java.lang.Object
- com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
- - com.openinventor.inventor.SbViewVolume

```
public class SbViewVolume
extends Inventor
```
3D viewing volume class. Class used to represent a 3D viewing volume. This class is used to represent viewing frusta and picking volumes. For perspective projection, the view volume is a frustum. For orthographic (parallel) projection, the view volume is a rectangular prism.
The view volume used for rendering can be queried from an SoCamera node using its getViewVolume() method.

See Also:

SbVec3f, SbVec2f, SbBox3f, SbMatrix, SbRotation, SoViewVolumeElement

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description
`static class`	`SbViewVolume.Matrices`
`static class`	`SbViewVolume.ProjectionTypes`	Projection type.
`static class`	`SbViewVolume.StereoModes`	Stereo Modes.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
Inventor.ConstructorCommand

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
  VERBOSE_LEVEL, ZeroHandle

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

SbViewVolume()
Default constructor.

SbViewVolume(SbViewVolume copyFrom)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(SbViewVolume v, float tolerance)`	Equality comparison within given tolerance.
`SbRotation`	`getAlignRotation()`	Calls getAlignRotation(false).
`SbRotation`	`getAlignRotation(boolean rightAngleOnly)`	Returns a rotation that would align a viewed object so that its positive x-axis (of its object space) is to the right in the view and its positive y-axis is up.
`float`	`getBalanceAdjustment()`	Queries the parallax balance.
`SbMatrix`	`getCameraSpaceMatrix()`	Returns a matrix that transforms the view volume into camera space: it translates the view volume so the viewpoint is at the origin, and rotates it so the view direction is along the negative z axis.
`float`	`getDepth()`	Returns depth of viewing frustum.
`float`	`getHeight()`	Returns height of viewing frustum.
`SbViewVolume.Matrices`	`getMatrices()`	Returns two matrices corresponding to the view volume.
`SbMatrix`	`getMatrix()`	Like the method above, but returns the affine and projection parts together in one matrix (i.e., affine.multRight(proj) ).
`float`	`getNearDist()`	Returns distance from projection point to near plane.
`SbPlane`	`getPlane(float distFromEye)`	Returns a plane parallel to the near (or far) plane of the view volume at a given distance from the projection point (eye).
`SbVec3f`	`getPlanePoint(float distFromEye, SbVec2f normPoint)`	Maps a 2D point in normalized screen coordinates (0 <= x,y <= 1) to a 3D world coordinates point on the plane parallel to the near plane that is at distFromEye units from the eye.
`SbBox3f`	`getProjectedBbox(SbBox3f box)`	Projects the given 3D bounding box onto the near plane and returns it (in normalized screen coordinates).
`SbBox3f`	`getProjectedBbox(SbMatrix affineProj, SbBox3f box)`	Same as getProjectedBbox but takes a matrix (containing affine and projection parts) to use instead of the one returned by getMatrix.
`SbVec3f`	`getProjectionDirection()`	Returns projection direction.
`SbVec3f`	`getProjectionPoint()`	Returns projection point.
`SbViewVolume.ProjectionTypes`	`getProjectionType()`	Returns projection type.
`SbVec3f`	`getSightPoint(float distFromEye)`	Returns the point along the line of sight at the given distance from the projection point (eye).
