The SoQuadMesh class is used to render and optimize a quadrilateral mesh.This node uses the coordinates in order, either from the state or from the SoQuadMesh::vertexProperty node, to construct a quadrilateral mesh. More...

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoQuadMesh.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoQuadMesh:

Public Member Functions
virtual SoType	getTypeId (void) const
	Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for run-time type checking and "downward" casting. More...

	SoQuadMesh (void)

virtual void	GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)

virtual void	getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)

virtual SbBool	generateDefaultNormals (SoState state, SoNormalBundle nb)

Public Member Functions inherited from SoVertexShape
virtual void	notify (SoNotList *nl)

virtual void	write (SoWriteAction *action)

Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
virtual SbBool	affectsState (void) const

virtual void	getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)

virtual void	rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)

virtual void	callback (SoCallbackAction *action)

const SoBoundingBoxCache *	getBoundingBoxCache (void) const

Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
void	setOverride (const SbBool state)

SbBool	isOverride (void) const

void	setNodeType (const NodeType type)

NodeType	getNodeType (void) const

virtual SoNode *	copy (SbBool copyconnections=FALSE) const

virtual void	doAction (SoAction *action)

virtual void	GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)

virtual void	GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)

virtual void	GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)

virtual void	getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)

virtual void	handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)

virtual void	pick (SoPickAction *action)

virtual void	search (SoSearchAction *action)

virtual void	audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)

virtual void	grabEventsSetup (void)

virtual void	grabEventsCleanup (void)

virtual void	startNotify (void)

uint32_t	getNodeId (void) const

virtual SoChildList *	getChildren (void) const

virtual void	writeInstance (SoOutput *out)

virtual SoNode *	addToCopyDict (void) const

virtual void	copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)

virtual SoFieldContainer *	copyThroughConnection (void) const

Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void	setToDefaults (void)

SbBool	hasDefaultValues (void) const

SbBool	fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const

void	copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)

SbBool	set (const char *const fielddata)

void	get (SbString &fielddata)

virtual int	getFields (SoFieldList &l) const

virtual int	getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const

virtual SoField *	getField (const SbName &name) const

virtual SoField *	getEventIn (const SbName &name) const

virtual SoField *	getEventOut (const SbName &name) const

SbBool	getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const

SbBool	enableNotify (const SbBool flag)

SbBool	isNotifyEnabled (void) const

SbBool	set (const char fielddata, SoInput input)

void	get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)

virtual SbBool	validateNewFieldValue (SoField field, void newval)

virtual void	addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)

SbBool	getIsBuiltIn (void) const

virtual void	getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const

void	setUserData (void *userdata) const

void *	getUserData (void) const

Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void	ref (void) const

void	unref (void) const

void	unrefNoDelete (void) const

int32_t	getRefCount (void) const

void	touch (void)

SbBool	isOfType (SoType type) const
	Returns `TRUE` if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type. More...

virtual SbName	getName (void) const

virtual void	setName (const SbName &newname)

void	addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)

void	removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)

const SoAuditorList &	getAuditors (void) const

SbBool	shouldWrite (void)

void	assertAlive (void) const

Static Public Member Functions
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)

static void	initClass (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNonIndexedShape
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)

static void	initClass (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoVertexShape
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)

static void	initClass (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)

static void	initClass (void)

static void	getScreenSize (SoState *const state, const SbBox3f &boundingbox, SbVec2s &rectsize)

static float	getDecimatedComplexity (SoState *state, float complexity)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static uint32_t	getCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype)

static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)

static SoNode *	getByName (const SbName &name)

static int	getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &l)

static void	initClass (void)

static void	initClasses (void)

static uint32_t	getNextNodeId (void)

static int	getActionMethodIndex (const SoType type)

static void	getBoundingBoxS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	GLRenderS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	callbackS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	getMatrixS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	handleEventS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	pickS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	rayPickS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	searchS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	writeS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	audioRenderS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

static void	getPrimitiveCountS (SoAction action, SoNode node)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static void	initClass (void)

static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)

static void	cleanupClass (void)

static void	initCopyDict (void)

static void	addCopy (const SoFieldContainer orig, const SoFieldContainer copy)

static SoFieldContainer *	checkCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)

static SoFieldContainer *	findCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)

static void	copyDone (void)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static void	initClass (void)
	Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.

