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NAME

       SoFaceSet -

       The SoFaceSet class is used to render and organize non-indexed
       polygonal face data.

       Faces are specified using the numVertices field. Coordinates, normals,
       materials and texture coordinates are fetched in order from the current
       state or from the vertexProperty node if set. For example, if
       numVertices is set to [3, 4, 5, 3], this node would specify a triangle
       from coordinates 0, 1 and 2, a quad from coordinates 3, 4, 5 and 6, a
       polygon from coordinates 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and finally a triangle from
       coordinates 12, 13, 14.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/nodes/SoFaceSet.h>

       Inherits SoNonIndexedShape.

   Public Member Functions
       SoFaceSet (void)
       virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
       virtual SbBool generateDefaultNormals (SoState *state, SoNormalBundle
           *nb)
       virtual void getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)

   Static Public Member Functions
       static void initClass (void)

   Public Attributes
       SoMFInt32 numVertices

   Protected Member Functions
       virtual ~SoFaceSet ()
       virtual void generatePrimitives (SoAction *action)
       virtual void computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f
           &center)
       virtual SbBool generateDefaultNormals (SoState *, SoNormalCache *)

Detailed Description

       The SoFaceSet class is used to render and organize non-indexed
       polygonal face data.

       Faces are specified using the numVertices field. Coordinates, normals,
       materials and texture coordinates are fetched in order from the current
       state or from the vertexProperty node if set. For example, if
       numVertices is set to [3, 4, 5, 3], this node would specify a triangle
       from coordinates 0, 1 and 2, a quad from coordinates 3, 4, 5 and 6, a
       polygon from coordinates 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and finally a triangle from
       coordinates 12, 13, 14.

       Binding PER_VERTEX, PER_FACE or OVERALL can be set for material, and
       normals. The default material binding is OVERALL. The default normal
       binding is PER_VERTEX.

       For more elaborate documentation about face sets, see the class
       documentation of the SoIndexedFaceSet node, which contains examples and
       more detailed information about various issues also relevant for this
       node.

       FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

           FaceSet {
               vertexProperty NULL
               startIndex 0
               numVertices -1
           }

       See also:
           SoIndexedFaceSet, SoIndexedTriangleStripSet

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

   SoFaceSet::SoFaceSet (void) Constructor.
   SoFaceSet::~SoFaceSet () [protected, virtual] Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

   void SoFaceSet::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 SoNonIndexedShape.

   void SoFaceSet::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 SoShape.

   SbBool SoFaceSet::generateDefaultNormals (SoState * state, SoNormalBundle *
       bundle) [virtual] This API member is considered internal to the
       library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application
       programmer.
       Subclasses should override this method to generate default normals
       using the SoNormalBundle class. TRUE should be returned if normals were
       generated, FALSE otherwise.

       Default method returns FALSE.

       This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the
       original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

       Reimplemented from SoVertexShape.

   void SoFaceSet::getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction * action)
       [virtual] Action method for the SoGetPrimitiveCountAction.
       Calculates the number of triangle, line segment and point primitives
       for the node and adds these to the counters of the action.

       Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculates their primitive count
       also overrides this method to change the relevant state variables.

       Reimplemented from SoShape.

   void SoFaceSet::generatePrimitives (SoAction * action) [protected, virtual]
       The method implements action behavior for shape nodes for
       SoCallbackAction. It is invoked from SoShape::callback(). (Subclasses
       should not override SoNode::callback().)
       The subclass implementations uses the convenience methods
       SoShape::beginShape(), SoShape::shapeVertex(), and SoShape::endShape(),
       with SoDetail instances, to pass the primitives making up the shape
       back to the caller.

       Implements SoShape.

   void SoFaceSet::computeBBox (SoAction * action, SbBox3f & box, SbVec3f &
       center) [protected, virtual] Implemented by SoShape subclasses to let
       the SoShape superclass know the exact size and weighted center point of
       the shapes bounding box.
       The bounding box and center point should be calculated and returned in
       the local coordinate system.

       The method implements action behavior for shape nodes for
       SoGetBoundingBoxAction. It is invoked from SoShape::getBoundingBox().
       (Subclasses should not override SoNode::getBoundingBox().)

       The box parameter sent in is guaranteed to be an empty box, while
       center is undefined upon function entry.

       Implements SoShape.

   SbBool SoFaceSet::generateDefaultNormals (SoState * state, SoNormalCache *
       cache) [protected, virtual] This API member is considered internal to
       the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application
       programmer.
       Subclasses should override this method to generate default normals
       using the SoNormalCache class. This is more effective than using
       SoNormalGenerator. Return TRUE if normals were generated, FALSE
       otherwise.

       Default method just returns FALSE.

       This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the
       original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

       Reimplemented from SoVertexShape.

Member Data Documentation

   SoMFInt32 SoFaceSet::numVertices Used to specify faces. Each entry
       specifies the number of coordinates in a face. The coordinates are
       taken in order from the state or from the vertexProperty node.

Author

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