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SoTabBoxDragger Class

Cubic object you can translate and scale by dragging with the mouse.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace: OIV.Inventor.Draggers
Assembly: OIV.Inventor (in OIV.Inventor.dll) Version: 10.12.3.0 (10.12.3.0)
Syntax
public class SoTabBoxDragger : SoDragger

The SoTabBoxDragger type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodSoTabBoxDragger

Constructor.

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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodAdjustScaleTabSize

Causes the scale tab sizes to be re-adjusted on all 6 SoTabPlaneDraggers so that they remain a near constant screen space size.

Public methodAffectsState

Returns true if a node has an effect on the state during traversal.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodCallback
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodClearOtherEventCallbacks
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodCopy
Calls Copy(false).
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodCopy(Boolean)

Creates and returns an exact copy of the node.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodCopyFieldValues(SoFieldContainer)
Calls CopyFieldValues(fc, false).
(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodCopyFieldValues(SoFieldContainer, Boolean)

Copies the contents of fc's fields into this object's fields.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodCreatePathToPart(String, Boolean)
Calls CreatePathToPart(partName, makeIfNeeded, (OIV.Inventor.SoPath ^)nullptr).
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodCreatePathToPart(String, Boolean, SoPath)

Returns a path that begins at this nodekit and ends at partName.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodCreatePathToThis
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodDispose
Releases all resources used by SoDisposable.
(Inherited from SoDisposable.)
Public methodDistribute
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodDoAction
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodEnableNotify

Notification at this Field Container is enabled (if flag == true) or disabled (if flag == false).

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodEnableValueChangedEvent

You can temporarily disable a dragger's valueChangedCallbacks.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodFieldsAreEqual

Returns true if this object's fields are exactly equal to fc's fields.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGet

Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Open Inventor ASCII file format in the given string.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetAllFields

Returns a list of fields, including the eventIn's and eventOut's.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetAlternateRep

This method is called by actions to allow the node to provide an "alternate representation" when appropriate (typically depending on the action type).

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGetBoundingBox
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodStatic memberGetClassNodekitCatalog

Returns the OIV.Inventor.Nodekits.SoNodekitCatalog for this class.

Public methodGetEvent
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetEventIn

Returns a the eventIn with the given name.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetEventOut

Returns the eventOut with the given name.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetField

Returns a the field of this object whose name is fieldName.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetFieldName

Returns the name of the given field in the fieldName argument.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetFields

Appends references to all of this object's fields to resultList, and returns the number of fields appended.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetHandleEventAction
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Overrides GetHashCode().
(Inherited from SoNetBase.)
Public methodGetLocalStartingPoint
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetLocalToWorldMatrix
Calls GetLocalToWorldMatrix((OIV.Inventor.Actions.SoAction ^)nullptr).
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetLocalToWorldMatrix(SoAction)
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetMatrix
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetMinGesture

Gets the number of pixels of movement required to initiate a constraint gesture.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetMinGestureFloat (Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetMotionMatrix

Get the motion matrix.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetName

Returns the name of an instance.

(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodGetNodekitCatalog (Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetPart

Searches the nodekit catalog (and those of all nested nodekits) for the part named partName.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetPartString

Given a node or a path to a node, checks if the part exists in the nodekit, in a nested nodekit, or an element of a list part.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetPartToLocalMatrix
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetPickPath
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetPrimitiveCount
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetRenderEngineMode

Returns the supported Render engine mode.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGetRenderUnitID
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGetStartMotionMatrix
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetStringName (Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodGetSurrogatePartPickedName
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetSurrogatePartPickedOwner
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetSurrogatePartPickedPath
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetTrackerDirectMode

Get the current tracker direct mode for this dragger.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetViewportIsEnabled (Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetViewportOrigin (Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetViewportRegion Obsolete.
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetViewportSize (Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGetViewVolume Obsolete.

