SoTransformerManip – transform node with 3D interface for changing scaling, rotation, and translation
This is a new manipulator with some improvements over the older inventor manips. It has the following features: [1] full interface for rotate, translate, and scale, [2] better feedback, [3] locate highlighting.
SoTransformerManip is derived from
SoTransform (by way of
SoTransformManip). When its fields change, nodes following it in the scene graph rotate, scale, and/or translate.
As a subclass of
SoTransformManip, this manipulator also has a 3D interface to edit some
of its fields. In this case, the interface edits the
scaleFactor,
rotation and
translation fields.
A manipulator differs from a dragger. When you move a dragger, no other nodes are affected. When you move an
SoTransformManip, other nodes move along
with it. (See the reference page for
SoTransformManip).
The interface for an
SoTransformerManip is exactly the same as that of the
SoTransformerDragger. To find out more about the interface, see the reference page for
SoTransformerDragger. To find out how the manipulator
uses a dragger to provide its interface, see the reference page for
SoTransformManip.
On screen, this manipulator will surround the objects influenced by its motion. This is because it turns on the
surroundScale part of the dragger
(See the reference page for
SoSurroundScale)