Abstract base class for slices, SoVolumeSkin, SoHeightFieldRender, and SoVolumeRender nodes. More...

#include <VolumeViz/nodes/SoVolumeShape.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoVolumeShape:

Public Types
enum	Interpolation { NEAREST , LINEAR , TRILINEAR , MULTISAMPLE_12 , CUBIC }
	Interpolation mode. More...

Public Types inherited from SoShape
enum	ShapeType { POINTS , LINES , POLYGONS , TEXT }
	Basic type for antialiased rendering for this shape (Do not consider the SoDrawStyle property currently in the state). More...

Public Member Functions
virtual SoType	getTypeId () const
	Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

virtual void	setRenderProgress (SoProgressIndicator *ps)
	Set an application defined SoProgressIndicator object which will raise an event before and after the rendering task, before and after each subtask (in this case: Texture creation and Geometry creation) and after each step in the subtasks which represents in most cases individual tiles of data.

Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
virtual SbBool	affectsState () const
	Overrides default method on SoNode.

ShapeType	getShapeType ()
	Gets the current shape Full Scene Antialiasing type.

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 SoLdmShape
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
	Returns the type identifier for this class.

static SbBool	isPrimitiveRestartAvailable (SoState *state=NULL)
	Returns TRUE if the primitive restart feature is available.

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
SoSFEnum	interpolation
	Interpolation mode.

Public Attributes inherited from SoShape
SoSFBool	boundingBoxIgnoring
	Whether to ignore this node during bounding box traversal.

Deprecated

enum	Composition { MAX_INTENSITY = 0 , MIN_INTENSITY , SUM_INTENSITY , ALPHA_BLENDING , COMPOSITION_LAST }
	Composition mode. More...

SoDEPRECATED SoSFEnum	composition
	Specifies color composition mode.

Detailed Description

Abstract base class for slices, SoVolumeSkin, SoHeightFieldRender, and SoVolumeRender nodes.

This class defines common properties for the SoOrthoSlice, SoObliqueSlice, SoFenceSlice, SoVolumeSkin, SoHeightFieldRender and SoVolumeRender nodes.

The interpolation field controls how the texture is interpolated.

The composition field is deprecated and should not be used. Instead specify the composition mode for volume rendering using the SoVolumeRender node.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ Composition

enum SoVolumeShape::Composition

Composition mode.

Enumerator
MAX_INTENSITY	Max intensity.
MIN_INTENSITY	Min intensity.
SUM_INTENSITY	Sum intensity.
ALPHA_BLENDING	Alpha blending (Default)
COMPOSITION_LAST

Definition at line 212 of file SoVolumeShape.h.

◆ Interpolation

enum SoVolumeShape::Interpolation

Interpolation mode.

Used with interpolation field. Also used with interpolation field in volume geometry nodes, e.g. SoVolumeIndexedFaceSet::interpolation

Enumerator

NEAREST

OpenGL "nearest neighbor" interpolation.

LINEAR

OpenGL linear interpolation (Default).

This implies bi-linear interpolation for 2D textures (e.g. SoOrthoSlice, SoObliqueSlice, SoVolumeSkin, SoFenceSlice) and tri-linear interpolation for 3D textures (SoVolumeRender, SoVolumeGeometry).

TRILINEAR

Tri-linear interpolation for SoObliqueSlice.

Tri-linear interpolation is used when extracting the 2D texture that will be applied to the slice, providing better image quality.
Same as LINEAR for other nodes.

NOTE: enumeration value available since Open Inventor 6.0

MULTISAMPLE_12

Multi-sample interpolation for slice shapes.

Interpolates data values using 12 samples around the voxel. This provides much higher image quality and specifically avoids rendering artifacts due to bi-linear interpolation. Only supported for 2D texture shapes (e.g. SoOrthoSlice, SoObliqueSlice, SoVolumeSkin, SoFenceSlice). Same as LINEAR for other nodes.

NOTE: enumeration value available since Open Inventor 7.0

CUBIC

Cubic interpolation.

This implies bi-cubic interpolation for 2D textures (e.g. SoOrthoSlice, SoObliqueSlice, SoVolumeSkin, SoFenceSlice) and tri-cubic interpolation for 3D textures (SoVolumeRender, SoVolumeGeometry). It gives smoother results, especially for volume rendering.

Linear interpolation

Cubic interpolation

Warning: Heavy GPU usage. Primarily useful for still image rendering.

