com.openinventor.inventor.vrmlnodes

Class SoVRMLNormal

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.vrmlnodes.SoVRMLNode

com.openinventor.inventor.vrmlnodes.SoVRMLNormal

All Implemented Interfaces:

SafeDisposable

Deprecated.

As of Open Inventor 9500 See documentation for more details

public class SoVRMLNormal
extends SoVRMLNode

Node that defines surface normals for shapes. This node defines a set of 3D surface normal vectors to be used in the vector field of some geometry nodes (SoVRMLIndexedFaceSet, SoVRMLElevationGrid). This node contains one multiple-valued field that contains the normal vectors. Normals should be unit-length or results are undefined. Default normals are generated if none are given.

<font color="#0000FF">NOTE:</font> This class does not exist in Open Inventor 10.0 and later.

VRML97 SPECIFICATION

This section describes the expected behavior of the node in a conforming VRML97 browser application. In some cases, the application is responsible for implementing portions of the expected behavior. Open Inventor viewer classes and IVF classes implement some of the application behaviors.

This section may reference portions of the VRML97 specification that are not present in this help file. The complete VRML97 spec is available at http://www.web3d.org.

This node defines a set of 3D surface normal vectors to be used in the vector field of some geometry nodes (SoVRMLIndexedFaceSet, SoVRMLElevationGrid). This node contains one multiple-valued field that contains the normal vectors. Normals should be unit-length or results are undefined.

To save network bandwidth, it is expected that implementations will be able to automatically generate appropriate normals if none are given. However, the results will vary from implementation to implementation.

File format/default:

VRMLNormal {

vector	[]
metadata	NULL

}

Action behavior:

SoGLRenderAction, SoRayPickAction, SoCallbackAction
Sets: SoNormalElement

EVENTS

eventIn

SoMFVec3f	set_vector
SoSFNode	set_metadata

eventOut

SoMFVec3f	vector_changed
SoSFNode	metadata_changed

Deprecated since Open Inventor 9500
The VRML API is no longer supported. See section http://oivdoc95.vsg3d.com/content/compatibility-notes-4#Deprecation of the Reference Manual.

Nested Class Summary

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

Inventor.ConstructorCommand

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
SoMFVec3f	vector Deprecated. Normal vectors.

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.vrmlnodes.SoVRMLNode

metadata

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

VERBOSE_LEVEL, ZeroHandle

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SoVRMLNormal() Deprecated. Constructor.

Method Summary

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

vector

public final SoMFVec3f vector

Deprecated.

Normal vectors.

Constructor Detail

SoVRMLNormal

public SoVRMLNormal()

Deprecated.

Constructor.