SoMaterial Class Reference
Node Classes

The SoMaterial class is a node type for setting up material values for scene geometry. More...

`#include <Inventor/nodes/SoMaterial.h>`

Inheritance diagram for SoMaterial:

## Public Member Functions

virtual SoType | getTypeId (void) const
| SoMaterial (void)
virtual void | doAction (SoAction *action)
virtual void | GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
void | setOverride (const SbBool state)
SbBool | isOverride (void) const
void | setNodeType (const NodeType type)
NodeType | getNodeType (void) const
virtual SoNode * | copy (SbBool copyconnections=FALSE) const
virtual SbBool | affectsState (void) const
virtual void | GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
virtual void | getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
virtual void | handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)
virtual void | pick (SoPickAction *action)
virtual void | rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void | search (SoSearchAction *action)
virtual void | write (SoWriteAction *action)
virtual void | audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)
virtual void | getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
virtual void | grabEventsSetup (void)
virtual void | grabEventsCleanup (void)
virtual void | startNotify (void)
SbUniqueId | getNodeId (void) const
virtual SoChildList * | getChildren (void) const
virtual void | writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
virtual SoNode * | addToCopyDict (void) const
virtual void | copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
virtual SoFieldContainer * | copyThroughConnection (void) const
Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void | setToDefaults (void)
SbBool | hasDefaultValues (void) const
SbBool | fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const
void | copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)
SbBool | set (const char *const fielddata)
void | get (SbString &fielddata)
virtual int | getFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual int | getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual SoField * | getField (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField * | getEventIn (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField * | getEventOut (const SbName &name) const
SbBool | getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const
SbBool | enableNotify (const SbBool flag)
SbBool | isNotifyEnabled (void) const
SbBool | set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)
void | get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)
virtual SbBool | validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
virtual void | addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
SbBool | getIsBuiltIn (void) const
virtual void | getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const
void | setUserData (void *userdata) const
void * | getUserData (void) const
Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void | ref (void) const
void | unref (void) const
void | unrefNoDelete (void) const
int32_t | getRefCount (void) const
void | touch (void)
SbBool | isOfType (SoType type) const
| Returns `TRUE` if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type.
virtual SbName | getName (void) const
virtual void | setName (const SbName &newname)
void | addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
void | removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
const SoAuditorList & | getAuditors (void) const
SbBool | shouldWrite (void)
void | assertAlive (void) const

## Static Public Member Functions

static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static void | initClass (void)
| Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static uint32_t | getCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype)
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static SoNode * | getByName (const SbName &name)
static int | getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &l)
static void | initClass (void)
| Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
static void | initClasses (void)
static SbUniqueId | getNextNodeId (void)
static int | getActionMethodIndex (const SoType type)
static void | getBoundingBoxS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | GLRenderS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | callbackS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | getMatrixS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | handleEventS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | pickS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | rayPickS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | searchS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | writeS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | audioRenderS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void | getPrimitiveCountS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static void | initClass (void)
| Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
| This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
static void | cleanupClass (void)
static void | initCopyDict (void)
static void | addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
static SoFieldContainer * | checkCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
static SoFieldContainer * | findCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)
static void | copyDone (void)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static void | initClass (void)
| Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
| This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
static void | addName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void | removeName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void | incrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void | decrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static SoBase * | getNamedBase (const SbName &name, SoType type)
static int | getNamedBases (const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)
static SbBool | read (SoInput *input, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedtype)
static void | setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
static void | setTraceRefs (SbBool trace)
static SbBool | getTraceRefs (void)
static SbBool | connectRoute (SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)
static SbBool | readRoute (SoInput *input)

## Public Attributes

SoMFColor | ambientColor
SoMFColor | diffuseColor
SoMFColor | specularColor
SoMFColor | emissiveColor
SoMFFloat | shininess
SoMFFloat | transparency

## Protected Member Functions

virtual const SoFieldData * | getFieldData (void) const
virtual | ~SoMaterial ()
virtual void | notify (SoNotList *list)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
| SoNode (void)
virtual | ~SoNode ()
virtual SbBool | readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
| SoFieldContainer (void)
virtual | ~SoFieldContainer ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
| SoBase (void)
virtual | ~SoBase ()
virtual void | destroy (void)
SbBool | hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) const
SbBool | writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const
void | writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
virtual const char * | getFileFormatName (void) const
virtual SoNotRec | createNotRec (void)

## Static Protected Member Functions

static const SoFieldData ** | getFieldDataPtr (void)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static const SoFieldData ** | getFieldDataPtr (void)
static void | setNextActionMethodIndex (int index)
static int | getNextActionMethodIndex (void)
static void | incNextActionMethodIndex (void)
static void | setCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype, const uint32_t bitmask)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t | getCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void | staticDataLock (void)
static void | staticDataUnlock (void)