It is recomended to use SoInteractiveComplexity node to switch bewteen LINEAR interpolation while moving and CUBIC interpolation for Still frame:

SoInteractiveComplexity* icplx = new SoInteractiveComplexity;
icplx->fieldSettings.set1Value( 0, "SoVolumeRender interpolation LINEAR CUBIC" );
root->addChild(icplx);

NOTE: enumeration value available since Open Inventor 9.3

Definition at line 95 of file SoVolumeShape.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getClassTypeId()

static SoType SoVolumeShape::getClassTypeId ( )

static

Returns the type identifier for this class.

◆ getTypeId()

virtual SoType SoVolumeShape::getTypeId ( ) const

virtual

Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

Reimplemented from SoLdmShape.

Reimplemented in ObliqueSliceBorder, OrthoSliceBorder, SoFenceSlice, SoHeightFieldRender, SoObliqueSlice, SoOrthoSlice, SoSlice, SoVolumeRender, and SoVolumeSkin.

◆ setRenderProgress()

virtual void SoVolumeShape::setRenderProgress ( SoProgressIndicator * ps )

virtual

Set an application defined SoProgressIndicator object which will raise an event before and after the rendering task, before and after each subtask (in this case: Texture creation and Geometry creation) and after each step in the subtasks which represents in most cases individual tiles of data.

SoProgressIndicator::onBeginTask / SoProgressIndicator::onEndTask will be raised only one time per frame : "Rendering".
SoProgressIndicator::onBeginSubTask / SoProgressIndicator::onEndSubTask will be raised 2 times per frame : "Loading Texture" and "Create Geometry".
SoProgressIndicator::onEndStep will be raised several times per subtask.

Track loading progression with SoProgressIndicator::onEndStep event of SubTask "Loading Texture":

NumSteps represents here the number of tiles to load to reach the "stable rendering state".
NumStepsDone represents here the number of tiles currently loaded since the last NumSteps reset.
The two numbers are reset when the viewer is moving the camera.

The example VolRend (examples/source/VolumeViz/VolRend) implements a loading progress bar in class EventRaisedProgressBar.

Limitations :

if SoLDMResourceParameters::maxMainMemory (CPU Mem) is lower than SoLDMResourceParameters::maxTexMemory / SoLDMResourceParameters::max2DTexMemory (GPU mem/GPU mem for slices) the number of steps to reach the "stable rendering state" will be bigger than expected (the progress bar will stop without reaching the end).
if screen resolution culling is activated (see SoLDMGlobalResourceParameters::setScreenResolutionCulling) the number of steps to reach the "stable rendering state" might be lower than expected (progress bar reaches the end but loading might continue).
Not yet supported by SoFenceSlice and SoHeighFieldRender.

If set to NULL no events will be raised. Default is NULL.

Since Open Inventor 2023.2

Reimplemented in SoOrthoSlice.

Member Data Documentation

◆ composition

SoDEPRECATED SoSFEnum SoVolumeShape::composition

Specifies color composition mode.

Use enum Composition. Default is ALPHA_BLENDING.

ALPHA_BLENDING blends the R, G, and B components for each pixel based on the their alpha values.

SUM_INTENSITY draws the sum of the R, G, and B components for each pixel.

MAX_INTENSITY draws the maximum R, G, and B components for each pixel.

MIN_INTENSITY draws the minimum R, G, and B components for each pixel.

Note: In all modes, blending is done against the background color of the scene (or the object behind the volume). This means that, using MIN_INTENSITY for example, if the background color is black then 0,0,0 is already the minimum RGB value and the volume will not be visible. Generally when using MIN_INTENSITY the background color should be set to white (1,1,1) and when using MAX_INTENSITY or SUM_INTENSITY the background color should be set to black (0,0,0). To set the background color see the setBackgroundColor method of the appropriate RenderArea class, for example SoWinRenderArea on Windows.

NOTE: field available since Open Inventor 5.0.3

Definition at line 251 of file SoVolumeShape.h.

◆ interpolation

SoSFEnum SoVolumeShape::interpolation

Interpolation mode.

Use enum SoVolumeShape::Interpolation. Default is LINEAR. NOTE: In most cases on modern graphics boards, indexed textures are used, so this refers to interpolation of volume data values.

Definition at line 174 of file SoVolumeShape.h.

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

VolumeViz/nodes/SoVolumeShape.h

Open Inventor Release 2023.2.3

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