static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)
	This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

static void	addName (SoBase const base, const char const name)

static void	removeName (SoBase const base, const char const name)

static void	incrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)

static void	decrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)

static SoBase *	getNamedBase (const SbName &name, SoType type)

static int	getNamedBases (const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)

static SbBool	read (SoInput input, SoBase &base, SoType expectedtype)

static void	setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)

static void	setTraceRefs (SbBool trace)

static SbBool	getTraceRefs (void)

static SbBool	connectRoute (SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)

static SbBool	readRoute (SoInput *input)

Public Attributes
SoSFInt32	verticesPerColumn

SoSFInt32	verticesPerRow

Public Attributes inherited from SoNonIndexedShape
SoSFInt32	startIndex

Public Attributes inherited from SoVertexShape
SoSFNode	vertexProperty

Protected Member Functions
virtual const SoFieldData *	getFieldData (void) const

virtual	~SoQuadMesh ()

virtual void	generatePrimitives (SoAction *action)

virtual void	computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)

virtual SbBool	generateDefaultNormals (SoState , SoNormalCache )

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNonIndexedShape
	SoNonIndexedShape (void)

virtual	~SoNonIndexedShape ()

void	computeCoordBBox (SoAction *action, int numVertices, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)

void	fixNumVerticesPointers (SoState state, const int32_t &start, const int32_t &end, int32_t dummyarray) const

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoVertexShape
	SoVertexShape (void)

virtual	~SoVertexShape ()

virtual SbBool	shouldGLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)

void	setNormalCache (SoState const state, const int num, const SbVec3f normals)

SoNormalCache *	getNormalCache (void) const

SoNormalCache *	generateAndReadLockNormalCache (SoState *const state)

void	getVertexData (SoState state, const SoCoordinateElement &coords, const SbVec3f *&normals, const SbBool neednormals)

void	readLockNormalCache (void)

void	readUnlockNormalCache (void)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoShape
	SoShape (void)

virtual	~SoShape ()

float	getComplexityValue (SoAction *action)

void	beginSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)

void	endSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)

void	GLRenderBoundingBox (SoGLRenderAction *action)

SbBool	shouldPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)

SbBool	shouldRayPick (SoRayPickAction *const action)

void	computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *const action)

void	computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *const action, const SbMatrix &matrix)

virtual SoDetail *	createTriangleDetail (SoRayPickAction action, const SoPrimitiveVertex v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex v3, SoPickedPoint *pp)

virtual SoDetail *	createLineSegmentDetail (SoRayPickAction action, const SoPrimitiveVertex v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex v2, SoPickedPoint pp)

virtual SoDetail *	createPointDetail (SoRayPickAction action, const SoPrimitiveVertex v, SoPickedPoint *pp)

void	invokeTriangleCallbacks (SoAction const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex const v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex const v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex const v3)

void	invokeLineSegmentCallbacks (SoAction const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex const v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v2)

void	invokePointCallbacks (SoAction const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex const v)

void	beginShape (SoAction const action, const TriangleShape shapetype, SoDetail const detail=NULL)

void	shapeVertex (const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v)

void	endShape (void)

void	generateVertex (SoPrimitiveVertex const pv, const SbVec3f &point, const SbBool useTexFunc, const SoMultiTextureCoordinateElement const tce, const float s, const float t, const SbVec3f &normal)

void	generateVertex (SoPrimitiveVertex const pv, const SbVec3f &point, const SbBool useTexFunc, const SoMultiTextureCoordinateElement const tce, const float s, const float t, const float r, const SbVec3f &normal)

SbBool	startVertexArray (SoGLRenderAction action, const SoCoordinateElement coords, const SbVec3f *pervertexnormals, const SbBool texpervertex, const SbBool colorpervertex)

void	finishVertexArray (SoGLRenderAction *action, const SbBool vbo, const SbBool normpervertex, const SbBool texpervertex, const SbBool colorpervertex)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
	SoNode (void)

virtual	~SoNode ()

virtual SbBool	readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
	SoFieldContainer (void)

virtual	~SoFieldContainer ()

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
	SoBase (void)

virtual	~SoBase ()

virtual void	destroy (void)

SbBool	hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) const

SbBool	writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const

void	writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const

virtual const char *	getFileFormatName (void) const

virtual SoNotRec	createNotRec (void)

Static Protected Member Functions
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNonIndexedShape
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoVertexShape
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoShape
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)

static void	setNextActionMethodIndex (int index)

static int	getNextActionMethodIndex (void)

static void	incNextActionMethodIndex (void)

static void	setCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype, const uint32_t bitmask)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t	getCurrentWriteCounter (void)

static void	staticDataLock (void)

static void	staticDataUnlock (void)

