SoPolyLineScreenDrawer Class Reference
[Drawers]

Interactively draw a polyline in normalized screen space. More...

#include <Inventor/drawers/SoPolyLineScreenDrawer.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoPolyLineScreenDrawer:

List of all members.

Classes
struct	EventArg
	Structure given to callback when an event is raised. More...
Public Member Functions
virtual SoType	getTypeId () const
	SoPolyLineScreenDrawer ()
virtual void	clear ()
Static Public Member Functions
static SoType	getClassTypeId ()
Public Attributes
SoSFUInt32	simplificationThreshold
SoSFBool	doCCW
SoSFColor	color
SoMFVec2f	point
SoSFBool	isClosed
SbEventHandler< EventArg & >	onFinish
Deprecated
typedef SbBool	LineDrawerEventCallback (SoHandleEventAction *action, SoPolyLineScreenDrawer *drawer, void *userData)
virtual SoDEPRECATED void	setFinishCallback (LineDrawerEventCallback *callback, void *userData=NULL)

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Detailed Description

Interactively draw a polyline in normalized screen space.

This class is a base class used to allow the user to dynamically draw line-based shapes (lasso, circle, rectangle, ...) on screen. The geometry is defined in normalized screen space ([-1, 1]x[-1, 1]).

Applications will typically use one of the derived classes, for example, SoEllipseScreenDrawer, SoRectangleScreenDrawer, SoPolygonScreenDrawer or SoLassoScreenDrawer.

The line color is specified by the color field (default is red).

SoPolyLineScreenDrawer classes can automatically reduce the number of points in the shape drawn by the user. This is especially useful with SoLassoScreenDrawer. See the simplificationThreshold field.

Sub-classes can implement the onMouseDown, onMouseMove, etc... methods, to add and edit points.

Notes:

• Viewer:
  
  • Screen drawers, like draggers, depend on SoHandleEventAction to get events. Therefore when using one of the Open Inventor viewer classes, screen drawers will only work when the viewer is in "selection" mode (arrow cursor). (In "viewing" mode, mouse events are handled by the viewer to control the camera.)
    
    
  • The escape key (ESC) can be used to cancel creation of the polyline. However, currently it also changes the viewer mode (this is a known problem).

• Event handling:
  The drawer will automatically begin a new polyline when it sees a mouse button 1 down event. However the drawer does not call setHandled(), so other nodes in the scene graph, e.g. SoEventCallback or a dragger, may also handle this event.

• Finish notification:
  
  • An event is raised to notify the application when the line is finished. (see onFinish ). This event is called at the end of line finalization (after simplification etc). See SbEventHandler for methods to set a callback to be notified when this event is raised.
    
    
  • In this callback the application can retrieve coordinates from the point field. These points are in Open Inventor normalized device coordinates (-1 to 1), not pixel coordinates.
    
    
  • The drawer does not call the SoHandleEventAction's setHandled() method for the event that finished the polyline. The application can call setHandled() in this callback.
    
    
  • With some drawers it is possible to get a call with zero points if the user pressed ESC to cancel the interaction. Applications should check for this case.
    
    
  • With some drawers it is also possible to get a call with a non-zero number of points, but all points are the same coordinate. E.g. SoRectangleScreenDrawer stores four points even if the mouse down/up events are at the same location.
    
    
  • Typically the application will want to remove the polyline from the screen in this callback. See the next note.

• Part of the scene graph:
  
  • Note that the polyline remains on the screen (because it is part of the scene graph) until clear() is called or the user starts a new interaction.
    
    
  • Changing the color field or the isClosed field will immediately change the appearance of a polyline currently on the screen.

• Simplification:
  Simplification is done (if > 0) when the user releases the mouse button and also if the simplificationThreshold is changed. But note that the old points are thrown away, so you can't re-simplify with a different value.

• isClosed field:
  If true (default), the polyline will be closed while being drawn (not just when the user releases the mouse button). The default in this class is false, but most sub-classes set it to true.

• Coordinates:
  This node and its subclasses use screen coordinates ranging from -1 to 1. (Because this is the default view volume for an SoOrthographicCamera node.) Be careful because other classes in Open Inventor use normalized screen coordinates ranging from 0 to 1. In particular the SbViewportRegion normalize() methods and the SbViewVolume methods that project from 3D to 2D and vice-versa.

