SoHeightFieldGeometry Class Reference

Height field data node More...

#include <VolumeViz/nodes/SoHeightFieldGeometry.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoHeightFieldGeometry:

Public Member Functions
virtual SoType	getTypeId () const
	Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.
	SoHeightFieldGeometry ()
	Constructor.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoVolumeData
	SoVolumeData ()
	Constructor.
virtual SbBool	getMinMax (int64_t &min, int64_t &max)
	Returns min and max values of the data set data.
virtual SbBool	getMinMax (double &min, double &max)
	Returns min and max values of the data set.
SbBool	getHistogram (int &length, int64_t *&histogram)
	Returns the histogram of the volume data.
void	updateRegions (const SbBox3i32 *region, int num_regions)
	Updates regions of the volume that have been modified.
void	updateTilesInTextureMemory (SoLDMTileID *tiles, int numTiles)
	Reloads textures corresponding to the given tile IDs.
void	setRGBAData (const bool flag)
	Force data to be considered as RGBA values.
CoordinateType	getCoordinateType () const
const std::vector< float > &	getRectilinearCoordinates (Axis axis) const
	Returns a vector describing mapping from uniform space to rectilinear space.
virtual SbBool	startEditing (int &transactionId)
	Initiate an editing transaction.
virtual int	editTile (const SoLDMTileID &tileId, SoBufferObject *userData)
	Replaces the contents of a tile with the given data.
virtual int	editSubVolume (const SbBox3i32 &subVolume, SoBufferObject *userData)
	Replaces the contents of a subvolume with the given data.
virtual int	editTile (const SoLDMTileID &tileId, const double &value)
	Replaces the contents of a tile with the specified value.
virtual int	editSubVolume (const SbBox3i32 &subVolume, const double &value)
	Replaces the contents of a subvolume with the specified value.
virtual int	editSurfaceShape (const SoNode *surfaceShape, const float &thickness, const double &newValue)
	Replaces all voxels intersecting the polygons or lines defined by the surfaceShape and given thickness with the specified value.
virtual int	editSolidShape (const SoNode *solidShape, const double &value)
	Replaces all voxels intersecting the given shape with the specified value.
virtual int	editBoxes (const std::vector< SbVec3i32 > &boxCenters, const int &boxSize, const double &newValue)
	Replace all voxels in the region defined by a list of boxes with the specified value.
virtual SbBool	finishEditing (int transactionId)
	Terminates an editing transaction.
virtual SbBool	undoEditing (int transactionId)
	Undo all modifications associated with the specified transaction id.
virtual SbBool	redoEditing (int transactionId)
	Redo all modifications associated with the specified transaction id.
virtual SbBool	saveEditing (bool recomputeLowerResolution=TRUE, const std::vector< char * > convertionParameters=std::vector< char * >(), SaveEditingCB *callback=NULL)
	Commit all transactions.
SoDEPRECATED SoVolumeData *	reSampling (const SbVec3i32 &dimension, SoVolumeData::SubMethod subMethod, SoVolumeData::OverMethod=NONE)
	Re-samples the volume down to or up to the given dimension using the sub-sampling method SubMethod() and the over-sampling method OverMethod().
SoDEPRECATED SoVolumeData *	subSetting (const SbBox3i32 &region)
	Extracts the data volume defined by region.
SoDEPRECATED void	setTexMemorySize (int size)
	Specifies the maximum texture memory size to use in mega texels.
SoDEPRECATED int	getTexMemorySize ()
	Returns the maximum texture memory size to use in mega texels.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoDataSet
const SbVec3i32 &	getDimension ()
	Returns the data set dimension.
SbVec3i32	getTileDimension ()
	Returns the tile dimension.
unsigned int	getDatumSize ()
	Returns the number of bytes per voxel.
virtual size_t	readTile (SoBufferObject *&bufferObject, SoLDMTileID tileID, bool transform)
	Copies the specified tile into the provided buffer.
virtual void	readTile (SoLDMTileID tileID, SoBufferObject *buffer, bool transform)
	Copies the specified tile into the provided buffer.
virtual void	writeTile (SoLDMTileID tileID, SoBufferObject *buffer, SoVolumeWriter *writer)
	Write the specified tile using the specified writer.
bool	isInMemory (SoLDMTileID tileID) const
	Indicates whether a tile is in main memory.
bool	isDataInMemory (const SoLDMTileID &tileID) const
	Indicates whether the data attached to a tile is in main memory.
void	getTileIDInMemory (std::vector< LDM_TILE_ID_TYPE > &tilesInMemory) const
	Debug purpose only.
SoLDMDataAccess &	getLdmDataAccess ()
	Returns a reference to the SoLDMDataAccess object.
virtual bool	hasEditedTile ()
	Returns true if DataSet has edited tiles.
SoLDMReader *	getLDMReader ()
	Returns a pointer to the current data set reader object.
void	setLDMReader (SoLDMReader *reader)
	Sets the LDM volume reader object to use.
SoVolumeReader *	getReader ()
	Returns the current data set reader object.
SoVolumeReader *	getReader () const
	Returns the current data set reader object.
int	numSigBits () const
	Returns the number of significant bits.
DataType	getDataType ()
	Returns the data type.
int	getDataSize ()