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from SoShape
enum	TriangleShape { TRIANGLE_STRIP, TRIANGLE_FAN, TRIANGLES, POLYGON, QUADS, QUAD_STRIP, POINTS, LINES, LINE_STRIP }

Public Types inherited from SoNode
enum	NodeType { INVENTOR = 0x0000, VRML1 = 0x0001, VRML2 = 0x0002, INVENTOR_1 = 0x0004, INVENTOR_2_0 = 0x0008, INVENTOR_2_1 = 0x0010, INVENTOR_2_5 = 0x0020, INVENTOR_2_6 = 0x0040, COIN_1_0 = 0x0080, COIN_2_0 = 0x0100, EXTENSION = 0x0200, COIN_2_2 = 0x0400, COIN_2_3 = 0x0800, COIN_2_4 = 0x1000, INVENTOR_5_0 = 0x2000, COIN_2_5 = 0x4000, COIN_3_0 = 0x8000, INVENTOR_6_0 = 0x10000, COIN_4_0 = 0x20000 }

Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum	BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }

Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
uint32_t	uniqueId

Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
SbBool	isBuiltIn

Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static uint32_t	nextUniqueId = 1

static int	nextActionMethodIndex = 0

Detailed Description

The SoQuadMesh class is used to render and optimize a quadrilateral mesh.

This node uses the coordinates in order, either from the state or from the SoQuadMesh::vertexProperty node, to construct a quadrilateral mesh.

The quads are generated in row major order, using the two fields SoQuadMesh::verticesPerColumn and SoQuadMesh::verticesPerRow to specify the mesh. E.g. if SoQuadMesh::verticesPerColumn is 3 and SoQuadMesh::verticesPerRow is 2, two quads will be generated with the first one using (in order) coordinates 0, 1, 3 and 2, the second one using coordinates 2, 3, 5 and 4 (you get three rows of vertices; the first row uses vertices 0 and 1, the second row 2 and 3, and the third row 4 and 5).

Here's a quick and simple usage example code snippet:

// Vertices for the Quad mesh.
static float vertices[25][3] = {
  // Row 1
  {-11, 0, 1}, {0, 11, 1}, {11, 0, 1}, {0, -11, 1}, {-11, 0, 1},
  // Row 2
  {-9, 0, 1}, {0, 9, 1}, {9, 0, 1}, {0, -9, 1}, {-9, 0, 1},
  // Row 3
  {-9, 0, -1}, {0, 9, -1}, {9, 0, -1}, {0, -9, -1}, {-9, 0, -1},
  // Row 4
  {-11, 0, -1}, {0, 11, -1}, {11, 0, -1}, {0, -11, -1}, {-11, 0, -1},
  // Row 5
  {-11, 0, 1}, {0, 11, 1}, {11, 0, 1}, {0, -11, 1}, {-11, 0, 1}
};
// This function generate an object by using the SoQuadMesh node
// Return:
//  SoSeparator *
static SoSeparator *
quadMesh(void)
{
  SoSeparator * qm = new SoSeparator;
  // Define coordinates
  SoCoordinate3 * coords = new SoCoordinate3;
  coords->point.setValues(0, 30, vertices);
  qm->addChild(coords);
  // QuadMesh
  SoQuadMesh * mesh = new SoQuadMesh;
  mesh->verticesPerRow = 5;
  mesh->verticesPerColumn = 5;
  qm->addChild(mesh);
  return qm;
}

The quadmesh geometry resulting from this code looks like this:

Here is another example, this time making a 2x2 grid, with a texture:

#Inventor V2.1 ascii

Separator {
  Complexity { textureQuality 0.01 }
  Texture2 {
    image 2 2 4 0xff0000ff 0x00ff00ff 0xffff00ff 0xff00ffff
  }
  Coordinate3 {
    point [
      0 2 0,
      1 2 0,
      2 2 0,
      0 1 0,
      1 1 0,
      2 1 0,
      0 0 0,
      1 0 0,
      2 0 0
    ]
  }
  QuadMesh {
    verticesPerRow 3
    verticesPerColumn 3
  }
}

For SoQuadMesh, normals and materials can be bound PER_PART (per row), PER_FACE, PER_VERTEX and OVERALL. The default material binding is OVERALL. The default normal binding is PER_VERTEX.

A note about SoQuadMesh shading: the quads in the mesh are just passed on to OpenGL's GL_QUAD primitive rendering. Under certain circumstances, this can lead to artifacts in how your meshes are shaded. This is an inherent problem with drawing quads in meshes.

There is a work-around solution for the above mentioned problem that can be applied with Coin: by setting the global environment variable COIN_QUADMESH_PRECISE_LIGHTING to "1", the quads will be broken up in triangles before rendered, and shading will likely look much better. Be aware that this technique causes rendering of the SoQuadMesh to slow down by an approximate factor of 6.

