SoVolumeGroup Class Reference

Groups multiple volumes to be volume rendered in the same scene. More...

#include <VolumeViz/nodes/SoVolumeGroup.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoVolumeGroup:

Public Member Functions
virtual SoType	getTypeId () const
	Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.
	SoVolumeGroup ()
	Constructor.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoSeparator
	SoSeparator ()
	Creates a separator node with default settings.
	SoSeparator (int nChildren)
	Constructor that takes approximate number of children.
Public Member Functions inherited from SoGroup
	SoGroup ()
	Creates an empty group node.
	SoGroup (int nChildren)
	Constructor that takes approximate number of children.
virtual void	addChild (SoNode *child)
	Adds a child as last one in group.
virtual void	insertChild (SoNode *child, int newChildIndex)
	Adds a child so that it becomes the one with the given index.
virtual SoNode *	getChild (int index) const
	Returns pointer the child node with the given index.
virtual int	findChild (const SoNode *child) const
	Finds index of given child within group.
virtual int	getNumChildren () const
	Returns number of children.
virtual void	removeChild (int index)
	Removes child with given index from group.
virtual void	removeChild (SoNode *child)
	Removes first instance of given child from group.
virtual void	removeAllChildren ()
	Removes all children from group.
virtual void	replaceChild (int index, SoNode *newChild)
	Replaces child with given index with new child.
virtual void	replaceChild (SoNode *oldChild, SoNode *newChild)
	Replaces first instance of given child with new child.
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 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 SoSeparator
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoGroup
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.
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.

Public Attributes
SoSFBool	multiVolumes
	Activates the multi-volumes feature.
Public Attributes inherited from SoSeparator
SoSFEnum	boundingBoxCaching
	Whether to cache during bounding box traversal.
SoSFEnum	renderCulling
	Whether to cull during rendering traversal.
SoSFEnum	pickCulling
	Whether to cull during picking traversal.
SoSFEnum	fastEditing
	Specifies the fast edit mode of the separator node.
SoSFInt32	renderUnitId
	Used during the ScaleViz depth compositing process, this field specifies which render unit (OIRU) will render the sub scene graph below this separator.
SoDEPRECATED SoSFEnum	renderCaching
	Whether to cache during rendering traversal.
Public Attributes inherited from SoGroup
SoSFBool	boundingBoxIgnoring
	Whether to ignore this node during bounding box traversal.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from SoSeparator
enum	CacheEnabled {   OFF ,   ON ,   AUTO }
	Possible values for caching. More...
enum	FastEditing {   DISABLE = 0x01 ,   KEEP_ZBUFFER = 0x02 ,   CLEAR_ZBUFFER = 0x03 }
	Fast editing policy enumeration values. More...

Detailed Description

Groups multiple volumes to be volume rendered in the same scene.

The SoVolumeGroup node allows multiple volumes to be volume rendered (SoVolumeRender) correctly in the same scene. All SoVolumeRender nodes that are under an active SoVolumeGroup node (multiVolumes=TRUE) are rendered together with correct blending, subject to some limitations. Other VolumeViz geometry objects, for example SoOrthoSlice, are not affected by SoVolumeGroup.

The SoVolumeRender nodes can represent different volume data sets (see SoVolumeData) or different subvolumes (see SoROI) of the same volume data set.

This node forces the use of view-aligned slices for SoVolumeRender nodes that will be composed. It doesn't, however, actually modify the SoVolumeRender::samplingAlignment fields. Rather the values of these fields are ignored during traversal.

The multiVolumes field (TRUE by default) controls whether the SoVolumeGroup's special handling of SoVolumeRender nodes is applied. If the (sub)volumes being rendered do not overlap in 3D space or only one of the volumes is transparent, then SoVolumeGroup special handling is automatically disabled.

SoVolumeGroup is primarily intended for cases where the volumes are sampled on different grids. For example if the volume dimension, size (3D extent) or orientation are different. For volumes that are actually multiple data sets sampled on the same grid, for example seismic attribute volumes, it may be more appropriate to blend the volumes using an SoDataCompositor or SoVolumeShader node.

Since OIV 9.3, EdgeDetection (Gradient, Luminance, Depth) and LowResMode (DECREASE_SCREEN_RESOLUTION) effects are supported. These post process effects need to be applied to all or none of the volumes. If all fields corresponding to an effect are the same for each volume, the effect is activated. If fields are different then default value is used.

Limitations:

• Performance:
  There is a significant performance decrease when multiVolumes is enabled.
• Shaders:
  Using custom shaders (e.g. SoVolumeShader or SoVolumeRenderingQuality) when multiVolumes is enabled gives incorrect lighting results.
• Raycasting:
  The volume raycasting render algorithm (SoVolumeShader::raycasting) is not supported when multiVolumes is enabled. This implies that ray-casting effects like voxelizedRendering, ambientOcclusion (SoVolumeRenderingQuality) and samplingAlignment = BOUNDARY_ALIGNED (SoVolumeRender) are not supported. When multiVolumes is enabled, VolumeViz will automatically switch to "sliced" (texture mapped polygon) rendering.
• Post process:
  AmbientOcclusion and deferredLighting features are not supported when multiVolumes is enabled.
• Shadows:
  32-bit framebuffer options (see e.g. SoWinGLWidget::setFloatingColorBuffer) cannot be used if an SoVolumeGroup is inside an SoShadowGroup (request is ignored).

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

VolumeRender {

multiVolumes

TRUE

}

ACTION BEHAVIOR

SoGLRenderAction
Draws a volume-rendered image based on current SoVolumeData.

SoGetBoundingBoxAction
Computes the bounding box that encloses the volume.

SEE ALSO

SoVolumeRender, SoSeparator, SoDataCompositor, SoVolumeShader

Definition at line 124 of file SoVolumeGroup.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoVolumeGroup()

SoVolumeGroup::SoVolumeGroup

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Constructor.

Member Function Documentation

getClassTypeId()

static SoType SoVolumeGroup::getClassTypeId ( )

static

Returns the type identifier for this class.

getTypeId()

virtual SoType SoVolumeGroup::getTypeId ( ) const

virtual

Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

Reimplemented from SoSeparator.

Member Data Documentation

multiVolumes

SoSFBool SoVolumeGroup::multiVolumes

Activates the multi-volumes feature.

Default is TRUE. If set to FALSE, behaves as a regular SoGroup.

Definition at line 133 of file SoVolumeGroup.h.

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

• VolumeViz/nodes/SoVolumeGroup.h