SoShadowDirectionalLight Class Reference

The SoShadowDirectionalLight class is a node for setting up a directional light which casts shadows. More...

#include <Inventor/annex/FXViz/nodes/SoShadowDirectionalLight.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoShadowDirectionalLight:

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...
	SoShadowDirectionalLight (void)
virtual void	GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoDirectionalLight
	SoDirectionalLight (void)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoLight
virtual void	callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
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 SbBool	affectsState (void) const
virtual void	doAction (SoAction *action)
virtual void	GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void	GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void	GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void	getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
virtual void	getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
virtual void	handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)
virtual void	pick (SoPickAction *action)
virtual void	rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void	search (SoSearchAction *action)
virtual void	write (SoWriteAction *action)
virtual void	audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)
virtual void	getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
virtual void	grabEventsSetup (void)
virtual void	grabEventsCleanup (void)
virtual void	startNotify (void)
virtual void	notify (SoNotList *l)
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 SoDirectionalLight
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)
static void	initClass (void)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoLight
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)
static void	initClass (void)
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
SoSFNode	shadowMapScene
SoSFFloat	maxShadowDistance
SoSFVec3f	bboxCenter
SoSFVec3f	bboxSize
Public Attributes inherited from SoDirectionalLight
SoSFVec3f	direction
Public Attributes inherited from SoLight
SoSFBool	on
SoSFFloat	intensity
SoSFColor	color

Protected Member Functions
virtual const SoFieldData *	getFieldData (void) const
virtual	~SoShadowDirectionalLight ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoDirectionalLight
virtual	~SoDirectionalLight ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoLight
	SoLight (void)
virtual	~SoLight ()
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 SoDirectionalLight
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoLight
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 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 SoShadowDirectionalLight class is a node for setting up a directional light which casts shadows.

Directional lights usually affect everything, but since it's not always feasible to use one shadow map for the entire scene graph. This node has some extra features to work around this.

It calculates the intersection between the current view volume and either the scene bounding box, or the bounding box provided in this node. The shadows are only calculated for this volume. This means that you'll get more detailed shadows as you zoom in on items in the scene graph.

In addition, you can set the maximum distance from the camera which will be shaded with shadows. Think of this a new far plane for the camera which only affects shadows.

As with SoShadowSpotLight, it's possible to optimize further by setting your own shadow caster scene graph in the shadowMapScene field.

The example scene graph below demonstrates how you can use this node to create shadows on a large number of objects, and still get decent precision when zooming in. To further reduce the volume covered by the shadowmap, you can set maxShadowDistance to some number > 0. This is the distance from the camera where shadows will be visible.

DirectionalLight {
   direction 0 0 -1
   intensity 0.2
}

ShadowGroup {
  quality 1 # to get per pixel lighting
  precision 1

  ShadowDirectionalLight {
    direction 1 1 -1
    intensity 0.8
    # enable this to reduce the shadow view distance
    # maxShadowDistance 200
  }

  # 900 cubes spaced out over a fairly large area
  Array {
    origin CENTER
    numElements1 30
    numElements2 30
    numElements3 1
    separation1 20 0 0
    separation2 0 20 0
    separation3 0 0 0

    Material { diffuseColor 1 0 0 specularColor 1 1 1 }
    Cube { width 4 height 4 depth 4 }
  }

  # a chess board
  Coordinate3 { point [ -400 -400 -3, 400 -400 -3, 400 400 -3, -400 400 -3 ] }
  Material { specularColor 1 1 1 shininess 0.9 }
  Complexity { textureQuality 0.1 }
  Texture2 { image 2 2 3 0xffffff 0x225588 0x225588 0xffffff }
  Texture2Transform { scaleFactor 20 20 }
  FaceSet { numVertices 4 }
}

Since

Coin 3.0

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoShadowDirectionalLight::SoShadowDirectionalLight

(

void

)

Constructor.

SoShadowDirectionalLight::~SoShadowDirectionalLight ( )

protectedvirtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

SoType SoShadowDirectionalLight::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 SoDirectionalLight.

const SoFieldData * SoShadowDirectionalLight::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 SoDirectionalLight.

void SoShadowDirectionalLight::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 SoDirectionalLight.

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

• SoShadowDirectionalLight.h
• SoShadowDirectionalLight.cpp