	Returns the number of bytes per voxel in VolumeViz.
void	setReader (SoVolumeReader &reader, SbBool takeOwnership=FALSE)
	This method allows the data to be read directly from the disk using the specified subclass of SoVolumeReader.
virtual SbVec3f	voxelToXYZ (const SbVec3f &dataPosition) const
	Converts the specified point in voxel coordinates (I,J,K) to geometric coordinates (X,Y,Z).
virtual SbBox3f	voxelToXYZ (const SbBox3f &box) const
	Converts the specified box in voxel coordinates (I,J,K) to geometric coordinates (X,Y,Z).
virtual SbVec3f	XYZToVoxel (const SbVec3f &dataPosition) const
	Converts the specified point in geometric coordinates (X,Y,Z) to voxel coordinates (I,J,K).
virtual SbBox3f	XYZToVoxel (const SbBox3f &xyzBox) const
	Converts the specified box in geometric coordinates to voxel coordinates.
void	resetReader ()
	Resets previously set custom reader setup by setReader call.
const SoLDMTopoOctree *	getLDMTopoOctree () const
	Returns the LDMTopoOctree used by this SoDataSet.
virtual SoDEPRECATED void	readTile (SoLDMTileID tileID, unsigned char *buffer, bool transform)
SoDEPRECATED void	setLDMDataTransformFunction (SoLDMDataTransformFunction *func, void *userData=NULL)
	If set, the user-defined function is called after each tile is loaded, but before it is stored in main memory.
SoDEPRECATED int	getOverlapping ()
	Returns the tile border (overlap) in voxels.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
virtual void	setOverride (const SbBool state)
	Turns the override flag on or off.
virtual SbBool	isOverride () const
	Returns the state of the override flag.
virtual SoNode *	copy (SbBool copyConnections=FALSE) const
	Creates and returns an exact copy of the node.
virtual SbBool	affectsState () const
	Returns TRUE if a node has an effect on the state during traversal.
virtual void	touch ()
	Marks an instance as modified, simulating a change to it.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void	setToDefaults ()
	Sets all fields in this object to their default values.
SbBool	hasDefaultValues () const
	Returns TRUE if all of the object's fields have their default values.
SbBool	fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
	Returns TRUE if this object's fields are exactly equal to fc's fields.
void	copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *fc, SbBool copyConnections=FALSE)
	Copies the contents of fc's fields into this object's fields.
SoNONUNICODE SbBool	set (const char *fieldDataString)
	Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Open Inventor file format.
SbBool	set (const SbString &fieldDataString)
	Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Open Inventor file format.
void	get (SbString &fieldDataString)
	Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Open Inventor ASCII file format in the given string.
virtual int	getFields (SoFieldList &list) const
	Appends references to all of this object's fields to resultList, and returns the number of fields appended.
virtual int	getAllFields (SoFieldList &list) const
	Returns a list of fields, including the eventIn's and eventOut's.
virtual SoField *	getField (const SbName &fieldName) const
	Returns a the field of this object whose name is fieldName.
virtual SoField *	getEventIn (const SbName &fieldName) const
	Returns a the eventIn with the given name.
virtual SoField *	getEventOut (const SbName &fieldName) const
	Returns the eventOut with the given name.
SbBool	getFieldName (const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName) const
	Returns the name of the given field in the fieldName argument.
SbBool	enableNotify (SbBool flag)
	Notification at this Field Container is enabled (if flag == TRUE) or disabled (if flag == FALSE).
SbBool	isNotifyEnabled () const
	Notification is the process of telling interested objects that this object has changed.
virtual void	setUserData (void *data)
	Sets application data.
void *	getUserData (void) const
	Gets user application data.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
virtual SbName	getName () const
	Returns the name of an instance.
virtual void	setName (const SbName &name)
	Sets the name of an instance.
void	setSynchronizable (const bool b)
	Sets this to be a ScaleViz synchronizable object.
bool	isSynchronizable () const
	Gets the ScaleViz synchronizable state of this object.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoRefCounter
void	ref () const
	Adds a reference to an instance.
void	unref () const
	Removes a reference from an instance.
void	unrefNoDelete () const
	unrefNoDelete() should be called when it is desired to decrement the reference count, but not delete the instance if this brings the reference count to zero.
int	getRefCount () const
	Returns current reference count.
void	lock () const
	lock this instance.
void	unlock () const
	unlock this instance.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoTypedObject
SbBool	isOfType (const SoType &type) const
	Returns TRUE if this object is of the type specified in type or is derived from that type.
template<typename TypedObjectClass >
SbBool	isOfType () const
	Returns TRUE if this object is of the type of class TypedObjectClass or is derived from that class.

