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SoText3 Class Reference

The SoText3 class renders extruded 3D text. More...

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoText3.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoText3:
SoShape SoNode SoFieldContainer SoBase

Public Types

enum  Part { FRONT = 1, SIDES = 2, BACK = 4, ALL = FRONT|BACK|SIDES }
 
enum  Justification { LEFT = 1, RIGHT, CENTER }
 
- 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
}
 

Public Member Functions

virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const
 
SbBox3f getCharacterBounds (SoState *state, int stringindex, int charindex)
 
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 
virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *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 SoBoundingBoxCachegetBoundingBoxCache (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 SoNodecopy (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 write (SoWriteAction *action)
 
virtual void audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)
 
virtual void grabEventsSetup (void)
 
virtual void grabEventsCleanup (void)
 
virtual void startNotify (void)
 
SbUniqueId getNodeId (void) const
 
virtual SoChildListgetChildren (void) const
 
virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
 
virtual SoNodeaddToCopyDict (void) const
 
virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
 
virtual SoFieldContainercopyThroughConnection (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 SoFieldgetField (const SbName &name) const
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventIn (const SbName &name) const
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventOut (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 SoAuditorListgetAuditors (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 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 SoNodegetByName (const SbName &name)
 
static int getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &l)
 
static void initClass (void)
 
static void initClasses (void)
 
static SbUniqueId 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 SoFieldContainercheckCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
 
static SoFieldContainerfindCopy (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 SoBasegetNamedBase (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

SoMFString string
 
SoSFFloat spacing
 
SoSFEnum justification
 
SoSFBitMask parts
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual const SoFieldDatagetFieldData (void) const
 
virtual void generatePrimitives (SoAction *)
 
virtual void computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)
 
virtual SoDetailcreateTriangleDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v3, SoPickedPoint *pp)
 
virtual void notify (SoNotList *list)
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoShape
 SoShape (void)
 
virtual ~SoShape ()
 
float getComplexityValue (SoAction *action)
 
virtual SbBool shouldGLRender (SoGLRenderAction *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 SoDetailcreateLineSegmentDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, SoPickedPoint *pp)
 
virtual SoDetailcreatePointDetail (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 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

- Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum  BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
SbUniqueId uniqueId
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
SbBool isBuiltIn
 
- Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static SbUniqueId nextUniqueId = 1
 
static int nextActionMethodIndex = 0
 

Detailed Description

The SoText3 class renders extruded 3D text.

Render text as 3D geometry.

The size of the textual geometry representation is decided from the SoFont::size field of a preceding SoFont-node in the scene graph, which specifies the size in unit coordinates. This value sets the approximate vertical size of the letters. The default value if no SoFont-nodes are used, is 10.

This node will create 3D geometry from a specified font defined by a preceding SoFont node. The complexity of the glyphs is controlled by a preceding SoComplexity node with Type set to OBJECT_SPACE. Please note that the default built-in 3D font will not be affected by the SoComplexity node.

This is a simple example of an extruded SoText3 string:

 #Inventor V2.1 ascii

 Separator {
   renderCaching ON
   Font {
      name "Arial"
      size 2
   }
   ProfileCoordinate2 {
     point [ 0 0,
             0.05 0.05,
             0.25 0.05,
             0.3 0 ]
   }
   LinearProfile {
     index [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
   }
   Complexity {
     type OBJECT_SPACE
     value 1
   }
   ShapeHints {
     creaseAngle 1.5
     shapeType SOLID
     vertexOrdering COUNTERCLOCKWISE
   }
   Material {
     diffuseColor 0.6 0.6 0.8
     specularColor 1 1 1
   }
   Text3 {
     string ["Coin3D"]
     parts ALL
   }
 }
text3.png
Rendering of Example File

if SoText3::Part is set to SIDES or ALL and no profile is provided, a flat, one unit long profile will be created.

Separate colors can be assigned to the front, sides and back of the glyphs by adding a preceding SoMaterialBinding node. Set the value field to PER_PART (default is OVERALL). The front, side and back of the glyphs will then be colored according to diffuse color 0, 1 and 2 found on the stack.

