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The SoDirectionalLight class is a node type for specifying directional light sources.A directional light source provides a model of light sources which are at infinite distance from the geometry it illuminates, thereby having no set position and consisting of an infinite volume of parallel rays. More...
#include <Inventor/nodes/SoDirectionalLight.h>
Public Member Functions | |
SoDirectionalLight (void) | |
virtual void | GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action) |
Static Public Member Functions | |
static void | initClass (void) |
Public Attributes | |
SoSFVec3f | direction |
Protected Member Functions | |
virtual | ~SoDirectionalLight () |
The SoDirectionalLight class is a node type for specifying directional light sources.
A directional light source provides a model of light sources which are at infinite distance from the geometry it illuminates, thereby having no set position and consisting of an infinite volume of parallel rays.
This is of course a simplified model of far-away light sources, as "infinite distance" is impossible.
The sun shining on objects on earth is a good example of something which can be modeled rather well for the most common purposes with a directional light source.
See also documentation of parent class for important information regarding light sources in general.
FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:
A common thing to do with an SoDirectionalLight is to connect it to a camera, so it works in the style of a head light to that camera. This can easily be accomplished by linking an SoRotation::rotation field, influencing the light, to the SoCamera::orientation field. Here is a complete example iv-file demonstrating the technique:
#Inventor V2.1 ascii DEF mycam PerspectiveCamera { } TransformSeparator { SoRotation { rotation = USE mycam.orientation } DirectionalLight { direction 0 0 -1 } } Cube { }
(The SoTransformSeparator is included to keep the effect of the SoRotation node within a scope where it will only influence the light, and not the geometry following the light in the scene graph.)
SoDirectionalLight::SoDirectionalLight | ( | void | ) |
Constructor.
SoDirectionalLight::~SoDirectionalLight | ( | ) | [protected, virtual] |
Destructor.
void SoDirectionalLight::initClass | ( | void | ) | [static] |
Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
Reimplemented from SoLight.
Reimplemented in SoDirectionalLightManip.
void SoDirectionalLight::GLRender | ( | SoGLRenderAction * | action | ) | [virtual] |
Action method for the SoGLRenderAction.
This is called during rendering traversals. Nodes influencing the rendering state in any way or who wants to throw geometry primitives at OpenGL overrides this method.
Reimplemented from SoNode.
Reimplemented in SoDirectionalLightManip.
The direction of the light source. Defaults to pointing along the negative z-axis.
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