Static Public Member Functions
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoVolumeData
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoDataSet
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.
static int	dataSize (DataType dataType)
	Returns the number of bytes per voxel of the specified data type.
static SbBool	isDataSigned (DataType dataType)
	Returns TRUE if the given data type is a signed integer data type.
static SbBool	isDataFloat (DataType dataType)
	Returns TRUE if the given data type is a float data type.
static int	getMaxNumDataSets ()
	Returns the maximum number of data sets that can be render composited on the current hardware (essentially the number of texture units - 1).
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.
static SoNode *	getByName (const SbName &name)
	A node's name can be set using SoBase::setName().
static int	getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)
	A node's name can be set using SoBase::setName().
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type of this class.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns type identifier for this class.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoTypedObject
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoVolumeRendering
static void	init ()
	Initializes the VolumeViz module database.
static void	finish ()
	Shuts down the VolumeViz module, which includes freeing any internal static memory that it allocated.
static bool	isInitialized ()
	Returns TRUE if module is currently initialized.
static void	setWriteAlternateRep (SbBool flag)
	Sets the writeAlternateRep flag.
static SbBool	getWriteAlternateRep ()
	Returns the writeAlternateRep flag.
static void	setReadAlternateRep (SbBool flag)
	Sets the readAlternateRep flag.
static SbBool	getReadAlternateRep ()
	Returns the readAlternateRep flag.
static HW_SupportStatus	isSupported (HW_Feature feature)
	Returns information about hardware support for various volume rendering features.
static SoDEPRECATED void	setDelayedRendering (SbBool flag)
	Sets the delayedRendering flag.
static SoDEPRECATED SbBool	getDelayedRendering ()
	Returns the delayedRendering flag.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from SoVolumeData
enum	CoordinateType {   COORDINATES_UNIFORM = SoVolumeReader::COORDINATES_UNIFORM ,   COORDINATES_RECTILINEAR = SoVolumeReader::COORDINATES_RECTILINEAR }
	Coordinate type used by this data set. More...
enum	Axis {   X ,   Y ,   Z }
	Which axis to handle. More...
typedef SoLDMDataAccess	LDMDataAccess
typedef ::SoLDMResourceParameters	SoLDMResourceParameters
enum	StorageHint {   AUTO ,   TEX2D_MULTI ,   TEX2D = TEX2D_MULTI ,   TEX3D ,   MEMORY }
	Storage Hints mode TODO: this enum should be in the private section as its storageHints deprecated field coiunterpart BUT it is used in other internal implementation place. More...
enum	SubMethod {   NEAREST ,   MAX ,   AVERAGE }
	Sub sampling method mode. More...
enum	OverMethod {   NONE ,   CONSTANT ,   LINEAR ,   CUBIC }
