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SoTrackballDragger Class Reference

Striped ball you can rotate or scale uniformly by dragging with the mouse. More...

#include <Inventor/draggers/SoTrackballDragger.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for SoTrackballDragger:

Public Member Functions

virtual SoType getTypeId () const
 Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.
 
virtual const SoNodekitCataloggetNodekitCatalog () const
 Returns the SoNodekitCatalog for this instance.
 
 SoTrackballDragger ()
 Constructor.
 
SbBool isAnimationEnabled ()
 Returns whether spin animation is enabled.
 
void setAnimationEnabled (SbBool newVal)
 Enables/disables spin animation.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoDragger
void addStartCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Adds start callback.
 
void removeStartCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Removes start callback.
 
void addMotionCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Adds motion callback.
 
void removeMotionCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Removes motion callback.
 
void addFinishCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Adds finish callback.
 
void removeFinishCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Removes finish callback.
 
void addValueChangedCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Adds value-changed callback.
 
void removeValueChangedCallback (SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData=NULL)
 Removes value-changed callback.
 
void setMinGesture (int pixels)
 Sets the number of pixels of movement required to initiate a constraint gesture.
 
void setMinGesture (float pixels)
 Float version of setMinGesture.
 
int getMinGesture () const
 Gets the number of pixels of movement required to initiate a constraint gesture.
 
float getMinGestureFloat () const
 Float version of getMinGesture.
 
SbBool enableValueChangedCallbacks (SbBool newVal)
 You can temporarily disable a dragger's valueChangedCallbacks.
 
void setTrackerDirectMode (TrackerDirectMode mode=DEFAULT)
 Sets the tracker direct mode for this dragger (see description above).
 
TrackerDirectMode getTrackerDirectMode () const
 Get the current tracker direct mode for this dragger.
 
void setMotionMatrix (const SbMatrix &newMatrix)
 Set the motion matrix.
 
const SbMatrixgetMotionMatrix ()
 Get the motion matrix.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoInteractionKit
virtual SbBool setPartAsPath (const SbName &partName, SoPath *surrogatePath)
 Sets any public part in the interaction kit as a "surrogate" path instead.
 
virtual SbBool affectsState () const
 Returns TRUE if a node has an effect on the state during traversal.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoBaseKit
 SoBaseKit ()
 Constructor.
 
virtual SoNodegetPart (const SbName &partName, SbBool makeIfNeeded)
 Searches the nodekit catalog (and those of all nested nodekits) for the part named partName.
 
template<typename PartType >
PartType * getPart (const SbName &partName)
 Like getPart(const SbName&,SbBool) but casts the returned part to the specified type and sets the makeIfNeeded parameter to TRUE.
 
template<typename PartType >
PartType * checkPart (const SbName &partName)
 Like getPart(const SbName&,SbBool) but casts the returned part to the specified type and sets the makeIfNeeded parameter to FALSE.
 
SbString getPartString (const SoBase *part)
 Given a node or a path to a node, checks if the part exists in the nodekit, in a nested nodekit, or an element of a list part.
 
virtual SoNodeKitPathcreatePathToPart (const SbName &partName, SbBool makeIfNeeded, const SoPath *pathToExtend=NULL)
 Returns a path that begins at this nodekit and ends at partName.
 
virtual SbBool setPart (const SbName &partName, SoNode *newPart)
 Inserts the given node (not a copy) as the new part specified by partName.
 
SoNONUNICODE SbBool set (char *nameValuePairListString)
 This function allows field values of parts (nodes) to be set in several different parts simultaneously.
 
SbBool set (const SbString &nameValuePairListString)
 This function allows field values of parts (nodes) to be set in several different parts simultaneously.
 
SoNONUNICODE SbBool set (const char *partNameString, const char *parameterString)
 This function allows field values of parts (nodes) to be set.
 
SbBool set (const SbString &partNameString, const SbString &parameterString)
 This function allows field values of parts (nodes) to be set.
 
- 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 SoNodecopy (SbBool copyConnections=FALSE) const
 Creates and returns an exact copy of the node.
 
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 SoFieldgetField (const SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns a the field of this object whose name is fieldName.
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventIn (const SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns a the eventIn with the given name.
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventOut (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.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoGetView
 SoGetView ()
 Default constructor.
 
virtual ~SoGetView ()
 
virtual SbBool getViewportIsEnabled () const
 Returns TRUE if SoGetView functionalities are enabled, FALSE otherwise.
 
virtual const SbVec2f getViewportOrigin () const
 Returns SbViewportRegion origin.
 
virtual const SbVec2f getViewportSize () const
 Returns SbViewportRegion size.
 

