This node represents a 3D shape formed by constructing polylines from vertices located at the coordinates specified in the
vertexProperty field (from
SoVertexShape), or the current inherited coordinates. For optimal performance,
the
vertexProperty field is recommended.
SoLineSet uses the coordinates in order, starting with the first one. Each line has a number of vertices specified by a value in the
numVertices field. For example, an
SoLineSet with a
numVertices of [3,4,2] would
use coordinates 1, 2, and 3 for the first line, coordinates 4, 5, 6, and 7 for the second line, and coordinates 8 and 9 for the third.
The number of values in the
numVertices field indicates the number of polylines
in the set.
The coordinates of the line set are transformed by the current cumulative transformation. The lines are drawn with the current light model and drawing style (drawing style
FILLED is treated as
LINES).
Treatment
of the current material and normal binding is as follows: The
PER_PART binding specifies a material or normal for each segment of the line. The
PER_FACE binding specifies a material or normal for each polyline. The
_INDEXED bindings
are equivalent to their non-indexed counterparts. The default material binding is
OVERALL. The default normal binding is
PER_VERTEX.
The current complexity value has no effect on the rendering of line sets.