Package com.openinventor.inventor.draggers

Class SoJackDragger

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    SafeDisposable
    public class SoJackDragger
extends SoDragger
    Jack-shaped object you rotate, translate, or scale by dragging with the mouse. SoJackDragger is a composite dragger in the shape of a jack from the children's game jacks. Three lines along the x, y, and z axes form the central star shape, which you can drag with the mouse to rotate the jack. Dragging any of the small cubes mounted at the end of the axes will scale the jack uniformly in all 3 dimensions. At the core of the jack is an SoDragPointDragger for translating the jack.

    Each of these shapes is a different dragger with the default geometry changed. All of them are parts of the jack dragger, which keeps them moving together. The star is an SoRotateSphericalDragger, and dragging it updates the rotation field of the jack dragger. The small cubes are an SoScaleUniformDragger, tied to the scaleFactor field. The position of the SoDragPointDragger is given by the translation field. As with all draggers, if you change the fields 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 either:

    • Use an SoJackManip, which is subclassed from SoTransform. It creates one of these draggers and uses it as the interface to change its fields. (see the SoJackManip reference page).
    • Use field-to-field connections to connect the fields of this dragger to those of any SoTransformation node.

    You can change the parts in any instance of this dragger using setPart(). The default part geometries are defined as resources for this SoJackDragger 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/jackDragger.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 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:

    JackDragger {

      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 { }
      rotator RotateSphericalDragger { }
      translator DragPointDragger { }
      rotator.rotator <jackRotatorRotator resource>
      rotator.rotatorActive <jackRotatorRotatorActive resource>
      rotator.feedback <jackRotatorFeedback resource>
      rotator.feedbackActive <jackRotatorFeedbackActive resource>
      scaler.scaler <jackScalerScaler resource>
      scaler.scalerActive <jackScalerScalerActive resource>
      scaler.feedback <jackScalerFeedback resource>
      scaler.feedbackActive <jackScalerFeedbackActive resource>
      translator.xTranslator.translator <jackTranslatorLineTranslator resource>
      translator.yTranslator.translator <jackTranslatorLineTranslator resource>
      translator.zTranslator.translator <jackTranslatorLineTranslator resource>
      translator.xTranslator.translatorActive <jackTranslatorLineTranslatorActive resource>
      translator.yTranslator.translatorActive <jackTranslatorLineTranslatorActive resource>
      translator.zTranslator.translatorActive <jackTranslatorLineTranslatorActive resource>
      translator.yzTranslator.translator <jackTranslatorPlaneTranslator resource>
      translator.xzTranslator.translator <jackTranslatorPlaneTranslator resource>
      translator.xyTranslator.translator <jackTranslatorPlaneTranslator resource>
      translator.yzTranslator.translatorActive <jackTranslatorPlaneTranslatorActive resource>
      translator.xzTranslator.translatorActive <jackTranslatorPlaneTranslatorActive resource>
      translator.xyTranslator.translatorActive <jackTranslatorPlaneTranslatorActive resource>
      xFeedback <jackTranslatorXFeedback resource>
      yFeedback <jackTranslatorYFeedback resource>
      zFeedback <jackTranslatorZFeedback resource>
      yzFeedback <jackTranslatorYZFeedback resource>
      xzFeedback <jackTranslatorXZFeedback resource>
      xyFeedback <jackTranslatorXYFeedback resource>
    }

    DRAGGER RESOURCES

      Resource: jackRotatorRotator
      Part: rotator.rotator
      Appearance: The 'star' of the jack. Set of 3 white axes (lines)
      Description: Picking star begins rotational dragging of the jackDragger.

      Resource: jackRotatorRotatorActive
      Part: rotator.rotatorActive
      Appearance: Yellow version of the rotator.rotator part.
      Description: Displayed while the jackDragger is being rotated

      Resource: jackRotatorFeedback
      Part: rotator.feedback
      Appearance: Empty separator
      Description: Removes any feedback geometry created in the constructor of the SoRotateSphericalDragger.

      Resource: jackRotatorFeedbackActive
      Part: rotator.feedbackActive
      Appearance: Empty separator
      Description: Removes any feedbackActive geometry created in the constructor of the SoRotateSphericalDragger.

      Resource: jackScalerScaler
      Part: scaler.scaler
      Appearance: Six small white cubes, the tips of the rotator star
      Description: Picking this initiates uniform 3D scaling of the dragger.

      Resource: jackScalerScalerActive
      Part: scaler.scalerActive
      Appearance: Yellow version of the scaler.scaler resource.
      Description: Displayed while the dragger is being scaled.

