SoIndexedFaceSet.3coin4 - Man Page

The SoIndexedFaceSet class is used to handle generic indexed facesets.

Synopsis

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoIndexedFaceSet.h>

Inherits SoIndexedShape.

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.
SoIndexedFaceSet (void)
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
virtual SbBool generateDefaultNormals (SoState *state, SoNormalBundle *bundle)
virtual SbBool generateDefaultNormals (SoState *state, SoNormalCache *cache)
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.

Public Member Functions inherited from SoVertexShape
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.
virtual void notify (SoNotList *nl)
virtual SbBool generateDefaultNormals (SoState *state, SoNormalBundle *bundle)
virtual SbBool generateDefaultNormals (SoState *state, SoNormalCache *cache)
virtual void write (SoWriteAction *action)

Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
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.
virtual SbBool affectsState (void) const
virtual void notify (SoNotList *nl)
virtual void getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
virtual void computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)=0
virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
const SoBoundingBoxCache * getBoundingBoxCache (void) const

Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
void setOverride (const SbBool state)
SbBool isOverride (void) const
void setNodeType (const NodeType type)
NodeType getNodeType (void) const
virtual SoNode * copy (SbBool copyconnections=FALSE) const
virtual SbBool affectsState (void) const
virtual void doAction (SoAction *action)
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
virtual void getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
virtual void getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
virtual void handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)
virtual void pick (SoPickAction *action)
virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void search (SoSearchAction *action)
virtual void write (SoWriteAction *action)
virtual void audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)
virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
virtual void grabEventsSetup (void)
virtual void grabEventsCleanup (void)
virtual void startNotify (void)
virtual void notify (SoNotList *l)
SbUniqueId getNodeId (void) const
virtual SoChildList * getChildren (void) const
virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
virtual SoNode * addToCopyDict (void) const
virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
virtual SoFieldContainer * copyThroughConnection (void) const

Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void setToDefaults (void)
SbBool hasDefaultValues (void) const
SbBool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const
void copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)
SbBool set (const char *const fielddata)
void get (SbString &fielddata)
virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual int getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual SoField * getField (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField * getEventIn (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField * getEventOut (const SbName &name) const
SbBool getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const
SbBool enableNotify (const SbBool flag)
SbBool isNotifyEnabled (void) const
SbBool set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)
void get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)
virtual void notify (SoNotList *l)
virtual SbBool validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
SbBool getIsBuiltIn (void) const
virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
virtual SoFieldContainer * copyThroughConnection (void) const
virtual void getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const
void setUserData (void *userdata) const
void * getUserData (void) const

Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void ref (void) const
void unref (void) const
void unrefNoDelete (void) const
int32_t getRefCount (void) const
void touch (void)
virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const =0
Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for run-time type checking and 'downward' casting.
SbBool isOfType (SoType type) const
Returns TRUE if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type.
virtual SbName getName (void) const
virtual void setName (const SbName &newname)
virtual void startNotify (void)
virtual void notify (SoNotList *l)
void addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
void removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
const SoAuditorList & getAuditors (void) const
virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
SbBool shouldWrite (void)
void assertAlive (void) const

Static Public Member Functions

static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void initClass (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoIndexedShape
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void initClass (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoVertexShape
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void initClass (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void initClass (void)
static void getScreenSize (SoState *const state, const SbBox3f &boundingbox, SbVec2s &rectsize)
static float getDecimatedComplexity (SoState *state, float complexity)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static uint32_t getCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype)
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static SoNode * getByName (const SbName &name)
static int getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &l)
static void initClass (void)
static void initClasses (void)
static SbUniqueId getNextNodeId (void)
static int getActionMethodIndex (const SoType type)
static void getBoundingBoxS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void GLRenderS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void callbackS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void getMatrixS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void handleEventS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void pickS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void rayPickS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void searchS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void writeS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void audioRenderS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void getPrimitiveCountS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static void initClass (void)
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void cleanupClass (void)
static void initCopyDict (void)
static void addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
static SoFieldContainer * checkCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
static SoFieldContainer * findCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)
static void copyDone (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static void initClass (void)
Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
static void addName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void removeName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void incrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void decrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static SoBase * getNamedBase (const SbName &name, SoType type)
static int getNamedBases (const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)
static SbBool read (SoInput *input, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedtype)
static void setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
static void setTraceRefs (SbBool trace)
static SbBool getTraceRefs (void)
static SbBool connectRoute (SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)
static SbBool readRoute (SoInput *input)