`float`	`getStereoAdjustment()`	Queries the stereo offset.
`SbViewVolume.StereoModes`	`getStereoMode()`	Queries the stereo mode.
`float`	`getWidth()`	Returns width of viewing frustum.
`float`	`getWorldToScreenScale(SbVec3f worldCenter, float normRadius)`	Returns a scale factor that would scale a unit sphere centered at worldCenter so that it would appear to have the given radius in normalized screen coordinates when projected onto the near plane.
`boolean`	`isBalanceNearFraction()`	Returns true if the stereo balance adjustement is defined as a fraction of the camera near distance.
`boolean`	`isStereoAbsoluteAdjustments()`	Returns true if the stereo adjustments are absolute.
`SbViewVolume`	`narrow(float left, float bottom, float right, float top)`	Given a view volume, narrows the view to the given sub-rectangle of the near plane.
`SbViewVolume`	`narrow(SbBox3f box)`	Narrows a view volume by the given box.
`void`	`ortho(float left, float right, float bottom, float top, float nearPlane, float farPlane)`	Sets up an orthographic view volume with the given sides.
`void`	`perspective(float fovy, float aspect, float nearPlane, float farPlane)`	Sets up a perspective view volume with the given field of view and aspect ratio.
`SbVec2f`	`projectBox(SbBox3f box)`	Projects the given 3D bounding box onto the near plane and returns the size (in normalized screen coordinates) of the rectangular region that encloses it.
`SbVec3f`	`projectFromScreen(SbVec3f src)`	Maps a 3D point in normalized screen coordinates (0 <= x,y,z <= 1) to a 3D world point.
`SbLine`	`projectPointToLine(SbVec2f pt)`	Maps a 2D point (in 0 <= x,y <= 1) to a 3D line.
`SbVec3f`	`projectToScreen(SbVec3f src)`	Maps a 3D point in world coordinates to a 2D point in normalized screen coordinates (0 <= x,y,z <= 1).
`void`	`rotateCamera(SbRotation q)`	Rotate the camera view direction.
`void`	`scale(float factor)`	Scales width and height of view volume by given factor.
`void`	`scaleHeight(float ratio)`	Scales view volume to be the given ratio of its current height, leaving the resulting view volume centered about the same point (in the near plane) as the current one.
`void`	`scaleWidth(float ratio)`	Scales view volume to be the given ratio of its current width, leaving the resulting view volume centered about the same point (in the near plane) as the current one.
`void`	`setBalanceAdjustment(float adjustment)`	Calls setBalanceAdjustment(adjustment, (boolean)false).
`void`	`setBalanceAdjustment(float adjustment, boolean nearFrac)`	Sets the stereo balance (the position of the zero parallax plane) and specifies whether the balance value is defined as a fraction of the camera near distance.
`void`	`setStereoAbsoluteAdjustments(boolean absolute)`	Specifies if stereo adjustments are absolute.
`void`	`setStereoAdjustment(float adjustment)`	Sets the stereo offset (the distance of each eye from the camera position).
`void`	`setStereoMode(SbViewVolume.StereoModes mode)`	Sets the stereo mode.
`void`	`setValue(SbViewVolume copyFrom)`
`static SbViewVolume[]`	`toArray(long nativeArray, long length)`
`void`	`translateCamera(SbVec3f v)`	Translate the camera viewpoint.
`SbViewVolume`	`zNarrow(float nearPlane, float farPlane)`	Returns a narrowed view volume which contains as tightly as possible the given interval on the z axis (in eye space).
`SbVec3f`	`zVector()`	Returns the positive z axis in eye space.