	Over sampling method mode. More...
Public Types inherited from SoDataSet
enum	DataType {   UNSIGNED_BYTE = SbDataType::UNSIGNED_BYTE ,   UNSIGNED_SHORT = SbDataType::UNSIGNED_SHORT ,   UNSIGNED_INT32 = SbDataType::UNSIGNED_INT32 ,   SIGNED_BYTE = SbDataType::SIGNED_BYTE ,   SIGNED_SHORT = SbDataType::SIGNED_SHORT ,   SIGNED_INT32 = SbDataType::SIGNED_INT32 ,   FLOAT = SbDataType::FLOAT ,   DOUBLE = SbDataType::DOUBLE }
	Supported data type. More...
typedef SbBool	SaveEditingCB(SoDataSet *dataSet, SoVolumeWriter *writer, int tilesRemaining, int totalTiles)
	This is the declaration to use for saveEditing callback functions.
typedef void	SoLDMDataTransformFunction(SoDataSet *ds, const SbVec3i32 &bufferDimension, void *bufferToTransform, const SbBox3i32 &dataBox, int resolutionLevel, void *userData)
Public Types inherited from SoVolumeRendering
enum	HW_Feature {   HW_3DTEXMAP = SoHardwareQuery::HW_3DTEXMAP ,   HW_TEXCOLORMAP = SoHardwareQuery::HW_TEXCOLORMAP ,   HW_TEXCOMPRESSION = SoHardwareQuery::HW_TEXCOMPRESSION }
	Hardware Features Mode. More...
enum	HW_SupportStatus {   NO = SoHardwareQuery::NO ,   YES ,   UNKNOWN }
	Hardware Features support status. More...
Public Attributes inherited from SoVolumeData
SoSFBool	usePalettedTexture
	For a volume containing scalar data values, controls whether scalar values (true) or RGBA values (false) are loaded on the GPU (the name is historical).
SoSFBool	useSharedPalettedTexture
	Note: On graphics boards that support programmable shaders, this field is ignored (virtually all graphics boards support programmable shaders).
SoSFBool	useExtendedData
	If TRUE, VolumeViz stores an additional copy of each loaded tile.
SoSFArray3D	data
	Specifies the volume data, including dimensions, data type and number of significant bits.
SoSFBool	dataRGBA
	Contains TRUE if the volume contains RGBA values rather than scalar values.
Public Attributes inherited from SoDataSet
SoSFInt32	dataSetId
	When using multiple SoDataSet nodes, the dataSetId field uniquely identifies each data set used in the compositing.
SoSFFilePathString	fileName
	Indicates the file location containing the data set.
SoSFBool	useCompressedTexture
	Controls use of OpenGL lossy texture compression for RGBA data (if available).
SoSFUShort	texturePrecision
	For scalar (non-RGBA) data, specifies the size of voxel values on the GPU in bits.
SoSFBox3f	extent
	The real size (extent) of the volume in modeling coordinates.
SoSFLDMDataTransform	dataTransform
	If set to an appropriate SoLDMDataTransform object, the object's transformFunction method is called after each tile is loaded, but before it is stored in main memory.
SoSFBool	allocateResourceOnRender
	Indicates if resource allocation is done only on first render traversal or as soon as the node is created.
SoSFDouble	undefinedValue
	Data with this value won't be rendered.
SoSFLDMResourceParameters	ldmResourceParameters
	Contains an SoLDMResourceParameters object which allows you to set LDM resource parameters.

