Package com.openinventor.ivtune

Class SoIvTune

java.lang.Object
com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
com.openinventor.ivtune.SoIvTune
public class SoIvTune extends Inventor
Opens an IvTune window. SoIvTune is a class to start and stop IvTune.

If the hot key (Shift-F12 by default) is enabled, the user can start IvTune by pressing that key combination. Using the start() method, the application can programmatically start and stop IvTune. This is useful if all key combinations are already in use by the application or just to provide an IvTune item in a menu. The IvTune hot key can be redefined using the environment variable OIV_IVTUNE_SHORTCUT (see SoPreferences) or using the setShortcutValue() method.

Note:
We recommend disabling the IvTune hot key when you distribute your application, especially if it is a commercial application. See the method SoDB.setIvTuneAllowed(). This will prevent users from viewing or changing the application scene graph. Even if the hot key is disabled, the application can still allow opening IvTune, if desired, for example from an "expert" menu using the methods in this class.

When IvTune is started from an application, it opens a separate window. This window includes a Tree_View panel which displays the scene graph, a Node_Overview panel to display the fields of a node, and Field_Editor and Field_Watch panels to edit and track interesting fields.

IvTune viewer applications can also be used to view Open Inventor scene graph files.

IvTune can also be extensively customized and extended using the IvTuneExtender API to create plugins. An IvTune plugin can modify the IvTune user interface, replace standard IvTune panels and even provide new panels that implement specialized operations such a color map editor for SoTransferFunction nodes. Documentation and examples are provided in the source/IvTune subdirectory of the Open Inventor SDK (after installing the Demos package).

  • Method Details

    • setInstance

      @Deprecated(since="9.0.0.0") public static void setInstance(int argc, String[] argv, SoNode root)
      Deprecated.
      Calls setInstance(argc, argv, root, (boolean)false).

    • setValue

      public void setValue(SoIvTune copyFrom)

    • processEvents

      public static boolean processEvents()
      Process Qt events (calls QCoreApplication.processEvents()). A non-Qt application should call this function periodically so that IvTune's Qt events are handled. Not necessary for Qt applications.

      Returns false when IvTune is not running.

    • stop

      public static void stop()
      Ends IvTune. Calling stop() closes the IvTune windows. A new IvTune session can be launched using one of the start() methods.

    • start

      @Deprecated(since="9.8.0.0") public static void start(SoSceneManager name_13910)
      Deprecated.
      As of Open Inventor 9.8.0.0. No longer used. Use start(SoRenderAreaCore*) or start(SoNode*) instead.
      Starts an IvTune session based on the scene graph in an existing SoSceneManager. This method has no effect if IvTune is already running.

      Warning Deprecated since Open Inventor 9800. No longer used. Use start(SoRenderAreaCore*) or start(SoNode*) instead.

    • getShortcutValue

      public static SoKeyboardEvent.Keys getShortcutValue()
      Retrieves the defined keyboard shortcut used to launch IvTune.

    • isRunning

      public static boolean isRunning()
      Returns true if IvTune is currently running.

    • setShortcutValue

      public static void setShortcutValue(SoKeyboardEvent.Keys name_13909)
      Defines the keyboard shortcut to use to launch IvTune.

    • setInstance

      @Deprecated(since="9.0.0.0") public static void setInstance(int argc, String[] argv, SoNode root, boolean createViewer)
      Deprecated.
      As of Open Inventor 9.0.0.0. No longer used. Use start() instead.
      Opens an IvTune window displaying the specified scene graph. The argc and argv parameters are not normally used. if createViewer is true then a viewer is created to do the rendering else only the treeview part will be shown.

      Warning Deprecated since Open Inventor 9000. No longer used. Use start() instead.

    • start

      public static void start(SoRenderAreaCore name_13907)
      Starts an IvTune session based on the scene graph managed by the given SoRenderAreaCore. This method has no effect if IvTune are already running.

    • isInstance

      @Deprecated(since="9.0.0.0") public static boolean isInstance()
      Deprecated.
      As of Open Inventor 9.0.0.0. No longer used. Use isRunning() instead.
      Returns true if an IvTune window is currently open.

      Warning Deprecated since Open Inventor 9000. No longer used. Use isRunning() instead.

    • start

      public static void start(SoNode name_13908)
      Starts an IvTune session based on the specified scene graph, for example a subset of the application scene graph. This method has no effect if IvTune are already running.