Dragger must not store information related to viewer settings.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetWorldStartingPoint
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetWorldToLocalMatrix
Calls GetWorldToLocalMatrix((OIV.Inventor.Actions.SoAction ^)nullptr).
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGetWorldToLocalMatrix(SoAction)
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodGLRender
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodGLRenderBelowPath
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGLRenderInPath
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGLRenderOffPath
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGrabEventsCleanup
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGrabEventsSetup
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodHandleEvent
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodHasDefaultValues

Returns true if all of the object's fields have their default values.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodInvokeValueChanged

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodIsBoundingBoxIgnoring

Returns true if bounding box computation should be ignored during OIV.Inventor.Actions.SoGetBoundingBoxAction traversal.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodIsNotifyEnabled

Notification is the process of telling interested objects that this object has changed.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodIsOverride

Returns the state of the override flag.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodIsPathSurrogateInMySubgraph(SoPath)
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodIsPathSurrogateInMySubgraph(SoPath, SoPath, String, SoPath)
Calls IsPathSurrogateInMySubgraph(pathToCheck, pathToOwner, surrogateNameInOwner, surrogatePathInOwner, true).
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodIsPathSurrogateInMySubgraph(SoPath, SoPath, String, SoPath, Boolean)
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodIsSynchronizable

Gets the ScaleViz synchronizable state of this object.

(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodIsTrackerDirectMode
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodPick
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodRayPick
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodRegisterChildDragger
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodRegisterChildDraggerMovingIndependently
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSaveStartParameters
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSearch
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodSet(String)

This function allows field values of parts (nodes) to be set in several different parts simultaneously.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodSet(String, String)

This function allows field values of parts (nodes) to be set.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodSetHandleEventAction
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetMinGesture(Int32)

Sets the number of pixels of movement required to initiate a constraint gesture.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetMinGesture(Single) (Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetMotionMatrix

Set the motion matrix.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetName (Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodSetOverride

Turns the override flag on or off.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodSetPart

Inserts the given node (not a copy) as the new part specified by partName.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public methodSetPartAsDefault(String, SoNode)
Calls SetPartAsDefault(partName, newNode, true).
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodSetPartAsDefault(String, String)
Calls SetPartAsDefault(partName, newNodeName, true).
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodSetPartAsDefault(String, SoNode, Boolean)
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodSetPartAsDefault(String, String, Boolean)
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodSetPartAsPath

Sets any public part in the interaction kit as a "surrogate" path instead.

(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public methodSetStartingPoint(SbVec3f)
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetStartingPoint(SoPickedPoint)
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetSynchronizable

Sets this to be a ScaleViz synchronizable object.

(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodSetTempPathToThis
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetToDefaults

Sets all fields in this object to their default values.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodSetTrackerDirectMode
Calls SetTrackerDirectMode(OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoDragger.TrackerDirectModes( .SoDragger.DEFAULT )).
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetTrackerDirectMode(SoDraggerTrackerDirectModes)

Sets the tracker direct mode for this dragger (see description above).

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetViewportRegion Obsolete.
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodSetViewVolume Obsolete.
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodToString
Converts this SoBase structure to a human readable string.
(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodTouch

Marks an instance as modified, simulating a change to it.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodTransformMatrixLocalToWorld
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodTransformMatrixToLocalSpace
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodTransformMatrixWorldToLocal
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodUnregisterChildDragger
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodUnregisterChildDraggerMovingIndependently
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodWorkFieldsIntoTransform
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public methodWrite
(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
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Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyboundingBoxCaching
(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public propertyboundingBoxIgnoring

Whether to ignore this node during bounding box traversal.

(Inherited from SoBaseKit.)
Public propertyenableCallbacks

If set to false, motion, start and finish callbacks are disabled.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public propertyenableHighlight

Enables highlighting for tabs and faces.

Public propertyhighlightColor

Specifies the highlight color.

Public propertyisActive

true when mouse is down and dragging, else false.

(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public propertyIsDisposable
ISafeDisposable interface implementation.
(Inherited from SoDisposable.)
Public propertypickCulling

Set pick caching mode.