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
dispose, getNativeResourceHandle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - SbViewVolume
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public SbViewVolume(SbViewVolume copyFrom)
```
  - SbViewVolume
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public SbViewVolume()
```
    Default constructor. The view volume is not initialized.
- Method Detail
  - getAlignRotation
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public SbRotation getAlignRotation()
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    Calls getAlignRotation(false).
  - setBalanceAdjustment
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public void setBalanceAdjustment(float adjustment)
```
    Calls setBalanceAdjustment(adjustment, (boolean)false).
  - equals
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public boolean equals(SbViewVolume v,
                      float tolerance)
```
    Equality comparison within given tolerance.
  - getMatrices
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public SbViewVolume.Matrices getMatrices()
```
    Returns two matrices corresponding to the view volume. The first is a viewing matrix, which is guaranteed to be an affine transformation. The second is suitable for use as a projection matrix in OpenGL. The return value is the stereo offset for a camera.
    Prior to release 2.6, the return value was a void, not a float.
  - setValue
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public void setValue(SbViewVolume copyFrom)
```
  - narrow
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public SbViewVolume narrow(float left,
                           float bottom,
                           float right,
                           float top)
```
    Given a view volume, narrows the view to the given sub-rectangle of the near plane. The coordinates of the rectangle are between 0 and 1, where (0,0) is the lower-left corner of the near plane and (1,1) is the upper-right corner.
  - toArray
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public static SbViewVolume[] toArray(long nativeArray,
                                     long length)
```
  - narrow
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public SbViewVolume narrow(SbBox3f box)
```
    Narrows a view volume by the given box. The box must lie inside the unit cube, and the view will be shrunk according to the size of the box.
  - getProjectedBbox
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public SbBox3f getProjectedBbox(SbMatrix affineProj,
                                SbBox3f box)
```
    Same as getProjectedBbox but takes a matrix (containing affine and projection parts) to use instead of the one returned by getMatrix.
  - getProjectedBbox
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public SbBox3f getProjectedBbox(SbBox3f box)
```
    Projects the given 3D bounding box onto the near plane and returns it (in normalized screen coordinates).
  - getPlane
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public SbPlane getPlane(float distFromEye)
```
    Returns a plane parallel to the near (or far) plane of the view volume at a given distance from the projection point (eye).
  - getNearDist
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public float getNearDist()
```
    Returns distance from projection point to near plane.
  - zVector
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public SbVec3f zVector()
```
    Returns the positive z axis in eye space. In this coordinate system, the z value of the near plane should be greater than the z value of the far plane.
  - getProjectionDirection
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public SbVec3f getProjectionDirection()
```
    Returns projection direction.
  - getWorldToScreenScale
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public float getWorldToScreenScale(SbVec3f worldCenter,
                                   float normRadius)
```
    Returns a scale factor that would scale a unit sphere centered at worldCenter so that it would appear to have the given radius in normalized screen coordinates when projected onto the near plane.
  - getHeight
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public float getHeight()
```
    Returns height of viewing frustum.
  - translateCamera
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public void translateCamera(SbVec3f v)
```
    Translate the camera viewpoint. Note that this accomplishes the reverse of doing an OpenGL glTranslate() command after defining a camera, which translates the scene viewed by the camera.
  - getWidth
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public float getWidth()
```
    Returns width of viewing frustum.
  - projectFromScreen
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public SbVec3f projectFromScreen(SbVec3f src)
```
    Maps a 3D point in normalized screen coordinates (0 <= x,y,z <= 1) to a 3D world point. The resulting Z coordinate represents the normalized distance at which the point would be back projected, ranging from 0 at the near clipping plane to 1 at the far clipping plane. This method is simply the inverse of projectToScreen(). See also getPlanePoint().
