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NAME

       SoSurroundScale -

       The SoSurroundScale class is used to automatically scale geometry to surround other geometry.

       This node calculates a transformation (a translation and a scale) which will, when the node is traversed,
       be appended to the current model matrix, making a default cube placed directly to the right of this node
       in the graph surround geometry to the right of the container branch this node is on. The container is
       specified by the field SoSurroundScale::numNodesUpToContainer.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoSurroundScale.h>

       Inherits SoTransformation.

   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.
       SoSurroundScale (void)
       void invalidate (void)
       virtual void doAction (SoAction *action)
       void setDoingTranslations (const SbBool val)
       SbBool isDoingTranslations (void)

   Static Public Member Functions
       static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
       static void initClass (void)

   Public Attributes
       SoSFInt32 numNodesUpToContainer
       SoSFInt32 numNodesUpToReset

   Protected Member Functions
       virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
       virtual ~SoSurroundScale ()
       virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
       virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
       virtual void getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
       virtual void getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
       virtual void pick (SoPickAction *action)
       void updateMySurroundParams (SoAction *action, const SbMatrix &inv)
       void setIgnoreInBbox (const SbBool val)
       SbBool isIgnoreInBbox (void)

   Static Protected Member Functions
       static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)

   Protected Attributes
       SbVec3f cachedScale
       SbVec3f cachedInvScale
       SbVec3f cachedTranslation
       SbBool cacheOK
       SbBool doTranslations

   Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

       The SoSurroundScale class is used to automatically scale geometry to surround other geometry.

       This node calculates a transformation (a translation and a scale) which will, when the node is traversed,
       be appended to the current model matrix, making a default cube placed directly to the right of this node
       in the graph surround geometry to the right of the container branch this node is on. The container is
       specified by the field SoSurroundScale::numNodesUpToContainer.

       When calculating the bounding box to be surrounded, the bounding box action will be applied to the
       container node, and the bounding box calculations will be reset after traversing the node specified by
       the field SoSurroundScale::numNodesUpToReset.

       A way of thinking of the container node is that there exists a path from the root-node to the
       SoSurroundScale node. This path has a number of nodes in it. numNodesUpToContainer is the number of nodes
       in the path from the SoSurroundScale node towards the root node. When having counted
       numNodesUpToContainer from the SoSurroundScale node, you will have reached the container node. The
       container node is the seed-node that the bounding box is calculated from. All nodes lower than the seed-
       node will be a part of the bounding box unless they are closer to the SoSurroundScale node than
       numNodesUpToReset.

       To make sure the node(s) that are to be scaled by the SoSurroundScale node aren't a part of the bounding
       box, the numNodesUpToReset is used. It is also the number of nodes up from the SoSurroundScale node
       towards the root node. The meaning of numNodesUpToReset is that nodes that are closer to the
       SoSurroundNode than the node at position numNodesUpToReset are not to be used for bounding box
       calculations.

       Here's a complete, stand-alone example which sets up an SoTrackballDragger (connected to a cube), and
       uses an SoSurroundScale node to make it auto-scale to the size of the high cube and translates it an
       offset to one side of the cube:

       #include <Inventor/Qt/SoQt.h>
       #include <Inventor/Qt/viewers/SoQtExaminerViewer.h>
       #include <Inventor/draggers/SoTrackballDragger.h>
       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoAntiSquish.h>
       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoSeparator.h>
       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoCube.h>
       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoSurroundScale.h>
       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoRotation.h>
       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoTranslation.h>

       int
       main(int argc, char **argv)
       {
         QWidget * window = SoQt::init(argv[0]);
         if (window == NULL) exit(1);

         SoSeparator * root = new SoSeparator;
         root->ref();

         SoSeparator * surroundsep = new SoSeparator;
         root->addChild(surroundsep);

         SoTranslation * translation = new SoTranslation;
         translation->translation = SbVec3f(12, 0, 0);
         surroundsep->addChild(translation);

         SoSurroundScale * ss = new SoSurroundScale;
         ss->numNodesUpToReset = 1;
         ss->numNodesUpToContainer = 2;
         surroundsep->addChild(ss);

         SoAntiSquish * antisquish = new SoAntiSquish;
         antisquish->sizing = SoAntiSquish::BIGGEST_DIMENSION;
         surroundsep->addChild(antisquish);

         SoTrackballDragger * dragger = new SoTrackballDragger;
         surroundsep->addChild(dragger);

         SoRotation * rotation = new SoRotation;
         rotation->rotation.connectFrom(& dragger->rotation);
         root->addChild(rotation);

         SoCube * cube = new SoCube;
         cube->height = 10.0f;
         root->addChild(cube);

         SoQtExaminerViewer * viewer = new SoQtExaminerViewer(window);
         viewer->setSceneGraph(root);
         viewer->setViewing(FALSE);
         viewer->setDecoration(FALSE);
         viewer->show();