(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public propertyprivateStyle

Controls whether this instance of OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger shares or does not share parts, e.g.

Public propertyrenderCaching Obsolete.

Set render caching mode.

(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public propertyrenderCulling

Set render culling mode.

(Inherited from SoInteractionKit.)
Public propertyresizeHandles

If set to true, handles will be resized at each camera motion.

Public propertyscaleFactor

Scale of the dragger.

Public propertytabPixelSize

Specifies the size of the green tabs in pixels.

Public propertytranslation

Position of the dragger.

Public propertyUserData
Gets or sets the user data to be contained by the field container.
(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
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Events
  NameDescription
Public eventFinishDragging
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public eventMouseMove
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public eventStartDragging
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
Public eventValueChanged
(Inherited from SoDragger.)
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Remarks

OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger is a composite dragger shaped like a box. Inside it are six SoTabPlaneDraggers which the dragger positions and orients to form a cube. The operations available in an OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabPlaneDragger (translation, 1D scaling and 2D scaling) are available on each face of the cube. Since they each move in their own local space, the dragger may be easily translated or scaled in any direction.

Clicking and dragging a corner tab does a 2D scaling in the plane of the tab by scaling, centered on the opposite corner of that face of the dragger, meaning that the opposite corner is the only corner that won't move. Note: Holding the SHIFT key while dragging a corner tab forces uniform scaling.

Clicking and dragging an edge tab does 1D scaling about the opposite edge of that face.

Clicking and dragging a face does translation within the plane of the face. Although the face of the dragger is invisible (using the default dragger geometry) it is pickable. Note: Holding the SHIFT key while dragging a face forces axis constrained dragging. The drag axis is determined by the initial drag direction.

As a composite dragger, this class makes sure that when one plane is dragged, the entire box moves together.

Each OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabPlaneDragger tries to keep the small tabs a constant size in screen space. Every time a drag begins or ends, the size is automatically recalculated based on the viewing and modeling matrix. When the OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger.resizeHandles field is set to true (the default), the tab size is also recalculated during the render traversal if the view matrix has changed (usually because the camera position and/or orientation changed). The application can also force the tab size to be recomputed by calling the OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger.AdjustScaleTabSize() method.

If the dragger becomes too small in one dimension to contain all three tabs (two corner tabs plus the edge tab), the middle (edge) tab will not be drawn. If the dragger becomes very small (or flat) in one dimension, it may not be possible for the user to resize using the tabs. One solution for this is to provide a "reset dragger" button in the application.

When dragging the translator part, press the <Shift> key and you can constrain motion to either the local x axis or the y axis . The direction is determined by your initial mouse gesture after pressing the key. Releasing the key removes the constraint.

As each sub-dragger is moved, the OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger updates its OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger.scaleFactor and OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger.translation fields. As with all draggers, if you change a field the dragger will move to match the new settings.

Remember: This is not an SoTransform!. If you want to move other objects with this dragger, you can:

You can change the parts in any instance of this dragger using OIV.Inventor.Nodekits.SoBaseKit.SetPart(System.String, OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoNode). The default part geometries are defined as resources for this OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTabBoxDragger class. They are detailed below in the Dragger Resources section of the online reference page for this class. You can make your program use different default resources for the parts by copying the file $OIVHOME/data/draggerDefaults/tabBoxDragger.iv into your own directory, editing the file, and then setting the environment variable SO_DRAGGER_DIR to be a path to that directory.