• There should only be one SoScreenDrawer derived node in the sceneGraph (to avoid conflicts in mouse events).

• [C++]
  Screen drawer classes must be initialized by calling SoInteraction::init(). High level viewer init methods, like SoWin::init(), automatically do this. However, if the application is calling SoDB::init() directly, then it is usually necessary to also call SoInteraction::init() before using the screen drawer classes.

EXAMPLE

Create a screen drawer, set the callback and add it to the scene graph:

    SoRectangleScreenDrawer* drawer = new SoRectangleScreenDrawer();
      drawer->onFinish.add( lineDrawerCallback );
      root->addChild( drawer );

A finish callback that gets the number of points created by the screen drawer:

    void lineDrawerCallback( SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::EventArg& eventArg )
    {
      SoPolyLineScreenDrawer *drawer = eventArg.getSource();
      SoHandleEventAction *action = eventArg.getAction();

      int numPoints = drawer->point.getNum();
      if (numPoints > 0) {
        // Use points
        SbVec2f pt = drawer->point[0];
      }
      drawer->clear();  // Remove polyline from screen
      action->setHandled();
    }

SEE ALSO

SoEllipseScreenDrawer, SoLassoScreenDrawer, SoPolygonScreenDrawer, SoRectangleScreenDrawer, SoScreenDrawer

See related examples:

CustomScreenDrawer

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Member Typedef Documentation

typedef SbBool SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::LineDrawerEventCallback(SoHandleEventAction *action, SoPolyLineScreenDrawer *drawer, void *userData)

This is the declaration to use for mouse event callback functions.

Note: These callbacks are called just after the event occurs.

Parameters:

	action	Action that generate the event.
	drawer	The ScreenDrawer node that called the function.
	userData	Optional pointer specified when the callback was set.

Returns:

If the callback handles the event it must return TRUE, else return FALSE.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::SoPolyLineScreenDrawer

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)

Constructor.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual void SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::clear

(

)

[inline, virtual]

Convenience method to clear the points in the line.

Reimplemented in SoPolygonScreenDrawer.

static SoType SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::getClassTypeId

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)

[static]

Returns the type identifier for this class.

Reimplemented from SoScreenDrawer.

Reimplemented in SoEllipseScreenDrawer, SoLassoScreenDrawer, SoPolygonScreenDrawer, and SoRectangleScreenDrawer.

virtual SoType SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::getTypeId

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)

const [virtual]

Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

Reimplemented from SoScreenDrawer.

Reimplemented in SoEllipseScreenDrawer, SoLassoScreenDrawer, SoPolygonScreenDrawer, and SoRectangleScreenDrawer.

virtual SoDEPRECATED void SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::setFinishCallback	(	LineDrawerEventCallback *	callback,
		void *	userData = NULL
	)			[virtual]

Specifies a callback to call when the line is finished.

Parameters:

	callback	The callback method.
	userData	Parameter that will be given to callback. Basically, when the line is finished, this drawer will call: callback ( action, this, userData );

Deprecated:

Deprecated since Open Inventor 9800
Use onFinish event instead.

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Member Data Documentation

SoSFColor SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::color

Color of line.

Default value is red.

SoSFBool SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::doCCW

Make the line counter-clockwise when it is finalized.

This can change order of points. Default is TRUE.

Note:

Some shapes (like "8") do not have a defined clockwiseness. In these cases, the result is undefined.

NOTE: field available since Open Inventor 9.0

SoSFBool SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::isClosed

Close the line during display (connect last point to first point).

Default is FALSE (but most sub-classes automatically set it to TRUE).

Warning:

This only affects the display.

SbEventHandler<EventArg&> SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::onFinish

Event raised when the line is finished.

See SbEventHandler for methods to set a callback to be notified when this event is raised. The callback will be called with a line drawer specific EventArg from which you can query the current action and drawer objects.

SoMFVec2f SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::point

Points of line.

Default is empty.

SoSFUInt32 SoPolyLineScreenDrawer::simplificationThreshold

Threshold (in pixels) used to simplify line when it is finished.

A value of 0 means no simplification. Default value is 5 pixels.

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

• Inventor/drawers/SoPolyLineScreenDrawer.h