    Note: This is a convenience function that calls the getMatrix() method and apply inverse() on it, then transforms the point. The getMatrix() and inverse() calls are somewhat expensive, so if you need to project a large number of points you should call the getMatrix() and inverse() methods just once and apply the matrix to each point using SbMatrix.multVecMatrix().
  - scaleWidth
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public void scaleWidth(float ratio)
```
    Scales view volume to be the given ratio of its current width, leaving the resulting view volume centered about the same point (in the near plane) as the current one.
  - getPlanePoint
```
public SbVec3f getPlanePoint(float distFromEye,
                             SbVec2f normPoint)
```
    Maps a 2D point in normalized screen coordinates (0 <= x,y <= 1) to a 3D world coordinates point on the plane parallel to the near plane that is at distFromEye units from the eye. (See also projectFromScreen().)
  - scale
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public void scale(float factor)
```
    Scales width and height of view volume by given factor.
  - getAlignRotation
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public SbRotation getAlignRotation(boolean rightAngleOnly)
```
    Returns a rotation that would align a viewed object so that its positive x-axis (of its object space) is to the right in the view and its positive y-axis is up. If rightAngleOnly is true, it will come as close as it can to this goal by using only 90 degree rotations.
  - scaleHeight
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public void scaleHeight(float ratio)
```
    Scales view volume to be the given ratio of its current height, leaving the resulting view volume centered about the same point (in the near plane) as the current one.
  - getSightPoint
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public SbVec3f getSightPoint(float distFromEye)
```
    Returns the point along the line of sight at the given distance from the projection point (eye).
  - getProjectionPoint
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public SbVec3f getProjectionPoint()
```
    Returns projection point.
  - zNarrow
```
public SbViewVolume zNarrow(float nearPlane,
                            float farPlane)
```
    Returns a narrowed view volume which contains as tightly as possible the given interval on the z axis (in eye space). The returned view volume will never be larger than the current volume, however. near and far are given in terms of zVector(): this means that near > far must hold.
  - getProjectionType
```
public SbViewVolume.ProjectionTypes getProjectionType()
```
    Returns projection type.
  - getBalanceAdjustment
```
public float getBalanceAdjustment()
```
    Queries the parallax balance.
  - perspective
```
public void perspective(float fovy,
                        float aspect,
                        float nearPlane,
                        float farPlane)
```
    Sets up a perspective view volume with the given field of view and aspect ratio. The parameters are the same as for the OpenGLgluPerspective() routine, except that the field of view angle is specified in radians.
  - setBalanceAdjustment
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public void setBalanceAdjustment(float adjustment,
                                 boolean nearFrac)
```
    Sets the stereo balance (the position of the zero parallax plane) and specifies whether the balance value is defined as a fraction of the camera near distance. Note: Since the projection matrix always depends on the camera's near plane, in some cases it may be necessary to detect changes to the camera near plane and adjust by setting a new stereo balance value. Open Inventor will make these adjustments automatically if the nearFrac parameter is set to true. In this case the stereo balance value is defined as a fraction of the camera near distance.
    Default balance is 1.0. The default can be set using the OIV_STEREO_BALANCE environment variable. Default nearFrac is false. The default can be set using the OIV_STEREO_BALANCE_NEAR_FRAC environment variable.
  - getCameraSpaceMatrix
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public SbMatrix getCameraSpaceMatrix()
```
    Returns a matrix that transforms the view volume into camera space: it translates the view volume so the viewpoint is at the origin, and rotates it so the view direction is along the negative z axis.
  - isBalanceNearFraction
```
public boolean isBalanceNearFraction()
```
    Returns true if the stereo balance adjustement is defined as a fraction of the camera near distance.
  - ortho
```
public void ortho(float left,
                  float right,
                  float bottom,
                  float top,
                  float nearPlane,
                  float farPlane)
```
    Sets up an orthographic view volume with the given sides. The parameters are the same as for the OpenGL glOrtho() routine.
  - getStereoMode
```
public SbViewVolume.StereoModes getStereoMode()
```
    Queries the stereo mode.
  - getMatrix
```
public SbMatrix getMatrix()
```
