OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTransformBoxDragger is a composite dragger shaped like a box with small cubes at the corners. Click and drag any of these cubes to scale the box uniformly. Drag any edge of the box to rotate the whole dragger about its center, along an axis parallel to that edge. Pick any face of the box for 2D translation in the plane of that face.

Although the box looks just about like a wireframe cube, it is composed of many different simple draggers arranged in a composite assembly. When one part is dragged, the transformBox makes sure they all move together. Each of the parts of the box is a different dragger with the default geometry changed. The faces of the box are SoTranslate2Draggers, the edges are SoRotateCylindricalDraggers, and the cubes are an OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoScaleUniformDragger. Drag them and the dragger will update its OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTransformBoxDragger.translation, OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTransformBoxDragger.rotation and OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoTransformBoxDragger.scaleFactor fields to reflect the changes. As with all draggers, if you change the fields the dragger will move to match the new settings.

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

• Use an OIV.Inventor.Manips.SoTransformBoxManip, which is subclassed from OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoTransform. It creates one of these draggers and uses it as the interface to change its fields. (see the OIV.Inventor.Manips.SoTransformBoxManip reference page).

• Use field-to-field connections to connect the fields of this dragger to those of any OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoTransformation node.

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.SoTransformBoxDragger class. They are detailed 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/transformBoxDragger.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

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

TransformBoxDragger {

boundingBoxCaching	AUTO
renderCulling	AUTO
pickCulling	AUTO
isActive	false
rotation	0 0 1 0
translation	0 0 0
scaleFactor	1 1 1
callbackList	NULL
surroundScale	NULL
antiSquish	AntiSquish {
	sizing BIGGEST_DIMENSION
	}
scaler	ScaleUniformDragger {
rotator1	RotateCylindricalDragger {
rotator2	RotateCylindricalDragger {
rotator3	RotateCylindricalDragger {
translator1	Translate2Dragger {
	}
translator2	Translate2Dragger {
	}
translator3	Translate2Dragger {
	}
translator4	Translate2Dragger {
	}
translator5	Translate2Dragger {
	}
translator6	Translate2Dragger {
	}
scaler.scaler	<transformBoxScalerScaler resource>
scaler.scalerActive	<transformBoxScalerScalerActive resource>
scaler.feedback	<transformBoxScalerFeedback resource>
scaler.feedbackActive	<transformBoxScalerFeedbackActive resource>
rotator1.rotator	<transformBoxRotatorRotator resource>
rotator2.rotator	<transformBoxRotatorRotator resource>
rotator3.rotator	<transformBoxRotatorRotator resource>
rotator1.rotatorActive	<transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive resource>
rotator2.rotatorActive	<transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive resource>
rotator3.rotatorActive	<transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive resource>
rotator1.feedback	<transformBoxRotatorFeedback resource>
rotator2.feedback	<transformBoxRotatorFeedback resource>
rotator3.feedback	<transformBoxRotatorFeedback resource>
rotator1.feedbackActive	<transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive resource>
rotator2.feedbackActive	<transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive resource>
rotator3.feedbackActive	<transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive resource>
translator1.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator2.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator3.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator4.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator5.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator6.translator	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslator resource>
translator1.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator2.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator3.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator4.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator5.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator6.translatorActive	<transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive resource>
translator1.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator2.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator3.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator4.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator5.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator6.xAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback resource>
translator1.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator2.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator3.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator4.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator5.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>
translator6.yAxisFeedback	<transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback resource>