The "precise lighting" technique is currently limited to work only when SoQuadMesh rendering is parameterized with 3D coordinates, a materialbinding that is not per vertex, and if texture mapping is done is must be without using any of the SoTextureCoordinateFunction subclass nodes.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

QuadMesh {
    vertexProperty NULL
    startIndex 0
    verticesPerColumn 1
    verticesPerRow 1
}

See also: SoTriangleStripSet SoIndexedTriangleStripSet

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoQuadMesh::SoQuadMesh ( void )

Constructor.

SoQuadMesh::~SoQuadMesh ( )

protectedvirtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

SoType SoQuadMesh::getTypeId ( void ) const

virtual

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for run-time type checking and "downward" casting.

Usage example:

void foo(SoNode * node)
{
  if (node->getTypeId() == SoFile::getClassTypeId()) {
    SoFile * filenode = (SoFile *)node;  // safe downward cast, knows the type
  }
}

For application programmers wanting to extend the library with new nodes, engines, nodekits, draggers or others: this method needs to be overridden in all subclasses. This is typically done as part of setting up the full type system for extension classes, which is usually accomplished by using the pre-defined macros available through for instance Inventor/nodes/SoSubNode.h (SO_NODE_INIT_CLASS and SO_NODE_CONSTRUCTOR for node classes), Inventor/engines/SoSubEngine.h (for engine classes) and so on.

For more information on writing Coin extensions, see the class documentation of the toplevel superclasses for the various class groups.

Reimplemented from SoNonIndexedShape.

const SoFieldData * SoQuadMesh::getFieldData ( void ) const

protectedvirtual

Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returns NULL.

Reimplemented from SoNonIndexedShape.

void SoQuadMesh::GLRender ( SoGLRenderAction * action )

virtual

Action method for the SoGLRenderAction.

This is called during rendering traversals. Nodes influencing the rendering state in any way or who wants to throw geometry primitives at OpenGL overrides this method.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

void SoQuadMesh::getPrimitiveCount ( SoGetPrimitiveCountAction * action )

virtual

Action method for the SoGetPrimitiveCountAction.

Calculates the number of triangle, line segment and point primitives for the node and adds these to the counters of the action.

Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculates their primitive count also overrides this method to change the relevant state variables.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

SbBool SoQuadMesh::generateDefaultNormals	(	SoState *	state,
		SoNormalBundle *	bundle
	)

virtual

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Subclasses should override this method to generate default normals using the SoNormalBundle class. TRUE should be returned if normals were generated, FALSE otherwise.

Default method returns FALSE.

This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

Reimplemented from SoVertexShape.

void SoQuadMesh::generatePrimitives ( SoAction * action )

protectedvirtual

The method implements action behavior for shape nodes for SoCallbackAction. It is invoked from SoShape::callback(). (Subclasses should not override SoNode::callback().)

The subclass implementations uses the convenience methods SoShape::beginShape(), SoShape::shapeVertex(), and SoShape::endShape(), with SoDetail instances, to pass the primitives making up the shape back to the caller.

Implements SoShape.

void SoQuadMesh::computeBBox	(	SoAction *	action,
		SbBox3f &	box,
		SbVec3f &	center
	)

protectedvirtual

Implemented by SoShape subclasses to let the SoShape superclass know the exact size and weighted center point of the shape's bounding box.

The bounding box and center point should be calculated and returned in the local coordinate system.

The method implements action behavior for shape nodes for SoGetBoundingBoxAction. It is invoked from SoShape::getBoundingBox(). (Subclasses should not override SoNode::getBoundingBox().)

The box parameter sent in is guaranteed to be an empty box, while center is undefined upon function entry.

Implements SoShape.

SbBool SoQuadMesh::generateDefaultNormals	(	SoState *	state,
		SoNormalCache *	cache
	)

protectedvirtual

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Subclasses should override this method to generate default normals using the SoNormalCache class. This is more effective than using SoNormalGenerator. Return TRUE if normals were generated, FALSE otherwise.

Default method just returns FALSE.

This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

Reimplemented from SoVertexShape.

Member Data Documentation

SoSFInt32 SoQuadMesh::verticesPerColumn

Specifies to number of vertices in each column.

SoSFInt32 SoQuadMesh::verticesPerRow

Specifies the number of vertices in each row.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

SoQuadMesh.h
SoQuadMesh.cpp

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Protected Member Functions

Static Protected Member Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Member Data Documentation