Static Public Member Functions

static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for this class.
 
static const SoNodekitCataloggetClassNodekitCatalog ()
 Returns the SoNodekitCatalog for this class.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoDragger
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for this class.
 
static const SoNodekitCataloggetClassNodekitCatalog ()
 Returns the SoNodekitCatalog for this class.
 
static void setMinScale (float newMinScale)
 Sets the smallest scale that any dragger will write.
 
static float getMinScale ()
 Gets the smallest scale that any dragger will write.
 
static void setInitialTrackerDirectMode (TrackerDirectMode mode=DEFAULT)
 Set the initial tracker direct mode for draggers not yet created.
 
static TrackerDirectMode getInitialTrackerDirectMode ()
 Get the initial tracker direct mode.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoInteractionKit
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for this class.
 
static const SoNodekitCataloggetClassNodekitCatalog ()
 Returns the SoNodekitCatalog for this class.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBaseKit
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for this class.
 
static const SoNodekitCataloggetClassNodekitCatalog ()
 Returns the SoNodekitCatalog for the class SoBaseKit.
 
static void setSearchingChildren (SbBool newVal)
 Sets if nodekit children are searched during SoSearchAction traversal.
 
static SbBool isSearchingChildren ()
 Returns TRUE if nodekit children are searched during SoSearchAction traversal.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for this class.
 
static SoNodegetByName (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.
 

Public Attributes

SoSFRotation rotation
 Orientation of the dragger.
 
SoSFVec3f scaleFactor
 Scale of the dragger.
 
- Public Attributes inherited from SoDragger
SoSFBool isActive
 TRUE when mouse is down and dragging, else FALSE.
 
SoSFBool enableCallbacks
 If set to FALSE, motion, start and finish callbacks are disabled.
 
- Public Attributes inherited from SoInteractionKit
SoSFEnum boundingBoxCaching
 Set bounding box caching mode.
 
SoSFEnum renderCulling
 Set render culling mode.
 
SoSFEnum pickCulling
 Set pick caching mode.
 
SoDEPRECATED SoSFEnum renderCaching
 Set render caching mode.
 
- Public Attributes inherited from SoBaseKit
SoSFBool boundingBoxIgnoring
 Whether to ignore this node during bounding box traversal.
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from SoDragger
enum  TrackerDirectMode {
  NONE ,
  MOVE ,
  ROTATE ,
  FREE ,
  DEFAULT
}
 Tracker direct mode. More...
 
- Public Types inherited from SoInteractionKit
enum  CacheEnabled {
  OFF ,
  ON ,
  AUTO
}
 Possible values for caching. More...
 

Detailed Description

Striped ball you can rotate or scale uniformly by dragging with the mouse.

SoTrackballDragger is a ball wrapped in three circular stripes. The stripes are oriented like wheels that spin around the x, y, and z axes. Drag the stripes to rotate the trackball around those axes. You do not have to hit the lines; pick anywhere within the stripe's outline. To rotate the trackball freely in 3 dimensions, click the area between the stripes and then drag. An invisible but pickable sphere initiates this dragging. If the mouse is still moving when you release it, the trackball will continue to spin.

Press the <Control> key to scale the trackball uniformly instead of rotating. This behavior may be disabled by setting the environment variable OIV_DISABLE_DRAGGER_CTRL_KEY to false (see SoPreferences).

Press the <Shift> key and the user axis appears; this is a draggable axis with an extra stripe around it. Moving the mouse along the surface of the sphere drags the 'pole' of the axis. Release the <Shift> key and the user axis remains; drag the new stripe for constrained rotation around the user axis. To make the user axis disappear, press <Shift> and drag the pole to where two of other stripes intersect. This aligns the user axis with a primary axis, at which point the user axis disappears.

As you drag the trackball, it updates its rotation field, or its scaleFactor field if the <Control> key is down. As with all draggers, if you change the fields the dragger moves in response.

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

  • Use an SoTrackballManip, which is subclassed from SoTransform. The manipulator creates one of these draggers and uses it as the interface to edit the manipulator's fields. (see the SoTrackballManip 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 SoTrackballDragger 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/trackballDragger.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.

NOTES

    Unlike most multi-function draggers, SoTrackballDragger is not a compound dragger made up of other draggers that perform its smaller tasks. This is not because it was inappropriate, but because the trackball was written before implementation of the methods that take care of synchronizing multiple child draggers. The younger SoCenterballDragger is similar in form to the trackball, but the centerball is a compound dragger.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

    TrackballDragger {
    boundingBoxCaching AUTO
    renderCulling AUTO
    pickCulling AUTO
    isActive FALSE
    rotation 0 0 1 0
    scaleFactor 1 1 1
    callbackList NULL
    surroundScale NULL
    antiSquish AntiSquish {
     sizing LONGEST_DIAGONAL
    }
    rotator <trackballRotator resource>
    rotatorActive <trackballRotatorActive resource>
    XRotator <trackballXRotator resource>
    XRotatorActive <trackballXRotatorActive resource>
    YRotator <trackballYRotator resource>
    YRotatorActive <trackballYRotatorActive resource>
    ZRotator <trackballZRotator resource>
    ZRotatorActive <trackballZRotatorActive resource>
    userAxis <trackballUserAxis resource>
    userAxisActive <trackballUserAxisActive resource>
    userRotator <trackballUserRotator resource>
    userRotatorActive <trackballUserRotatorActive resource>
    }

DRAGGER RESOURCES

    Resource: trackballRotator
    Part: rotator
    Appearance: Invisible but pickable sphere
    Description: Initiates unconstrained 3D rotation. Slightly smaller radius than the stripes, so you must pick between the stripes to use it.