}

DRAGGER RESOURCES

Resource:	transformBoxScalerScaler
Part:	scaler.scaler
Appearance:	Eight small white cubes at the corners of the box
Description:	Picking this initiates uniform 3D scaling of the dragger.
Resource:	transformBoxScalerScalerActive
Part:	scaler.scalerActive
Appearance:	Yellow version of the regular scaler part
Description:	Displayed while the dragger is being scaled.
Resource:	transformBoxScalerFeedback
Part:	scaler.feedback
Appearance:	Empty separator
Description:	Removes any feedback geometry created in the constructor of the OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoScaleUniformDragger.
Resource:	transformBoxScalerFeedbackActive
Part:	scaler.feedbackActive
Appearance:	Empty separator
Description:	Removes any feedbackActive geometry created in the constructor of the OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoScaleUniformDragger.
Resource:	transformBoxRotatorRotator
Parts:	rotator1.rotator<BR> rotator2.rotator<BR> rotator3.rotator
Appearance:	Four white lines along the edges of the box
Description:	Picking this begins rotational dragging. In each of the three rotateCylindrical draggers, the lines of the rotator part are oriented parallel to the axis of rotation.
Resource:	transformBoxRotatorRotatorActive
Parts:	rotator1.rotatorActive<BR> rotator2.rotatorActive<BR> rotator3.rotatorActive
Appearance:	Four yellow lines along the edges of the box
Description:	Displayed while the dragger is being rotated
Resource:	transformBoxRotatorFeedback
Parts:	rotator1.feedback<BR> rotator2.feedback<BR> rotator3.feedback
Appearance:	Empty separator
Description:	Removes any feedback geometry created in the constructor of the OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoRotateCylindricalDragger.
Resource:	transformBoxRotatorFeedbackActive
Parts:	rotator1.feedbackActive<BR> rotator2.feedbackActive<BR> rotator3.feedbackActive
Appearance:	Thin purple line through center of box
Description:	Displayed to show axis of rotation during rotational dragging.
Resource:	transformBoxTranslatorTranslator
Parts:	translator1.translator<BR> translator2.translator<BR> translator3.translator<BR> translator4.translator<BR> translator5.translator<BR> translator6.translator
Appearance:	Invisible but pickable square surface
Description:	Picking these begins 2-D translational dragging within the plane of one of the sides of the box. The invisible squares of the six translate2Draggers are arranged to form the sides of the box.The squares are easy to discern, although rendered as invisible; they are bounded by the lines of the rotational dragger parts.
Resource:	transformBoxTranslatorTranslatorActive
Parts:	translator1.translatorActive<BR> translator2.translatorActive<BR> translator3.translatorActive<BR> translator4.translatorActive<BR> translator5.translatorActive<BR> translator6.translatorActive
Appearance:	Invisible square surface
Description:	Shown during 2-D translational dragging.
Resource:	transformBoxTranslatorXAxisFeedback
Parts:	translator1.xAxisFeedback<BR> translator2.xAxisFeedback<BR> translator3.xAxisFeedback<BR> translator4.xAxisFeedback<BR> translator5.xAxisFeedback<BR> translator6.xAxisFeedback
Appearance:	Short thin purple line
Description:	Only shown if dragger is moving and the axis is a permissable direction of motion. When pressing <shift>, motion is constrained, and this is displayed only if the primary motion is in the X direction.
Resource:	transformBoxTranslatorYAxisFeedback
Parts:	translator1.yAxisFeedback<BR> translator2.yAxisFeedback<BR> translator3.yAxisFeedback<BR> translator4.yAxisFeedback<BR> translator5.yAxisFeedback<BR> translator6.yAxisFeedback
Appearance:	Short thin purple line
Description:	Only shown if dragger is moving and the axis is a permissable direction of motion. When pressing <shift>, motion is constrained, and this is displayed only if the primary motion is in the Y direction.

CATALOG PARTS

All Parts

Part Name	Part Type	Default Type	NULL Default
callbackList	NodeKitListPart		yes
surroundScale	SurroundScale		yes
antiSquish	AntiSquish		no
scaler	ScaleUniformDragger		yes
rotator1	RotateCylindricalDragger		yes
rotator2	RotateCylindricalDragger		yes
rotator3	RotateCylindricalDragger		yes
translator1	Translate2Dragger		yes
translator2	Translate2Dragger		yes
translator3	Translate2Dragger		yes
translator4	Translate2Dragger		yes
translator5	Translate2Dragger		yes
translator6	Translate2Dragger		yes

Extra Information for List Parts from Above Table

Part Name	Container Type	Possible Types
callbackList	Separator	Callback, EventCallback

Reference