## Additional Inherited Members

Public Types inherited from SoNode

enum

NodeType {
INVENTOR = 0x0000 , VRML1 = 0x0001 , VRML2 = 0x0002 , INVENTOR_1 = 0x0004 ,
INVENTOR_2_0 = 0x0008 , INVENTOR_2_1 = 0x0010 , INVENTOR_2_5 = 0x0020 , INVENTOR_2_6 = 0x0040 ,
COIN_1_0 = 0x0080 , COIN_2_0 = 0x0100 , EXTENSION = 0x0200 , COIN_2_2 = 0x0400 ,
COIN_2_3 = 0x0800 , COIN_2_4 = 0x1000 , INVENTOR_5_0 = 0x2000 , COIN_2_5 = 0x4000 ,
COIN_3_0 = 0x8000 , INVENTOR_6_0 = 0x10000 , COIN_4_0 = 0x20000
}

Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum | BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01 , IS_GROUP = 0x02 }
Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
SbUniqueId | uniqueId
Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
SbBool | isBuiltIn
Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static SbUniqueId | nextUniqueId = 1
static int | nextActionMethodIndex = 0

## Detailed Description

The SoMaterial class is a node type for setting up material values for scene geometry.

After traversing an SoMaterial node, subsequent shape nodes with geometry in the scene graph will use values from the material "pool" of the traversal state set up from nodes of this type.

For detailed information on the various components, see the OpenGL color model, presented in the chapter "Colors and Coloring" (chapter 2.13 in the OpenGL 1.4 specification).

Note that values from a material node will replace the previous values from the traversal state, they will not accumulate. That's the case even when e.g. material changes are implicit in an iv-file, as illustrated by the following example:

Also note that support for multiple values in ambientColor, emissiveColor, specularColor and shininess was obsoleted in Open Inventor 2.1. The reason for this design change was performance driven, since it is relatively slow to change the OpenGL material properties. Changing the diffuse color value is fast though, so it is still possible to have multiple diffuseColor and transparency values.

    #Inventor V2.1 ascii

    Material { ambientColor 1 0 0 }
    Cone { }

    Translation { translation 5 0 0 }

    Material { }
    Sphere { }

(The SoSphere will not "inherit" the SoMaterial::ambientColor from the first SoMaterial node, even though it is not explicitly set in the second material node. The default value of SoMaterial::ambientColor will be used.)

Note that nodes imported as part of a VRML V1.0 file has a special case, where the fields SoMaterial::ambientColor, SoMaterial::diffuseColor and SoMaterial::specularColor contains zero values, and SoMaterial::emissiveColor contains one or more values. The values in SoMaterial::emissiveColor should then be treated as precalculated lighting, and the other fields should be ignored.

You can detect this case by checking the values of the material elements when the scene graph is traversed using an SoCallbackAction. SoDiffuseColorElement, SoAmbientColorElement, and SoSpecularColorElement will contain one value with a completely black color (0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), SoShininessElement will contain one value of 0.0f, and SoEmissiveColorElement will contain one or more values. It is done like this to make rendering work correctly on systems that do not test for this specific case.

You should only check for this case when you're traversing a VRML V1.0 file scene graph, of course. See SoNode::getNodeType() for information about how nodes can be tested for whether or not they have been imported or otherwise set up as of VRML1 type versus Inventor type.

When the scene graph is rendered using an SoGLRenderAction, the elements will be set differently to optimize rendering. The SoDiffuseColorElement will be set to the values in SoMaterial::emissiveColor, and the light model will be set to SoLightModel::BASE_COLOR.

The SoMaterial::transparency values will always be treated normally.

Here is a very simple usage example:

    #Inventor V2.1 ascii

    Separator {
       Coordinate3 {
          point [ 0 0 0, 1 0 0, 1 1 0 ]
       }

       Material {
          diffuseColor [ 1 0 0, 1 1 0, 0 0 1 ]
       }

       MaterialBinding {
          value PER_VERTEX
       }

       IndexedFaceSet {
          coordIndex [ 0, 1, 2, -1 ]
       }
    }

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

Material {
ambientColor 0.2 0.2 0.2
diffuseColor 0.8 0.8 0.8
specularColor 0 0 0
emissiveColor 0 0 0
shininess 0.2
transparency 0
}
SoMaterial::shininess
SoMFFloat shininess
Definition SoMaterial.h:57
SoMaterial::specularColor
SoMFColor specularColor
Definition SoMaterial.h:55
SoMaterial::ambientColor
SoMFColor ambientColor
Definition SoMaterial.h:53
SoMaterial::transparency
SoMFFloat transparency
Definition SoMaterial.h:58
SoMaterial::diffuseColor
SoMFColor diffuseColor
Definition SoMaterial.h:54
SoMaterial::emissiveColor
SoMFColor emissiveColor
Definition SoMaterial.h:56

See also
  SoMaterialBinding, SoBaseColor, SoPackedColor

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## SoMaterial()

SoMaterial::SoMaterial | ( | void |  | ) |

Constructor.