         SoQt::show(window);
         SoQt::mainLoop();

         delete viewer;
         root->unref();

         return 0;
       }

       It might be easier to see how the SoSurroundScale node works in the above example by looking at the
       actual scenegraph:

       #Inventor V2.1 ascii

       Separator {
          Separator {
             Translation {
                translation 12 0 0
             }
             SurroundScale {
                numNodesUpToContainer 2
                numNodesUpToReset 1
             }
             AntiSquish {
                sizing BIGGEST_DIMENSION
             }
             DEF mydragger TrackballDragger {
             }
          }
          Rotation {
             rotation 0 0 1  0 =
             USE mydragger . rotation
          }
          Cube {
             height 10
          }
       }

       This node is internally used by manipulators to make it possible for them to scale their dragger's
       geometry to match the scenegraph geometry it is modifying, as is demonstrated above (but outside of the
       context of a manipulator).

       It is also generally useful for application programmers who want any particular piece of geometry
       surround other geometry of unknown or changing extent.

       SoSurroundScale nodes in the scenegraph are often paired up with SoAntiSquish nodes to get uniform
       scaling along all three principal axes, as has also been done in the above example.

       FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

       SurroundScale {
           numNodesUpToContainer 0
           numNodesUpToReset 0
       }

       See Also:
           SoAntiSquish

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

   SoSurroundScale::SoSurroundScale (void)
       Constructor.

   SoSurroundScale::~SoSurroundScale () [protected],  [virtual]
       Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

   SoType SoSurroundScale::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 SoTransformation.

   const SoFieldData * SoSurroundScale::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 SoTransformation.

   void SoSurroundScale::invalidate (void)
       Invalidates the cached transformation, forcing a recalculation to be done the next time this node is
       traversed.

   void SoSurroundScale::doAction (SoAction *action) [virtual]
       This function performs the typical operation of a node for any action.

       Reimplemented from SoNode.

   void SoSurroundScale::setDoingTranslations (const SbBoolval)
       Sets whether the translation part of the transformation should be ignored or not. Default behavior is to
       translate.

   SbBool SoSurroundScale::isDoingTranslations (void)
       Returns whether the translation part of the transformation should be ignored or not.

       See Also:
           setDoingTranslations()

   void SoSurroundScale::callback (SoCallbackAction *action) [protected],  [virtual]
       Action method for SoCallbackAction.

       Simply updates the state according to how the node behaves for the render action, so the application
       programmer can use the SoCallbackAction for extracting information about the scene graph.

       Reimplemented from SoNode.

   void SoSurroundScale::GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action) [protected],  [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 SoNode.

   void SoSurroundScale::getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action) [protected],  [virtual]
       Action method for the SoGetBoundingBoxAction.

       Calculates bounding box and center coordinates for node and modifies the values of the action to
       encompass the bounding box for this node and to shift the center point for the scene more towards the one
       for this node.

       Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculates their bounding box also overrides this method to change
       the relevant state variables.

       Reimplemented from SoNode.

   void SoSurroundScale::getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action) [protected],  [virtual]
       Action method for SoGetMatrixAction.

       Updates action by accumulating with the transformation matrix of this node (if any).

       Reimplemented from SoNode.

   void SoSurroundScale::pick (SoPickAction *action) [protected],  [virtual]
       Action method for SoPickAction.

       Does common processing for SoPickAction action instances.

       Reimplemented from SoNode.

   void SoSurroundScale::updateMySurroundParams (SoAction *action, const SbMatrix &inv) [protected]
       Calculates the translation and scale needed to make a default cube surround geometry to the right of the
       branch this node is on.

   void SoSurroundScale::setIgnoreInBbox (const SbBoolval) [protected]
       Sets whether bounding box calculations in SoGetBoundingBoxAction should be affected by this node.

       Default is to ignore our bounding box calculations.

   SbBool SoSurroundScale::isIgnoreInBbox (void) [protected]
       Returns the value of the flag that decides whether bounding box calculations in SoGetBoundingBoxAction
       should be affected by this node.

       See Also:
           setIgnoreInBbox()

Member Data Documentation

   SoSFInt32 SoSurroundScale::numNodesUpToContainer
       Number of nodes in the path counting from this and 'upwards' to the container node.

   SoSFInt32 SoSurroundScale::numNodesUpToReset
       Number of nodes in the path counting from this and 'upwards' to the node where we will reset the bounding
       box value.

   SoSurroundScale::cachedScale [protected]
       This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the
       application programmer.

   SoSurroundScale::cachedInvScale [protected]
       This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the
       application programmer.

   SoSurroundScale::cachedTranslation [protected]
       This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the
       application programmer.

   SoSurroundScale::cacheOK [protected]
       This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the
       application programmer.

   SoSurroundScale::doTranslations [protected]
       This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the
       application programmer.

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