    Resource: trackballRotatorActive
    Part: rotatorActive
    Appearance: Invisible sphere
    Description: Displayed during unconstrained 3D rotation.

    Resource: trackballXRotator
    Part: XRotator
    Appearance: White outline of a stripe aligned with the X axis.
    Description: Pick this to initiate constrained rotation about the X axis.

    Resource: trackballXRotatorActive
    Part: XRotatorActive
    Appearance: Yellow version of the regular XRotator
    Description: Displayed during constrained rotation about the X axis.

    Resource: trackballYRotator
    Part: YRotator
    Appearance: White outline of a stripe aligned with the Y axis.
    Description: Pick this to initiate constrained rotation about the Y axis.

    Resource: trackballYRotatorActive
    Part: YRotatorActive
    Appearance: Yellow version of the regular YRotator
    Description: Displayed during constrained rotation about the Y axis.

    Resource: trackballZRotator
    Part: ZRotator
    Appearance: White outline of a stripe aligned with the Z axis.
    Description: Pick this to initiate constrained rotation about the Z axis.

    Resource: trackballZRotatorActive
    Part: ZRotatorActive
    Appearance: Yellow version of the regular ZRotator
    Description: Displayed during constrained rotation about the Z axis.

    Resource: trackballUserAxis
    Part: userAxis
    Appearance: Thin purple line
    Description: Displays the user axis. Dragging the userRotator rotates about this line.

    Resource: trackballUserAxisActive
    Part: userAxisActive
    Appearance: Thin purple line
    Description: Displays the user axis. Dragging the userRotator rotates about this line.

    Resource: trackballUserRotator
    Part: userRotator
    Appearance: Transparent green stripe circling the user axis.
    Description: Pick to initiate constrained rotation about the user axis.

    Resource: trackballUserRotatorActive
    Part: userRotatorActive
    Appearance: Brighter green version of the regular userRotator
    Description: Displayed during constrained rotation about the user axis.

CATALOG PARTS

    All Parts
    Part Name Part Type Default Type NULL Default
    callbackList NodeKitListPart yes
    surroundScale SurroundScale yes
    antiSquish AntiSquish no
    rotator Separator yes
    rotatorActive Separator yes
    XRotator Separator yes
    XRotatorActive Separator yes
    YRotator Separator yes
    YRotatorActive Separator yes
    ZRotator Separator yes
    ZRotatorActive Separator yes
    userAxis Separator yes
    userAxisActive Separator yes
    userRotator Separator yes
    userRotatorActive Separator yes

    Extra Information for List Parts from Above Table

    Part Name Container Type Possible Types
    callbackList Separator Callback, EventCallback

SEE ALSO

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

Definition at line 292 of file SoTrackballDragger.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SoTrackballDragger()

SoTrackballDragger::SoTrackballDragger ( )

Constructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getClassNodekitCatalog()

static const SoNodekitCatalog * SoTrackballDragger::getClassNodekitCatalog ( )
static

Returns the SoNodekitCatalog for this class.

◆ getClassTypeId()

static SoType SoTrackballDragger::getClassTypeId ( )
static

Returns the type identifier for this class.


◆ getNodekitCatalog()

virtual const SoNodekitCatalog * SoTrackballDragger::getNodekitCatalog ( ) const
virtual

Returns the SoNodekitCatalog for this instance.

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

◆ getTypeId()

virtual SoType SoTrackballDragger::getTypeId ( ) const
virtual

Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

◆ isAnimationEnabled()

SbBool SoTrackballDragger::isAnimationEnabled ( )
inline

Returns whether spin animation is enabled.

Definition at line 348 of file SoTrackballDragger.h.

◆ setAnimationEnabled()

void SoTrackballDragger::setAnimationEnabled ( SbBool  newVal)

Enables/disables spin animation.

When spin animation is enabled, if the mouse is moving while you release it, the trackball will continue to spin afterwards. By default, spin animation is enabled.

Member Data Documentation

◆ rotation

SoSFRotation SoTrackballDragger::rotation

Orientation of the dragger.

Definition at line 334 of file SoTrackballDragger.h.

◆ scaleFactor

SoSFVec3f SoTrackballDragger::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.

Definition at line 343 of file SoTrackballDragger.h.


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