| SoPolygonOffset Class |
Property node that sets the polygon offset.
Inheritance HierarchyOIV.InventorSoNetBase
OIV.InventorSoDisposable
OIV.Inventor.MiscSoBase
OIV.Inventor.FieldsSoFieldContainer
OIV.Inventor.NodesSoNode
OIV.Inventor.NodesSoPolygonOffset
Namespace: OIV.Inventor.Nodes
Assembly: OIV.Inventor (in OIV.Inventor.dll) Version: 2024.2.2.0 (10.16.2.0)
SyntaxThe SoPolygonOffset type exposes the following members.
Constructors| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | SoPolygonOffset | Constructor. |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AffectsState | Returns true if a node has an effect on the state during traversal. |
| Callback | (Overrides SoNodeCallback(SoCallbackAction).) |
| Copy | Calls Copy(false). (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| Copy(Boolean) | Creates and returns an exact copy of the node. |
| CopyFieldValues(SoFieldContainer) | Calls CopyFieldValues(fc, false). (Inherited from SoFieldContainer.) |
| CopyFieldValues(SoFieldContainer, Boolean) | Copies the contents of fc's fields into this object's fields. |
| Dispose |
Releases all resources used by SoDisposable.
(Inherited from SoDisposable.) |
| Distribute | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| DoAction | (Overrides SoNodeDoAction(SoAction).) |
| EnableNotify | Notification at this Field Container is enabled (if flag == true) or disabled (if flag == false). |
| Equals | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| FieldsAreEqual | Returns true if this object's fields are exactly equal to fc's fields. |
| Get | Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Open Inventor ASCII file format in the given string. |
| GetAllFields | Returns a list of fields, including the eventIn's and eventOut's. |
| GetAlternateRep | This method is called by actions to allow the node to provide an "alternate representation" when appropriate (typically depending on the action type). |
| GetBoundingBox | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GetEventIn | Returns a the eventIn with the given name. |
| GetEventOut | Returns the eventOut with the given name. |
| GetField | Returns a the field of this object whose name is fieldName. |
| GetFieldName | Returns the name of the given field in the fieldName argument. |
| GetFields | Appends references to all of this object's fields to resultList, and returns the number of fields appended. |
| GetHashCode |
Overrides GetHashCode().
(Inherited from SoNetBase.) |
| GetMatrix | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GetName | Returns the name of an instance. |
| GetPrimitiveCount | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GetRenderEngineMode | Returns the supported Render engine mode. |
| GetRenderUnitID | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GetStringName | (Inherited from SoBase.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GLRender | (Overrides SoNodeGLRender(SoGLRenderAction).) |
| GLRenderBelowPath | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GLRenderInPath | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GLRenderOffPath | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GrabEventsCleanup | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| GrabEventsSetup | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| HandleEvent | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| HasDefaultValues | Returns true if all of the object's fields have their default values. |
| IsBoundingBoxIgnoring | This method is used by getBoundingBox action traversal to know if the current node must be traversed or not, ie the bounding should be ignored. |
| IsNotifyEnabled | Notification is the process of telling interested objects that this object has changed. |
| IsOverride | Returns the state of the override field. |
| IsSynchronizable | Gets the ScaleViz synchronizable state of this object. |
| Pick | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| RayPick | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| Search | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
| Set | 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. |
| SetName | (Inherited from SoBase.) |
| SetOverride | Set the state of the override field. |
| SetSynchronizable | Sets this to be a ScaleViz synchronizable object. |
| SetToDefaults | Sets all fields in this object to their default values. |
| ToString |
Converts this SoBase structure to a human readable string.
(Inherited from SoBase.) |
| Touch | Marks an instance as modified, simulating a change to it. |
| Write | (Inherited from SoNode.) |
Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | factor | Specifies a scale factor that is used to create a variable depth offset for each polygon. |
| IsDisposable | ISafeDisposable interface implementation.
(Inherited from SoDisposable.) |
| on | Enables/disables polygon offset. |
| styles | A bit-wise combination of FILLED, LINES, and POINTS that determines which polygon modes should be offset. |
| units | Is multiplied by an OpenGL implementation-specific value to create a constant depth offset. |
| UserData |
Gets or sets the user data to be contained by the field container.
(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.) |
RemarksThis class encapsulates the OpenGL 1.1 glPolygonOffset() function. This node can be used to offset polygons that are at the exact same depth to avoid depth buffer artifacts, commonly called z-buffer stitching.
NOTE: OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoPolygonOffset, as its name implies, only works with polygonal geometry.
OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoPolygonOffset affects filled primitives such as OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoFaceSet and OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoTriangleStripSet. It also affects lines and points in the limited sense that it affects polygonal primitives when the draw style is set to LINES or POINTS. However, because polygon offset does not affect non-polygonal geometry, primitives such as OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoLineSet and OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoPointSet cannot be offset with OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoPolygonOffset.(). To avoid depth buffer artifacts with mixed polygonal and non-polygonal geometry, you should "push" the polygonal geometry away from the camera.
Note: There is only one offset value (combination of OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoPolygonOffset.factor and OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoPolygonOffset.units) in the traversal state at any given time.
The value of the offset is factor * z + r * OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoPolygonOffset.units, where
z is a measurement of the change in depth relative to the screen area of the polygon (commonly called the depth slope), and
r is the smallest value that is guaranteed to produce a resolvable offset for a given OpenGL implementation.
So units produces a constant depth offset and factor produces a variable depth offset which is zero when a polygon is perpendicular to the view vector (parallel to the view plane) and increases as the depth slope increases.
Both factor and units may be either positive or negative. A positive offset value pushes primitives away from the camera and a negative value pulls them closer. Generally a small value, like 1.0, is sufficient for both parameters.
FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT
PolygonOffset {
| factor | 1 |
| units | 100 |
| styles | FILLED |
| on | true |
ACTION BEHAVIOR
OIV.Inventor.Actions.SoGLRenderAction Calls glPolygonOffset and enables or disables the polygon offset feature as specified. Sets: SoPolyonOffsetElement.
See Also