Protected Member Functions

virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
virtual ~SoIndexedFaceSet ()
virtual void generatePrimitives (SoAction *action)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoIndexedShape
virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
SoIndexedShape (void)
virtual ~SoIndexedShape ()
virtual void computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)
int getNumVerts (const int startCoord)
void setupIndices (const int numParts, const int numFaces, const SbBool needNormals, const SbBool needTexCoords)
const int32_t * getNormalIndices (void)
const int32_t * getColorIndices (void)
const int32_t * getTexCoordIndices (void)
SbBool getVertexData (SoState *state, const SoCoordinateElement *&coords, const SbVec3f *&normals, const int32_t *&cindices, const int32_t *&nindices, const int32_t *&tindices, const int32_t *&mindices, int &numcindices, const SbBool needNormals, SbBool &normalCacheUsed)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoVertexShape
virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
SoVertexShape (void)
virtual ~SoVertexShape ()
virtual SbBool shouldGLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
void setNormalCache (SoState *const state, const int num, const SbVec3f *normals)
SoNormalCache * getNormalCache (void) const
SoNormalCache * generateAndReadLockNormalCache (SoState *const state)
void getVertexData (SoState *state, const SoCoordinateElement *&coords, const SbVec3f *&normals, const SbBool neednormals)
void readLockNormalCache (void)
void readUnlockNormalCache (void)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoShape
virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
SoShape (void)
virtual ~SoShape ()
float getComplexityValue (SoAction *action)
virtual void generatePrimitives (SoAction *action)=0
virtual SbBool shouldGLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
void beginSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)
void endSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)
void GLRenderBoundingBox (SoGLRenderAction *action)
SbBool shouldPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
SbBool shouldRayPick (SoRayPickAction *const action)
void computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *const action)
void computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *const action, const SbMatrix &matrix)
virtual SoDetail * createTriangleDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v3, SoPickedPoint *pp)
virtual SoDetail * createLineSegmentDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, SoPickedPoint *pp)
virtual SoDetail * createPointDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v, SoPickedPoint *pp)
void invokeTriangleCallbacks (SoAction *const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v3)
void invokeLineSegmentCallbacks (SoAction *const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v2)
void invokePointCallbacks (SoAction *const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v)
void beginShape (SoAction *const action, const TriangleShape shapetype, SoDetail *const detail=NULL)
void shapeVertex (const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v)
void endShape (void)
void generateVertex (SoPrimitiveVertex *const pv, const SbVec3f &point, const SbBool useTexFunc, const SoMultiTextureCoordinateElement *const tce, const float s, const float t, const SbVec3f &normal)
void generateVertex (SoPrimitiveVertex *const pv, const SbVec3f &point, const SbBool useTexFunc, const SoMultiTextureCoordinateElement *const tce, const float s, const float t, const float r, const SbVec3f &normal)
SbBool startVertexArray (SoGLRenderAction *action, const SoCoordinateElement *coords, const SbVec3f *pervertexnormals, const SbBool texpervertex, const SbBool colorpervertex)
void finishVertexArray (SoGLRenderAction *action, const SbBool vbo, const SbBool normpervertex, const SbBool texpervertex, const SbBool colorpervertex)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
SoNode (void)
virtual ~SoNode ()
virtual SbBool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
SoFieldContainer (void)
virtual ~SoFieldContainer ()
virtual SbBool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
SoBase (void)
virtual ~SoBase ()
virtual void destroy (void)
SbBool hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) const
SbBool writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const
void writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
virtual const char * getFileFormatName (void) const
virtual SbBool readInstance (SoInput *input, unsigned short flags)=0
virtual SoNotRec createNotRec (void)

Static Protected Member Functions

static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoIndexedShape
static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)
static SbBool areTexCoordsIndexed (SoAction *action)

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

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

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr (void)
static void setNextActionMethodIndex (int index)
static int getNextActionMethodIndex (void)
static void incNextActionMethodIndex (void)
static void setCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype, const uint32_t bitmask)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t getCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void staticDataLock (void)
static void staticDataUnlock (void)

Additional Inherited Members

Public Types inherited from SoShape

enum TriangleShape { TRIANGLE_STRIP, TRIANGLE_FAN, TRIANGLES, POLYGON, QUADS, QUAD_STRIP, POINTS, LINES, LINE_STRIP }

Public Types inherited from SoNode
enum NodeType { INVENTOR = 0x0000, VRML1 = 0x0001, VRML2 = 0x0002, INVENTOR_1 = 0x0004, INVENTOR_2_0 = 0x0008, INVENTOR_2_1 = 0x0010, INVENTOR_2_5 = 0x0020, INVENTOR_2_6 = 0x0040, COIN_1_0 = 0x0080, COIN_2_0 = 0x0100, EXTENSION = 0x0200, COIN_2_2 = 0x0400, COIN_2_3 = 0x0800, COIN_2_4 = 0x1000, INVENTOR_5_0 = 0x2000, COIN_2_5 = 0x4000, COIN_3_0 = 0x8000, INVENTOR_6_0 = 0x10000, COIN_4_0 = 0x20000 }

Public Attributes inherited from SoIndexedShape
SoMFInt32 coordIndex
SoMFInt32 materialIndex
SoMFInt32 normalIndex
SoMFInt32 textureCoordIndex

Public Attributes inherited from SoVertexShape
SoSFNode vertexProperty

Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }

Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
SbUniqueId uniqueId

Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
SbBool isBuiltIn

Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static SbUniqueId nextUniqueId = 1
static int nextActionMethodIndex = 0

Detailed Description

The SoIndexedFaceSet class is used to handle generic indexed facesets.

