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SoInteractiveSwitch Class

Group node that traverses one chosen child depending on scene interaction.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace: OIV.Inventor.Nodes
Assembly: OIV.Inventor (in OIV.Inventor.dll) Version: 2024.1.0.0 (2024.1.0)
Syntax
public class SoInteractiveSwitch : SoSwitch

The SoInteractiveSwitch type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodSoInteractiveSwitch

Creates an interactive-switch node with default settings.

Public methodSoInteractiveSwitch(Int32)

Constructor that takes approximate number of children.

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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodAddChild

Adds a child as last one in group.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodAffectsState

Overrides method in OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoSwitch to return false if there is no selected child or the selected child does not affect the state.

(Overrides SoSwitchAffectsState.)
Public methodCallback
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodCopy
Calls Copy(false).
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodCopy(Boolean)

Creates and returns an exact copy of the node.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodCopyFieldValues(SoFieldContainer)
Calls CopyFieldValues(fc, false).
(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodCopyFieldValues(SoFieldContainer, Boolean)

Copies the contents of fc's fields into this object's fields.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodDispose
Releases all resources used by SoDisposable.
(Inherited from SoDisposable.)
Public methodDistribute
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodDoAction
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodEnableNotify

Notification at this Field Container is enabled (if flag == true) or disabled (if flag == false).

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodFieldsAreEqual

Returns true if this object's fields are exactly equal to fc's fields.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodFindChild

Finds index of given child within group.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodGet

Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Open Inventor ASCII file format in the given string.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetAllFields

Returns a list of fields, including the eventIn's and eventOut's.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetAlternateRep

This method is called by actions to allow the node to provide an "alternate representation" when appropriate (typically depending on the action type).

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGetBoundingBox
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodGetChild

Returns pointer the child node with the given index.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodGetEventIn

Returns a the eventIn with the given name.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetEventOut

Returns the eventOut with the given name.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetField

Returns a the field of this object whose name is fieldName.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetFieldName

Returns the name of the given field in the fieldName argument.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetFields

Appends references to all of this object's fields to resultList, and returns the number of fields appended.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Overrides GetHashCode().
(Inherited from SoNetBase.)
Public methodGetMatrix
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodGetName

Returns the name of an instance.

(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodGetNumChildren

Returns number of children.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodGetPrimitiveCount
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodGetRenderEngineMode

Returns the supported Render engine mode.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGetRenderUnitID
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGetStringName (Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGLRender
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodGLRenderBelowPath
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGLRenderInPath
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGLRenderOffPath
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGrabEventsCleanup
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodGrabEventsSetup
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodHandleEvent
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodHasDefaultValues

Returns true if all of the object's fields have their default values.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodInsertChild

Adds a child so that it becomes the one with the given index.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodIsBoundingBoxIgnoring

Used by BoundingBoxAction to known if bounding box computation should be ignored or not.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodIsNotifyEnabled

Notification is the process of telling interested objects that this object has changed.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodIsOverride

Returns the state of the override flag.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodIsSynchronizable

Gets the ScaleViz synchronizable state of this object.

(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodPick
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodRayPick
(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodRemoveAllChildren

Removes all children from group.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodRemoveChild(Int32)

Removes child with given index from group.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodRemoveChild(SoNode)

Removes first instance of given child from group.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodReplaceChild(Int32, SoNode)

Replaces child with given index with new child.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodReplaceChild(SoNode, SoNode)

Replaces first instance of given child with new child.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public methodSearch
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public methodSet

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.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodSetName (Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodSetOverride

Turns the override flag on or off.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodSetSynchronizable

Sets this to be a ScaleViz synchronizable object.

(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodSetToDefaults

Sets all fields in this object to their default values.

(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public methodToString
Converts this SoBase structure to a human readable string.
(Inherited from SoBase.)
Public methodTouch

Marks an instance as modified, simulating a change to it.

(Inherited from SoNode.)
Public methodWrite
(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
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Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyboundingBoxIgnoring

Whether to ignore this node during bounding box traversal.

(Inherited from SoGroup.)
Public propertyIsDisposable
ISafeDisposable interface implementation.
(Inherited from SoDisposable.)
Public propertyUserData
Gets or sets the user data to be contained by the field container.
(Inherited from SoFieldContainer.)
Public propertywhichChild

Index of the child to traverse, or one of SO_SWITCH_NONE, SO_SWITCH_INHERIT, or SO_SWITCH_ALL.

(Inherited from SoSwitch.)
Public propertywhichInteractiveChild

Index of the child to traverse during interaction, (or one of SO_SWITCH_NONE, SO_SWITCH_INHERIT, or SO_SWITCH_ALL).

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Remarks

This group node has the same base behavior as the OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoSwitch node for its inherited whichChild field.

It has the additional feature of (optionally) traversing a different (or no) child during an "interaction". This allows the application to provide higher performance during an interaction by switching to a less complex version of a geomtry or not rendering the geometry at all. Interaction includes moving the camera (navigating around the scene) and interacting with a dragger (see OIV.Inventor.Draggers.SoDragger), for example dragging a slice through a volume data set.

The OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoInteractiveSwitch.whichInteractiveChild field specifies the index of the child to traverse (where the first child has index 0), when a user interaction, for example moving the camera, is in progress. This means that while the camera is moving, the traversed children will be the children defined by the OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoInteractiveSwitch.whichInteractiveChild field, and when interaction is stopped, the standard OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoSwitchwhichChild field value will again be used as the index to traverse.

NOTES:

  • Remember that the default value for both whichChild and whichInteractiveChild is SO_SWITCH_NONE, meaning that nothing is displayed by default.

  • Remember that this node is an OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoGroup, NOT an OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoSeparator, and therefore does not provide render caching. Generally if the children contain geometry, it is good practice to make each child an OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoSeparator to make render caching more effective.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

InteractiveSwitch {
whichChild -1
whichInteractiveChild -1
}

ACTION BEHAVIOR

inherited from OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoSwitch. While interacting, traverses the chosen (from OIV.Inventor.Nodes.SoInteractiveSwitch.whichInteractiveChild) child or children. Sets: OIV.Inventor.Elements.SoInteractiveSwitchElement. While not interacting, traverses the chosen (from whichChild) child or children. Sets: OIV.Inventor.Elements.SoSwitchElement.

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