Detailed Description

Height field data node

SoHeightFieldGeometry defines a uniform grid in the XY plane whose vertices are height (Z) values stored in 2D LDM format (any LDM data set with the Z dimension equal to 1). Storing only height values is a very efficient way to represent a surface and LDM supports 8 and 16 bit integer data in addition to float (and other types). Adding the combination of LDM data management with advanced GPU features provides a way to handle extremely large surfaces. Just as with volume data, LDM uses tiles of data and multiple levels of resolution to enable interactive frame rates even for data sets that cannot fit in system memory.

SoHeightFieldGeometry is derived from SoVolumeData and serves a similar purpose in the scene graph, providing a reference to an LDM data set which will be loaded as needed by rendering nodes, specifically SoHeightFieldRender in this case. The geometry is given by the inherited field fileName. The given file must be an LDM file built by the LDM converter (see SoConverter). For use with SoHeightFieldRender the data set must have a depth (Z dimension) of exactly 1. The inherited field undefinedValue allows to specify an "undefined" value which will be rendered as holes in the grid. This value can also be specified with the -u option of the converter.

Data set values are converted to height values in 3D space in two ways depending on the data type:

• Integer values are normalized between [0,1] ([-1,1] for signed types) based on the range of values for the specific data type. For example, for UNSIGNED BYTE values the range 0..255 is mapped to 0..1.
• Floating point values are not normalized (are used "as is").

Extent in 3D space

A standard SoVolumeData node has no intrinsic "extent" in 3D. The extent of the volume is initially defined by the values returned from the volume reader (normally from the extent tag in the LDM file header). The extent field is initialized with these values from the reader and always contains the current extent values. The application can modify the extent of the volume by changing the values in the extent field. (Note that the actual bounding box of the volume in 3D is the volume extent modified by any transform nodes in the scene graph.)

SoHeightFieldGeometry only uses the X and Y parts of the extent field. The Z extent of the surface in 3D is completely defined by the values in the data set. So the X and Y values in the extent field are the actual extent, but the Z values are not meaningful and changing the Z values in the extent field has no effect. Note that you can always get the current bounding box (X, Y and Z) using an SoGetBoundingBoxAction and you can still control the bounding box using an SoTransform (or similar) node. To scale or offset the height values, put a transform node in the scene graph before the SoHeightFieldGeometry node. For example, to scale the height values by a factor of 2, you could use an SoScale node with the scaleFactor field set to (0,0,2).

Warning

If you implement your own volume reader, we strongly recommend implementing the method SoVolumeReader::getTileMinMax(). The tile min/max is used to improve the tesselation (adjust the number of triangles depending on the difference between min and max). Because of the way the height field algorithm works, if tile min/max info is not available, VolumeViz must load all height field tiles before the first render. This can cause a long delay before the first rendering appears.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

HeightFieldGeometry {

allocateResourceOnRender	FALSE
data	NODATA 0 0 0 UBYTE 8
dataRGBA	FALSE
dataSetId	1
dataTransform	NULL
extent	-1 -1 -1 1 1 1
fileName	""
texturePrecision	0
undefinedValue	NaN
useCompressedTexture	TRUE
useExtendedData	FALSE
usePalettedTexture	TRUE
useSharedPalettedTexture	TRUE

}

SEE ALSO

SoHeightFieldRender, SoHeightFieldProperty, SoMultiDataSeparator, SoConverter

Definition at line 124 of file SoHeightFieldGeometry.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoHeightFieldGeometry()

SoHeightFieldGeometry::SoHeightFieldGeometry

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Constructor.

Member Function Documentation

getClassTypeId()

static SoType SoHeightFieldGeometry::getClassTypeId ( )

static

Returns the type identifier for this class.

getTypeId()

virtual SoType SoHeightFieldGeometry::getTypeId ( ) const

virtual

Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

Reimplemented from SoVolumeData.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• VolumeViz/nodes/SoHeightFieldGeometry.h