## ~SoMaterial()

SoMaterial::~SoMaterial | ( |  | ) |

protected virtual

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

## getClassTypeId()

SoType SoMaterial::getClassTypeId | ( | void |  | ) |

static

This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

## getTypeId()

SoType SoMaterial::getTypeId | ( | void |  | ) | const

virtual

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.

Implements SoBase.

## getFieldDataPtr()

const SoFieldData ** SoMaterial::getFieldDataPtr | ( | void |  | ) |

static protected

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.
Returns the SoFieldData class which holds information about fields in this node.

## getFieldData()

const SoFieldData * SoMaterial::getFieldData | ( | void |  | ) | const

protected virtual

Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returns `NULL`.

Reimplemented from SoFieldContainer.

## doAction()

void SoMaterial::doAction | ( | SoAction * | action | ) |

virtual

This function performs the typical operation of a node for any action.

Reimplemented from SoNode.

## GLRender()

void SoMaterial::GLRender | ( | SoGLRenderAction * | action | ) |

virtual

Action method for the SoGLRenderAction.

This is called during rendering traversals. Nodes influencing the rendering state in any way or want to throw geometry primitives at OpenGL override this method.

Reimplemented from SoNode.

## callback()

void SoMaterial::callback | ( | SoCallbackAction * | action | ) |

virtual

Action method for SoCallbackAction.

Simply updates the state according to how the node behaves for the render action, so the application programmer can use the SoCallbackAction for extracting information about the scene graph.

Reimplemented from SoNode.

## notify()

void SoMaterial::notify | ( | SoNotList * | l | ) |

protected virtual

Notifies all auditors for this instance when changes are made.

Reimplemented from SoNode.

## Member Data Documentation

## ambientColor

SoMFColor SoMaterial::ambientColor

Ambient material part color values. Will by default contain a single color value of [0.2, 0.2, 0.2] (i.e. dark gray).

The ambient part of the material is not influenced by any light sources, and should be thought of conceptually as the constant, but small contribution of light to a scene "seeping in" from everywhere.

(Think of the ambient contribution in the context that there's always photons fizzing around everywhere – even in a black room without light sources, for instance).

Only the first value in this field will be used. All other values will be ignored.

See also
  SoEnvironment::ambientIntensity

## diffuseColor

SoMFColor SoMaterial::diffuseColor

Diffuse material part color values. This field is by default initialized to contain a single color value of [0.8, 0.8, 0.8] (light gray).

The diffuse part is combined with the light emitted from the scene's light sources.

Traditional Open Inventor uses the same override bit for both diffuse color and transparency. To get around this problem if you need to override one without the other, set the environment variable "COIN_SEPARATE_DIFFUSE_TRANSPARENCY_OVERRIDE". This is a Coin extension, and will not work on other Open Inventor implementations.

## specularColor

SoMFColor SoMaterial::specularColor

Specular material part color values. Defaults to a single color value of [0, 0, 0] (black).

Only the first value in this field will be used. All other values will be ignored.

## emissiveColor

SoMFColor SoMaterial::emissiveColor

The color of the light "emitted" by the subsequent geometry, independent of lighting / shading.

Defaults to contain a single color value of [0, 0, 0] (black, i.e. no contribution).

Only the first value in this field will be used. All other values will be ignored.

## shininess

SoMFFloat SoMaterial::shininess

Shininess values. Decides how the light from light sources are distributed across the geometry surfaces. Valid range is from 0.0 (which gives a dim appearance), to 1.0 (glossy-looking surfaces).

Defaults to contain a single value of 0.2.

Only the first value in this field will be used. All other values will be ignored.

## transparency

SoMFFloat SoMaterial::transparency

Transparency values. Valid range is from 0.0 (completely opaque, which is the default) to 1.0 (completely transparent, i.e. invisible).

Defaults to contain a single value of 0.0.

Traditional Open Inventor uses the same override bit for both transparency and diffuse color. To get around this problem if you need to override one without the other, set the environment variable "COIN_SEPARATE_DIFFUSE_TRANSPARENCY_OVERRIDE". This is a Coin extension, and will not work on other Open Inventor implementations.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- SoMaterial.h
- SoMaterial.cpp