      Resource: jackScalerFeedback
      Part: scaler.feedback
      Appearance: Empty separator
      Description: Removes any feedback geometry created in the constructor of the SoScaleUniformDragger.

      Resource: jackScalerFeedbackActive
      Part: scaler.feedbackActive
      Appearance: Empty separator
      Description: Removes any feedbackActive geometry created in the constructor of the SoScaleUniformDragger.

      Resource: jackTranslatorLineTranslator
      Parts: translator.xTranslator.translator<BR> translator.yTranslator.translator<BR> translator.zTranslator.translator
      Appearance: Skinny white cylinder aligned with axes of motion
      Description: Picking these parts initiates dragging in the x, y, and z linear draggers respectively.

      Resource: jackTranslatorLineTranslatorActive
      Parts: translator.xTranslator.translatorActive<BR> translator.yTranslator.translatorActive<BR> translator.zTranslator.translatorActive
      Appearance: Skinny yellow cylinder aligned with axes of motion
      Description: Shown during linear dragging in the x, y, and z directions respectively.

      Resource: jackTranslatorPlaneTranslator
      Parts: translator.yzTranslator.translator<BR> translator.xzTranslator.translator<BR> translator.xyTranslator.translator
      Appearance: White flattened cube, drawn in wireframe
      Description: Picking these parts initiates dragging by the yz, xz, and xy planar draggers respectively.

      Resource: jackTranslatorPlaneTranslatorActive
      Parts: translator.yzTranslator.translatorActive<BR> translator.xzTranslator.translatorActive<BR> translator.xyTranslator.translatorActive
      Appearance: Yellow flattened cube, drawn in wireframe
      Description: Shown during planar dragging in the yz, xz, and xy planes respectively.

      Resource: jackTranslatorXFeedback
      Part: xFeedback
      Appearance: Double-headed purple arrow
      Description: Feedback for motion in x direction

      Resource: jackTranslatorYFeedback
      Part: yFeedback
      Appearance: Double-headed purple arrow
      Description: Feedback for motion in y direction

      Resource: jackTranslatorZFeedback
      Part: zFeedback
      Appearance: Double-headed purple arrow
      Description: Feedback for motion in z direction

      Resource: jackTranslatorYZFeedback
      Part: yzFeedback
      Appearance: Semi-transparent green square in yz plane
      Description: Feedback for motion in yz plane

      Resource: jackTranslatorXZFeedback
      Part: xzFeedback
      Appearance: Semi-transparent green square in yz plane
      Description: Feedback for motion in xz plane

      Resource: jackTranslatorXYFeedback
      Part: xyFeedback
      Appearance: Semi-transparent green square in yz plane
      Description: Feedback for motion in xy plane

    CATALOG PARTS

    All Parts

      Part NamePart TypeDefault TypeNULL Default
      callbackList NodeKitListPart yes
      surroundScale SurroundScale yes
      antiSquish AntiSquish no
      scaler ScaleUniformDragger yes
      rotator RotateSphericalDragger yes
      translator DragPointDragger yes

    Extra Information for List Parts from Above Table

      Part NameContainer TypePossible Types
      callbackList Separator Callback, EventCallback

    See Also:
    SoInteractionKit, SoDragger, SoCenterballDragger, SoDirectionalLightDragger, SoDragPointDragger, SoHandleBoxDragger, SoPointLightDragger, SoRotateCylindricalDragger, SoRotateDiscDragger, SoRotateSphericalDragger, SoScale1Dragger, SoScale2Dragger, SoScale2UniformDragger, SoScaleUniformDragger, SoSpotLightDragger, SoTabBoxDragger, SoTabPlaneDragger, SoTrackballDragger, SoTransformBoxDragger, SoTransformerDragger, SoTranslate1Dragger, SoTranslate2Dragger

    • Field Detail

      • rotation

        public final SoSFRotation rotation
        Orientation of the dragger.

      • translation

        public final SoSFVec3f translation
        Position of the dragger.

      • scaleFactor

        public final SoSFVec3f scaleFactor
        Scale of the dragger. Note: The dragger will always scale uniformly in all 3 dimensions, using the highest value in the scaleFactor field. E.g. (10, 1, 1) is equivalent to (10, 10, 10). This behavior is consistent with scaling the dragger in user interactions because the scaling component of the dragger is an SoScaleUniformDragger.

    • Constructor Detail

      • SoJackDragger

        public SoJackDragger()
        Constructor.