Faces are specified using the coordIndex field. Each face must be terminated by a negative (-1) index. Coordinates, normals, materials and texture coordinates from the current state (or from the vertexProperty node if set), can be indexed to create triangles, quads or polygons.

Here's a usage example of just about the simplest possible use of this node, to show a single polygon face:

#Inventor V2.1 ascii

Separator {
   Coordinate3 {
      point [ 0 0 0, 1 0 0, 1 1 0 ]
   }
   IndexedFaceSet {
      coordIndex [ 0, 1, 2, -1 ]
   }
}

Binding PER_VERTEX_INDEXED, PER_VERTEX, PER_FACE_INDEXED, PER_FACE or OVERALL can be set for material, and normals. The default material binding is OVERALL. The default normal binding is PER_VERTEX_INDEXED. When PER_VERTEX_INDEXED binding is used and the corresponding materialIndex, normalIndex, texCoordIndex field is empty, the coordIndex field will be used to index material, normal or texture coordinate. If you do specify indices for material, normals or texture coordinates for PER_VERTEX_INDEXED binding, make sure your index array matches the coordIndex array: there should be a -1 wherever there is a -1 in the coordIndex field. This is done to make this node more easily readable for humans.

A fairly common request when rendering facesets is how to display a set of faces with different colors on the backside versus the frontside. There is not direct support for this in the API, but it can easily be implemented by duplicating all faces in both the SoShapeHints::COUNTERCLOCKWISE and the SoShapeHints::CLOCKWISE order. Here is a simple usage example, showing the technique for a single polygon, using two SoFaceSet nodes for rendering the same polygon from both sides:

#Inventor V2.1 ascii

Separator {
   Coordinate3 { point [ 0 0 0, 1 0 0, 1 1 0 ] }

   Separator {
      Material { diffuseColor [ 1 1 0 ] }
      ShapeHints {
         vertexOrdering COUNTERCLOCKWISE
         shapeType SOLID
      }
      FaceSet { numVertices [ 3 ] }
   }

   Separator {
      Material { diffuseColor [ 1 0 0 ] }
      ShapeHints {
         vertexOrdering CLOCKWISE
         shapeType SOLID
      }
      FaceSet { numVertices [ 3 ] }
   }
}

The same effect can also be done in the following manner, using an SoIndexedFaceSet to explicitly render the polygon coordinates in both directions (clockwise and counterclockwise):

#Inventor V2.1 ascii

Separator {
   Coordinate3 { point [ 0 0 0, 1 0 0, 1 1 0 ] }

   Material { diffuseColor [ 1 0 0, 1 1 0 ] }
   MaterialBinding { value PER_FACE_INDEXED }

   ShapeHints {
      vertexOrdering COUNTERCLOCKWISE
      shapeType SOLID
   }

   IndexedFaceSet {
      coordIndex [ 0, 1, 2, -1, 2, 1, 0, -1 ]
      materialIndex [ 0, 1 ]
   }
}

Another rather rare issue that might be interesting to know about is that to render polygons with concave borders, you should set up an SoShapeHints node with SoShapeHints::faceType set to SoShapeHints::UNKNOWN_FACE_TYPE in the scene graph before the SoIndexedFaceSet (or SoFaceSet) node. This needs to be done to force the rendering code to tessellate the polygons properly to triangles before sending it off to OpenGL. Without it, the polygons will be sent as-is to OpenGL, and the OpenGL implementation's tessellator is often not able to tessellate properly. Here is an example which usually fails without the SoShapeHints node (try commenting it out, and see what happens):

#Inventor V2.1 ascii

ShapeHints { faceType UNKNOWN_FACE_TYPE }

Coordinate3
{
        point [ 2 0 0,
                1 0 0,
                1 1 0,
                0 1 0,
                0 2 0,
                1 2 0,
                2 2 0,
                2 1 0 ]
}

FaceSet {}

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

IndexedFaceSet {
    vertexProperty NULL
    coordIndex 0
    materialIndex -1
    normalIndex -1
    textureCoordIndex -1
}

See also: SoFaceSet, SoIndexedTriangleStripSet

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoIndexedFaceSet::SoIndexedFaceSet (void)

Constructor.

SoIndexedFaceSet::~SoIndexedFaceSet () [protected], [virtual]

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

SoType SoIndexedFaceSet::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 SoIndexedShape.

const SoFieldData * SoIndexedFaceSet::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 SoIndexedShape.

void SoIndexedFaceSet::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 SoIndexedFaceSet::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.

SbBool SoIndexedFaceSet::generateDefaultNormals (SoState * state, SoNormalBundle * bundle) [virtual]

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Subclasses should override this method to generate default normals using the SoNormalBundle class. TRUE should be returned if normals were generated, FALSE otherwise.

Default method returns FALSE.

This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

Reimplemented from SoVertexShape.

SbBool SoIndexedFaceSet::generateDefaultNormals (SoState * state, SoNormalCache * cache) [virtual]

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Subclasses should override this method to generate default normals using the SoNormalCache class. This is more effective than using SoNormalGenerator. Return TRUE if normals were generated, FALSE otherwise.

Default method just returns FALSE.

This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

Reimplemented from SoVertexShape.

void SoIndexedFaceSet::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.

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