Manipulator Classes

Classes
class	SoCenterballManip
	The SoCenterballManip wraps an SoCenterballDragger for convenience. More...
class	SoClipPlaneManip
	The SoClipPlaneManip class is used to manipulate clip planes. More...
class	SoDirectionalLightManip
	The SoDirectionalLightManip class is used to manipulate SoDirectionalLight nodes. More...
class	SoHandleBoxManip
	The SoHandleBoxManip class wraps an SoHandleBoxDragger for manipulating a transformation. More...
class	SoJackManip
	The SoJackManip wraps an SoJackDragger for convenience. More...
class	SoPointLightManip
	The SoPointLightManip class is used to manipulate point light nodes. More...
class	SoSpotLightManip
	The SoSpotLightManip class is used to manipulate spot light nodes. More...
class	SoTabBoxManip
	The SoTabBoxManip class wraps an SoTabBoxDragger. More...
class	SoTrackballManip
	The SoTrackballManip wraps an SoTrackballDragger for convenience. More...
class	SoTransformBoxManip
	The SoTransformBoxManip wraps an SoTransformBoxDragger for convenience. More...
class	SoTransformerManip
	The SoTransformerManip wraps an SoTransformerDragger for convenience. More...
class	SoTransformManip
	The SoTransformManip class is used to manipulate transformations.A manipulator is used by replacing the node you want to edit in the graph with the manipulator. Draggers are used to to manipulate the node. When manipulation is finished, the node is put back into the graph, replacing the manipulator. More...

Detailed Description

Manipulators are objects you can swap back and forth into a scene graph at locations where you have an SoTransform node. They take the place of the SoTransform, continue to act like the SoTransform, but in addition give the user a 3D user interface, using draggers, for controlling the transform. When the user is done manipulating, the manipulator can swap itself back out, replacing itself with an SoTransform that represent the new transform value.

Manipulators is one of the concepts that really made Open Inventor stand out against the alternatives when it came out.

See also

Dragger Classes