    Like the method above, but returns the affine and projection parts together in one matrix (i.e., affine.multRight(proj) ). Note that this matrix transforms world coordinates into normalized clip space, -1 to 1, not directly to normalized screen coordinates, 0 to 1. To convert the result to normalized screen coordinates: dst.multiply(0.5f); dst.plus(new SbVec3f(0.5f,0.5f,0.5f));
  - setStereoMode
```
public void setStereoMode(SbViewVolume.StereoModes mode)
```
    Sets the stereo mode.
  - setStereoAbsoluteAdjustments
```
public void setStereoAbsoluteAdjustments(boolean absolute)
```
    Specifies if stereo adjustments are absolute. false by default.
    The default non-absolute mode allows the stereo settings to be valid over a range of different view volume settings. If you chose absolute mode, you are responsible for modifying the stereo settings (if necessary) when the view volume changes.
    When absolute mode is true, stereo offset and balance for the right eye view are used as in the following pseudo-code:
    StereoCameraOffset = getStereoAdjustment(); FrustumAsymmetry = getBalanceAdjustment(); glTranslated (-StereoCameraOffset, 0, 0); glFrustum (FrustumLeft + FrustumAsymmetry, FrustumRight + FrustumAsymmetry, FrustumBottom, FrustumTop, NearClipDistance, FarClipDistance);
    The left eye view is symmetric.
    When absolute mode is false, stereo offset and balance for the right eye view are used as in the following pseudo-code:
    Xrange is right minus left (i.e., first two arguments of glFrustum) and multiply that difference by the ratio of the distance to the desired plane of zero parallax to the near clipping plane distance.
    StereoCameraOffset = Xrange * 0.035 * getStereoAdjustment(); FrustumAsymmetry = -StereoCameraOffset * getBalanceAdjustment(); ZeroParallaxDistance = (NearClipDistance + FarClipDistance)/0.5; FrustumAsymmetry *= NearClipDistance / ZeroParallaxDistance; glTranslated (-StereoCameraOffset, 0, 0); glFrustum (FrustumLeft + FrustumAsymmetry, FrustumRight + FrustumAsymmetry, FrustumBottom, FrustumTop, NearClipDistance, FarClipDistance);
    The left eye view is symmetric.
  - isStereoAbsoluteAdjustments
```
public boolean isStereoAbsoluteAdjustments()
```
    Returns true if the stereo adjustments are absolute.
  - getDepth
```
public float getDepth()
```
    Returns depth of viewing frustum.
  - projectToScreen
```
public SbVec3f projectToScreen(SbVec3f src)
```
    Maps a 3D point in world coordinates to a 2D point in normalized screen coordinates (0 <= x,y,z <= 1). The resulting Z screen coordinate represents the homogeneous Z coordinate which goes (nonlinearly) from 0 at the near clipping plane to 1 at the far clipping plane.
    NOTE: This is a convenience function that calls the getMatrix() method, then transforms the point. The getMatrix() call is somewhat expensive, so if you need to project a large number of points you should call the getMatrix() method just once and apply the matrix to each point using SbMatrix.multVecMatrix().
    However be aware that this matrix transforms world coordinates into normalized clip space, -1 to 1, not directly to normalized screen coordinates, 0 to 1. To convert the result to normalized screen coordinates: dst.multiply(0.5f); dst.plus(new SbVec3f(0.5f,0.5f,0.5f));
  - rotateCamera
```
public void rotateCamera(SbRotation q)
```
    Rotate the camera view direction. Note that this accomplishes the reverse of doing an OpenGL glRotate() command after defining a camera, which rotates the scene viewed by the camera.
  - getStereoAdjustment
```
public float getStereoAdjustment()
```
    Queries the stereo offset.
  - projectBox
```
public SbVec2f projectBox(SbBox3f box)
```
    Projects the given 3D bounding box onto the near plane and returns the size (in normalized screen coordinates) of the rectangular region that encloses it.
  - setStereoAdjustment
```
public void setStereoAdjustment(float adjustment)
```
    Sets the stereo offset (the distance of each eye from the camera position). The right eye is moved plus offset and the left eye is moved minus offset. Default is 0.7. The default can be set using OIV_STEREO_OFFSET environment variable.
  - projectPointToLine
```
public SbLine projectPointToLine(SbVec2f pt)
```
    Maps a 2D point (in 0 <= x,y <= 1) to a 3D line.

Constructor	Description
`SbViewVolume()`	Default constructor.
`SbViewVolume(SbViewVolume copyFrom)`

Class SbViewVolume

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

SbViewVolume

SbViewVolume

Method Detail

getAlignRotation

setBalanceAdjustment

equals

getMatrices

setValue

narrow

toArray

narrow

getProjectedBbox

getProjectedBbox

getPlane

getNearDist

zVector

getProjectionDirection

getWorldToScreenScale

getHeight

translateCamera

getWidth

projectFromScreen

scaleWidth

getPlanePoint

scale

getAlignRotation

scaleHeight

getSightPoint

getProjectionPoint

zNarrow

getProjectionType

getBalanceAdjustment

perspective

setBalanceAdjustment

getCameraSpaceMatrix

isBalanceNearFraction

ortho

getStereoMode

getMatrix

setStereoMode

setStereoAbsoluteAdjustments

isStereoAbsoluteAdjustments

getDepth

projectToScreen

rotateCamera

getStereoAdjustment

projectBox

setStereoAdjustment

projectPointToLine