Manipulator Classes

Manipulators are objects you can swap back and forth into a scene graph at locations where you have an SoTransform node. More...

Classes
class	SoClipPlaneManip
	The SoClipPlaneManip class is used to manipulate clip planes.A manipulator is used by replacing the node you want to edit in the graph with the manipulator. Draggers are used to manipulate the node. When manipulation is finished, the node is put back into the graph, replacing the manipulator. More...
class	SoDirectionalLightManip
	The SoDirectionalLightManip class is used to manipulate SoDirectionalLight nodes.A manipulator is used by replacing the node you want to edit in the graph with the manipulator. Draggers are used to manipulate the node. When manipulation is finished, the node is put back into the graph, replacing the manipulator. More...
class	SoPointLightManip
	The SoPointLightManip class is used to manipulate point light nodes.A manipulator is used by replacing the node you want to edit in the graph with the manipulator. Draggers are used to to manipulate the node. When manipulation is finished, the node is put back into the graph, replacing the manipulator. More...
class	SoSpotLightManip
	The SoSpotLightManip class is used to manipulate spot light nodes.A manipulator is used by replacing the node you want to edit in the graph with the manipulator. Draggers are used to to manipulate the node. When manipulation is finished, the node is put back into the graph, replacing the manipulator. More...
class	SoTransformManip
	The SoTransformManip class is used to manipulate transformations.A manipulator is used by replacing the node you want to edit in the graph with the manipulator. Draggers are used to to manipulate the node. When manipulation is finished, the node is put back into the graph, replacing the manipulator. More...
class	SoCenterballManip
	The SoCenterballManip wraps an SoCenterballDragger for convenience.The manipulator class takes care of wrapping up the SoCenterballDragger in a simple and convenient API for the application programmer, making it automatically surround the geometry it influences and taking care of the book-keeping routines for it's interaction with the relevant fields of an SoTransformation node. More...
class	SoHandleBoxManip
	The SoHandleBoxManip class wraps an SoHandleBoxDragger for manipulating a transformation.A manipulator is used by replacing the node you want to edit in the graph with the manipulator. Draggers are used to manipulate the node. When manipulation is finished, the node is put back into the graph, replacing the manipulator. More...
class	SoJackManip
	The SoJackManip wraps an SoJackDragger for convenience.The manipulator class takes care of wrapping up the SoJackDragger in a simple and convenient API for the application programmer, making it automatically surround the geometry it influences and taking care of the book-keeping routines for it's interaction with the relevant fields of an SoTransformation node. More...
class	SoTabBoxManip
	The SoTabBoxManip class wraps an SoTabBoxDragger.The SoTabBoxManip provides a convenient mechanism for the application programmer for setting up an SoTabBoxDragger in the scene connected to the relevant fields of an SoTransform node. More...
class	SoTrackballManip
	The SoTrackballManip wraps an SoTrackballDragger for convenience.The manipulator class takes care of wrapping up the SoTrackballDragger in a simple and convenient API for the application programmer, making it automatically surround the geometry it influences and taking care of the book-keeping routines for it's interaction with the relevant fields of an SoTransformation node. More...
class	SoTransformBoxManip
	The SoTransformBoxManip wraps an SoTransformBoxDragger for convenience.The manipulator class takes care of wrapping up the SoTransformBoxDragger in a simple and convenient API for the application programmer, making it automatically surround the geometry it influences and taking care of the book-keeping routines for it's interaction with the relevant fields of an SoTransformation node. More...
class	SoTransformerManip
	The SoTransformerManip wraps an SoTransformerDragger for convenience.The manipulator class takes care of wrapping up the SoTransformerDragger in a simple and convenient API for the application programmer, making it automatically surround the geometry it influences and taking care of the book-keeping routines for it's interaction with the relevant fields of an SoTransformation node. More...

Detailed Description

Manipulators are objects you can swap back and forth into a scene graph at locations where you have an SoTransform node.

They take the place of the SoTransform, continue to act like the SoTransform, but in addition give the user a 3D user interface, using draggers, for controlling the transform. When the user is done manipulating, the manipulator can swap itself back out, replacing itself with an SoTransform that represent the new transform value.

Manipulators is one of the concepts that really made Open Inventor stand out against the alternatives when it came out.

See also

Dragger Classes