Package com.openinventor.inventor.nodes

Class SoAlgebraicCylinder

java.lang.Object
com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoBase
com.openinventor.inventor.fields.SoFieldContainer
com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode
com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShape
com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoAlgebraicShape
com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoAlgebraicCylinder
All Implemented Interfaces:
SafeDisposable
public class SoAlgebraicCylinder extends SoAlgebraicShape
Algebraic cylinder shape node. This node represents a simple capped cylinder centered around the y-axis. By default, the cylinder is centered at (0,0,0) and has a default size of -1 to +1 in all three dimensions. You can use the radius and height fields to create a cylinder with a different size.

The cylinder is transformed by the current cumulative transformation and is drawn with the current lighting model and material.

This node can generally be used in place of the SoCylinder geometric shape node. Unlike the geometric shape nodes, which create triangle geometry to represent their shape, the algebraic shape nodes compute and render their shape on the GPU. Algebraic shapes can also be used with SoMultipleInstance to efficiently render a very large number of shapes.

Please see SoAlgebraicShape for important notes and limitations for algebraic shapes.

File format/default:

AlgebraicCylinder {

    radius 1
    height 2
    capping true
}

See Also:

  • Field Details

    • height

      public final SoSFFloat height
      Specifies the cylinder's height. Value must be greater than 0.0. Default is 2.

    • radius

      public final SoSFFloat radius
      Specifies the cylinder's radius. Value must be greater than 0.0. Default is 1.

    • capped

      public final SoSFBool capped
      Specifies if cylinder is capped or not. Default is true.

  • Constructor Details

    • SoAlgebraicCylinder

      public SoAlgebraicCylinder()
      Default constructor.