SoElement Class

SoElement Class

Abstract base class for all state elements.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  OIV.InventorSoNetBase
    OIV.Inventor.ElementsSoElement
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Namespace: OIV.Inventor.Elements
Assembly: OIV.Inventor (in OIV.Inventor.dll) Version: 2023.1.3.0 (2023.1.3)

Syntax

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public abstract class SoElement : SoNetBase

Public MustInherit Class SoElement
	Inherits SoNetBase

public ref class SoElement abstract : public SoNetBase

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type SoElement =  
    class
        inherit SoNetBase
    end

The SoElement type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetClassStackIndexE	Returns the stack id for the element type.
	GetHashCode	Overrides GetHashCode(). (Inherited from SoNetBase.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Pop	Pops element.
	Push	Pushes element.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

This is the abstract base class for all state elements. This class defines the following features for all of its derived classes:

Type identifiers: Each class of element has a unique (static) SoType identifier. The correct type id is also stored in each instance for easy access.

Copying: Elements are copied into the list of elements used in an OIV.Inventor.Caches.SoCache. Performing any operation other than matches() on a copied element is not guaranteed to work (and will not work for things like Coordinates, if the coordinate they were pointing to has been deleted).

Stack indices: Since a subclass of an element class needs to be in the same state stack as the class from which it is derived, stack indices are inherited.

Capturing: Each time an element's value is accessed, that element is added to the elements-used list of all currently open caches.

Reference

OIV.Inventor.Elements Namespace

Inheritance Hierarchy