com.openinventor.inventor.nodes

Class SoAlgebraicSphere

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.SoAlgebraicSphere

All Implemented Interfaces:

SafeDisposable

public class SoAlgebraicSphere
extends SoAlgebraicShape

Algebraic sphere shape node. This node represents a sphere. By default, the sphere is centered at the origin and has a radius of 1.

The sphere 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 SoSphere 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:

AlgebraicSphere {

radius

1

}

See also:

SoAlgebraicShape, SoMultipleInstance, SoSphere

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoAlgebraicShape

SoAlgebraicShape.ASClippingPolicies, SoAlgebraicShape.ASShaderSlots, SoAlgebraicShape.ASWorkSpaces

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShape

SoShape.ShapeTypes

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

Inventor.ConstructorCommand

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
SoSFFloat	radius Radius of sphere.

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoAlgebraicShape

BOX, CAMERA, COMPUTE_COLOR, FULL_SHAPE, generateTransparency, MAX_SHADER_SLOT, MAX_WORK_SPACE, rayIntersection, shaderSlots, STANDARD, VERTEX_SHADER_ENTRY, workspace, WORLD

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShape

boundingBoxIgnoring, LINES, POINTS, POLYGONS, TEXT

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

VERBOSE_LEVEL, ZeroHandle

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SoAlgebraicSphere() Default constructor.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShape

getShapeType, isPrimitiveRestartAvailable, isPrimitiveRestartAvailable

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode

affectsState, callback, copy, copy, distribute, doAction, getAlternateRep, getBoundingBox, getByName, getMatrix, getPrimitiveCount, getRenderUnitID, GLRender, GLRenderBelowPath, GLRenderInPath, GLRenderOffPath, grabEventsCleanup, grabEventsSetup, handleEvent, isBoundingBoxIgnoring, isOverride, pick, rayPick, search, setOverride, touch, write

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.fields.SoFieldContainer

copyFieldValues, copyFieldValues, enableNotify, fieldsAreEqual, get, getAllFields, getEventIn, getEventOut, getField, getFieldName, hasDefaultValues, isNotifyEnabled, set, setToDefaults

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoBase

dispose, getEXTERNPROTO, getName, getPROTO, isDisposable, isSynchronizable, setName, setSynchronizable

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

getAddress, getNativeResourceHandle, startInternalThreads, stopInternalThreads

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

radius

public final SoSFFloat radius

Radius of sphere. This must be greater than 0. Default is 1.

Constructor Detail

SoAlgebraicSphere

public SoAlgebraicSphere()

Default constructor.