This dragger has both a default and a WYSIWYG version:

Default Dragger WYSIWYG Dragger

See OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoDragger for more information about using and customizing draggers, including code examples, using draggers in an immersive VR environment and using WYSIWYG draggers.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

TabBoxDragger {
boundingBoxCaching AUTO
renderCulling AUTO
pickCulling AUTO
isActive false
resizeHandles true
translation 0 0 0
scaleFactor 1 1 1
tabPixelSize 8
callbackList NULL
surroundScale NULL
privateStyle false
highlightColor 1.0 1.0 0.0
enableHighlight true
tabPlane1 TabPlaneDragger {
}
tabPlane2 TabPlaneDragger {
}
tabPlane3 TabPlaneDragger {
}
tabPlane4 TabPlaneDragger {
}
tabPlane5 TabPlaneDragger {
}
tabPlane6 TabPlaneDragger {
}
boxGeom <tabBoxBoxGeom resource>
tabPlane1.translator <tabBoxTranslator resource>
tabPlane2.translator <tabBoxTranslator resource>
tabPlane3.translator <tabBoxTranslator resource>
tabPlane4.translator <tabBoxTranslator resource>
tabPlane5.translator <tabBoxTranslator resource>
tabPlane6.translator <tabBoxTranslator resource>
tabPlane1.scaleTabMaterial <tabBoxScaleTabMaterial resource>
tabPlane2.scaleTabMaterial <tabBoxScaleTabMaterial resource>
tabPlane3.scaleTabMaterial <tabBoxScaleTabMaterial resource>
tabPlane4.scaleTabMaterial <tabBoxScaleTabMaterial resource>
tabPlane5.scaleTabMaterial <tabBoxScaleTabMaterial resource>
tabPlane6.scaleTabMaterial <tabBoxScaleTabMaterial resource>
tabPlane1.scaleTabHints <tabBoxScaleTabHints resource>
tabPlane2.scaleTabHints <tabBoxScaleTabHints resource>
tabPlane3.scaleTabHints <tabBoxScaleTabHints resource>
tabPlane4.scaleTabHints <tabBoxScaleTabHints resource>
tabPlane5.scaleTabHints <tabBoxScaleTabHints resource>
tabPlane6.scaleTabHints <tabBoxScaleTabHints resource>
}

DRAGGER RESOURCES

Resource: tabBoxTranslator
Parts: tabPlane1.translator<BR> tabPlane2.translator<BR> tabPlane3.translator<BR> tabPlane4.translator<BR> tabPlane5.translator<BR> tabPlane6.translator
Appearance: Outline of a Square. The region within is pickable
Description: Begins translation within the plane. The tabBox places and orients each tabPlane so that these squares form a box.
Resource: tabBoxScaleTabMaterial
Parts: tabPlane1.scaleTabMaterial<BR> tabPlane2.scaleTabMaterial<BR> tabPlane3.scaleTabMaterial<BR> tabPlane4.scaleTabMaterial<BR> tabPlane5.scaleTabMaterial<BR> tabPlane6.scaleTabMaterial
Appearance: Green - half diffuse, half emissive.
Description: Used as material for scaling tabs.
Resource: tabBoxScaleTabHints
Parts: tabPlane1.scaleTabHints<BR> tabPlane2.scaleTabHints<BR> tabPlane3.scaleTabHints<BR> tabPlane4.scaleTabHints<BR> tabPlane5.scaleTabHints<BR> tabPlane6.scaleTabHints
Appearance: shapeHints node:COUNTERCLOCKWISE/SOLID/CONVEX
Description: Property for the tab nodes.
Resource: tabBoxBoxGeom
Part: boxGeom
Appearance: Unpickable gray outline of a box.
Description: Just feedback.

CATALOG PARTS

All Parts
Part NamePart TypeDefault TypeNULL Default
callbackList NodeKitListPart yes
surroundScale SurroundScale yes
tabPlane1 TabPlaneDragger yes
tabPlane2 TabPlaneDragger yes
tabPlane3 TabPlaneDragger yes
tabPlane4 TabPlaneDragger yes
tabPlane5 TabPlaneDragger yes
tabPlane6 TabPlaneDragger yes
boxGeom Separator yes

Extra Information for List Parts from Above Table
Part NameContainer TypePossible Types
callbackList Separator Callback, EventCallback

See Also