Beware that using a lot of SoText3 text characters in a scene will usually have severe impact on the rendering performance, as each and every character of the text increases the polygon count a lot. This makes SoText3 nodes most suitable in situations where you just need a few characters to be placed in your scene, rather than to visualize complete sentences.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

Text3 {
string ""
}
See also
SoFont, SoFontStyle, SoText2, SoAsciiText, SoProfile

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ Part

Used to specify which parts should be rendered/generated.

Enumerator
FRONT 

Front of characters.

SIDES 

Sides of characters.

BACK 

Back of characters.

ALL 

All parts.

◆ Justification

Used to specify horizontal string alignment.

Enumerator
LEFT 

Left edges of strings are aligned.

RIGHT 

Right edges of strings are aligned.

CENTER 

Centers of strings are aligned.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getClassTypeId()

SoType SoText3::getClassTypeId ( void  )
static

This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

◆ getTypeId()

SoType SoText3::getTypeId ( void  ) const
virtual

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

Reimplemented from SoShape.

◆ getFieldDataPtr()

const SoFieldData ** SoText3::getFieldDataPtr ( void  )
staticprotected

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

Returns the SoFieldData class which holds information about fields in this node.

◆ getFieldData()

const SoFieldData * SoText3::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 SoShape.

◆ initClass()

void SoText3::initClass ( void  )
static

Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.

◆ getCharacterBounds()

SbBox3f SoText3::getCharacterBounds ( SoState state,
int  stringindex,
int  charindex 
)

Not implemented. Should probably have been private in Open Inventor API. Let us know if you need this method for anything, and we'll implement it.

◆ GLRender()

void SoText3::GLRender ( SoGLRenderAction action)
virtual

Action method for the SoGLRenderAction.

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

Reimplemented from SoShape.

◆ getPrimitiveCount()

void SoText3::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 calculate their primitive count also override this method to change the relevant state variables.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

◆ generatePrimitives()

void SoText3::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.

◆ computeBBox()

void SoText3::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.

◆ createTriangleDetail()

SoDetail * SoText3::createTriangleDetail ( SoRayPickAction action,
const SoPrimitiveVertex v1,
const SoPrimitiveVertex v2,
const SoPrimitiveVertex v3,
SoPickedPoint pp 
)
protectedvirtual

Will create triangle detail for a SoPickedPoint. This method will only be called internally, when generatePrimitives() is used for picking (SoShape::rayPick() is not overridden).

This method returns NULL in Open Inventor, and subclasses will need to override this method to create details for a SoPickedPoint.

This is not necessary with Coin. Of course, if you choose to override it, it will work in the same way as Open Inventor.

For this to work, you must supply a face or line detail when generating primitives. If you supply NULL for the detail argument in SoShape::beginShape(), you'll have to override this method.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

◆ notify()

void SoText3::notify ( SoNotList l)
protectedvirtual

Notifies all auditors for this instance when changes are made.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

Member Data Documentation

◆ string

SoMFString SoText3::string

The set of strings to render. Each string in the multiple value field will be rendered on a separate line.

The default value of the field is a single empty string.

◆ spacing

SoSFFloat SoText3::spacing

Vertical spacing between the baselines of two consecutive horizontal lines. Default value is 1.0, which means that it is equal to the vertical size of the highest character in the bitmap alphabet.

◆ justification

SoSFEnum SoText3::justification

Determines horizontal alignment of text strings.

If justification is set to SoText3::LEFT, the left edge of the first string is at the origin and all strings are aligned with their left edges. If set to SoText3::RIGHT, the right edge of the first string is at the origin and all strings are aligned with their right edges. Otherwise, if set to SoText3::CENTER, the center of the first string is at the origin and all strings are aligned with their centers. The origin is always located at the baseline of the first line of text.

Default value is SoText3::LEFT.

◆ parts

SoSFBitMask SoText3::parts

Character parts. Default is to show only the front facing part.


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