Striped ball you can rotate or scale uniformly by dragging with the mouse. More...

#include <Inventor/draggers/SoTrackballDragger.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoTrackballDragger:

Public Member Functions
	SoTrackballDragger ()
	Constructor.
SbBool	isAnimationEnabled ()
void	setAnimationEnabled (SbBool newVal)
	If the mouse is moving while you release it, the trackball will continue to spin afterwards.
Static Public Member Functions
static void	initClass ()
	initialize the class
Public Attributes
SoSFRotation	rotation
SoSFVec3f	scaleFactor
Protected Member Functions
void	dragStart ()
	These really do the work during startCB, motionCB, and finishCB.
void	drag ()
void	dragFinish ()
void	setAllPartsActive (SbBool onOrOff)
virtual SbBool	setUpConnections (SbBool onOff, SbBool doItAlways=FALSE)
	detach/attach any sensors, callbacks, and/or field connections.
virtual void	setDefaultOnNonWritingFields ()
	Called by the SoBaseKit::write() method.
virtual	~SoTrackballDragger ()
Static Protected Member Functions
static void	startCB (void , SoDragger )
	Callbacks for drag start, motion, and finish.
static void	motionCB (void , SoDragger )
static void	finishCB (void , SoDragger )
static void	fieldSensorCB (void , SoSensor )
static void	valueChangedCB (void , SoDragger )
static void	metaKeyChangeCB (void , SoDragger )
	Callback for pressing and releasing the meta keys.
Protected Attributes
SoFieldSensor *	rotFieldSensor
SoFieldSensor *	scaleFieldSensor

Detailed Description

SoTrackballDragger is a ball wrapped in three circular stripes. The stripes are oriented like wheels that spin around the x, y, and z axes. Drag the stripes to rotate the trackball around those axes. You do not have to hit the lines; pick anywhere within the stripe's outline. To rotate the trackball freely in 3 dimensions, click the area between the stripes and then drag. An invisible but pickable sphere initiates this dragging. If the mouse is still moving when you release it, the trackball will continue to spin.

Press the <Control> key to scale the trackball uniformly instead of rotating.

Press the <Shift> key and the user axis appears; this is a draggable axis with an extra stripe around it. Moving the mouse along the surface of the sphere drags the 'pole' of the axis. Release the <Shift> key and the user axis remains; drag the new stripe for constrained rotation around the user axis. To make the user axis disappear, press <Shift> and drag the pole to where two of other stripes intersect. This aligns the user axis with a primary axis, at which point the user axis disappears.

As you drag the trackball, it updates its rotation field, or its scaleFactor field if the <Control> key is down. As with all draggers, if you change the fields the dragger moves in response.

Remember: This is not an SoTransform!. If you want to move other objects with this dragger, you can either:

[a] Use an SoTrackballManip, which is subclassed from SoTransform. The manipulator creates one of these draggers and uses it as the interface to edit the manipulator's fields. (see the SoTrackballManip reference page).

[b] Use field-to-field connections to connect the fields of this dragger to those of any SoTransformation node.

You can change the parts in any instance of this dragger using setPart(). The default part geometries are defined as resources for this SoTrackballDragger class. They are detailed in the Dragger Resources section of the online reference page for this class. You can make your program use different default resources for the parts by copying the file /usr/share/data/draggerDefaults/trackballDragger.iv into your own directory, editing the file, and then setting the environment variable SO_DRAGGER_DIR to be a path to that directory.

File Format/Default

TrackballDragger {
  renderCaching AUTO
  boundingBoxCaching AUTO
  renderCulling AUTO
  pickCulling AUTO
  isActive FALSE
  rotation 0 0 1 0
  scaleFactor 1 1 1
}

: NOTE Unlike most multi-function draggers, SoTrackballDragger is not a compound dragger made up of other draggers that perform its smaller tasks. This is not because it was inappropriate, but because the trackball was written before implementation of the methods that take care of synchronizing multiple child draggers. The younger SoCenterballDragger is similar in form to the trackball, but the centerball is a compound dragger.

See Also

Definition at line 192 of file SoTrackballDragger.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoTrackballDragger::SoTrackballDragger ( )

virtual SoTrackballDragger::~SoTrackballDragger ( ) [protected, virtual]

Member Function Documentation

void SoTrackballDragger::drag ( ) [protected]

void SoTrackballDragger::dragFinish ( ) [protected]

void SoTrackballDragger::dragStart ( ) [protected]

static void SoTrackballDragger::fieldSensorCB	(	void *	,
		SoSensor *
	)		`[static, protected]`

Reimplemented from SoInteractionKit.

static void SoTrackballDragger::finishCB	(	void *	,
		SoDragger *
	)		`[static, protected]`

static void SoTrackballDragger::initClass ( ) [static]

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

SbBool SoTrackballDragger::isAnimationEnabled ( ) [inline]

See also:: setAnimationEnabled

Definition at line 233 of file SoTrackballDragger.h.

static void SoTrackballDragger::metaKeyChangeCB	(	void *	,
		SoDragger *
	)		`[static, protected]`

static void SoTrackballDragger::motionCB	(	void *	,
		SoDragger *
	)		`[static, protected]`

void SoTrackballDragger::setAllPartsActive ( SbBool onOrOff ) [protected]

void SoTrackballDragger::setAnimationEnabled ( SbBool newVal )

These two methods will query and set whether this feature is turned on or off. By default, the animation feature is turned on.

virtual void SoTrackballDragger::setDefaultOnNonWritingFields ( ) [protected, virtual]

Draggers don't want to write out fields if they have default vals.

sets isActive to default if default and not connected.

Looks for fields named: 'rotation' with value SbRotation::identity() 'translation' with value (0,0,0) 'center' with value (0,0,0) 'scaleFactor' with value (1,1,1) and sets them to default if they are not connected from a field. (most draggers are missing at least some of these, but thats okay)

Then calls the method for SoInteractionKit.

NOTE: Parts which are set to default may still wind up writing to file if, for example, they lie on a path.

Reimplemented from SoDragger.

virtual SbBool SoTrackballDragger::setUpConnections	(	SbBool	onOff,
		SbBool	doItAlways = `FALSE`
	)		`[protected, virtual]`

Called by: start/end of SoBaseKit::readInstance and on new copy by: start/end of SoBaseKit::copy. Classes that redefine must call setUpConnections(TRUE,TRUE) at end of constructor. Returns the state of the node when this was called.

Reimplemented from SoInteractionKit.