape::beginShape(),
SoShape::shapeVertex(), and SoShape::endShape(), with SoDetail instances, to pass the
primitives making up the shape back to the caller.
Implements SoShape.
void SoNurbsSurface::computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f ¢er)
[protected], [virtual]
Calculates the bounding box of all control points, and sets the center to the average of
these points.
Implements SoShape.
SoDetail * SoNurbsSurface::createTriangleDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const
SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v3,
SoPickedPoint *pp) [protected], [virtual]
Will create triangle detail for a SoPickedPoint. This method will only be called
internally, when generatePrimitives() is used for picking (SoShape::rayPick() is not
overridden).
This method returns NULL in Open Inventor, and subclasses will need to override this
method to create details for a SoPickedPoint.
This is not necessary with Coin. Of course, if you choose to override it, it will work in
the same way as Open Inventor.
For this to work, you must supply a face or line detail when generating primitives. If you
supply NULL for the detail argument in SoShape::beginShape(), you'll have to override this
method.
Reimplemented from SoShape.
Member Data Documentation
SoSFInt32 SoNurbsSurface::numUControlPoints
Number of control points in the U direction.
SoSFInt32 SoNurbsSurface::numVControlPoints
Number of control points in the V direction.
SoSFInt32 SoNurbsSurface::numSControlPoints
Number of control points in the S direction.
SoSFInt32 SoNurbsSurface::numTControlPoints
Number of control points in the T direction.
SoMFFloat SoNurbsSurface::uKnotVector
The Bezier knot vector for the U direction.
SoMFFloat SoNurbsSurface::vKnotVector
The Bezier knot vector for the V direction.
SoMFFloat SoNurbsSurface::sKnotVector
The Bezier knot vector for the S direction.
SoMFFloat SoNurbsSurface::tKnotVector
The Bezier knot vector for the T direction.
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