SoText3 Class Reference
Node Classes

The SoText3 class renders extruded 3D text. More...

`#include <Inventor/nodes/SoText3.h>`

Inheritance diagram for SoText3:

## Public Types

enum | Part { FRONT = 1 , SIDES = 2 , BACK = 4 , ALL = FRONT|BACK|SIDES }
enum | Justification { LEFT = 1 , RIGHT , CENTER }
Public Types inherited from SoShape
enum | TriangleShape { TRIANGLE_STRIP , TRIANGLE_FAN , TRIANGLES , POLYGON , QUADS , QUAD_STRIP , POINTS , LINES , LINE_STRIP }
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
}

## Public Member Functions

virtual SoType | getTypeId (void) const
SbBox3f | getCharacterBounds (SoState *state, int stringindex, int charindex)
virtual void | GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
virtual SbBool | affectsState (void) const
virtual void | getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
virtual void | rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void | callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
const SoBoundingBoxCache * | getBoundingBoxCache (void) const
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 void | doAction (SoAction *action)
virtual void | GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void | getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
virtual void | handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)
virtual void | pick (SoPickAction *action)
virtual void | search (SoSearchAction *action)
virtual void | write (SoWriteAction *action)
virtual void | audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *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)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoShape
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 void | getScreenSize (SoState *const state, const SbBox3f &boundingbox, SbVec2s &rectsize)
static float | getDecimatedComplexity (SoState *state, float complexity)
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

SoMFString | string
SoSFFloat | spacing
SoSFEnum | justification
SoSFBitMask | parts

## Protected Member Functions

virtual const SoFieldData * | getFieldData (void) const
virtual void | generatePrimitives (SoAction *)
virtual void | computeBBox (SoAction *action, SbBox3f &box, SbVec3f &center)
virtual SoDetail * | createTriangleDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v3, SoPickedPoint *pp)
virtual void | notify (SoNotList *list)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoShape
| SoShape (void)
virtual | ~SoShape ()
float | getComplexityValue (SoAction *action)
virtual SbBool | shouldGLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
void | beginSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)
void | endSolidShape (SoGLRenderAction *action)
void | GLRenderBoundingBox (SoGLRenderAction *action)
SbBool | shouldPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
SbBool | shouldRayPick (SoRayPickAction *const action)
void | computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *const action)
void | computeObjectSpaceRay (SoRayPickAction *const action, const SbMatrix &matrix)
virtual SoDetail * | createLineSegmentDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v2, SoPickedPoint *pp)
virtual SoDetail * | createPointDetail (SoRayPickAction *action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *v, SoPickedPoint *pp)
void | invokeTriangleCallbacks (SoAction *const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v2, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v3)
void | invokeLineSegmentCallbacks (SoAction *const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v1, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v2)
void | invokePointCallbacks (SoAction *const action, const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v)
void | beginShape (SoAction *const action, const TriangleShape shapetype, SoDetail *const detail=NULL)
void | shapeVertex (const SoPrimitiveVertex *const v)
void | endShape (void)
void | generateVertex (SoPrimitiveVertex *const pv, const SbVec3f &point, const SbBool useTexFunc, const SoMultiTextureCoordinateElement *const tce, const float s, const float t, const SbVec3f &normal)
void | generateVertex (SoPrimitiveVertex *const pv, const SbVec3f &point, const SbBool useTexFunc, const SoMultiTextureCoordinateElement *const tce, const float s, const float t, const float r, const SbVec3f &normal)
SbBool | startVertexArray (SoGLRenderAction *action, const SoCoordinateElement *coords, const SbVec3f *pervertexnormals, const SbBool texpervertex, const SbBool colorpervertex)
void | finishVertexArray (SoGLRenderAction *action, const SbBool vbo, const SbBool normpervertex, const SbBool texpervertex, const SbBool colorpervertex)
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 SoShape
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

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 SoText3 class renders extruded 3D text.

Render text as 3D geometry.

The size of the textual geometry representation is decided from the SoFont::size field of a preceding SoFont-node in the scene graph, which specifies the size in unit coordinates. This value sets the approximate vertical size of the letters. The default value if no SoFont-nodes are used, is 10.

This node will create 3D geometry from a specified font defined by a preceding SoFont node. The complexity of the glyphs is controlled by a preceding SoComplexity node with Type set to OBJECT_SPACE. Please note that the default built-in 3D font will not be affected by the SoComplexity node.

This is a simple example of an extruded SoText3 string:

     #Inventor V2.1 ascii

     Separator {
       renderCaching ON
       Font {
          name "Arial"
          size 2
       }
       ProfileCoordinate2 {
         point [ 0 0,
                 0.05 0.05,
                 0.25 0.05,
                 0.3 0 ]
       }
       LinearProfile {
         index [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
       }
       Complexity {
         type OBJECT_SPACE
         value 1
       }
       ShapeHints {
         creaseAngle 1.5
         shapeType SOLID
         vertexOrdering COUNTERCLOCKWISE
       }
       Material {
         diffuseColor 0.6 0.6 0.8
         specularColor 1 1 1
       }
       Text3 {
         string ["Coin3D"]
         parts ALL
       }
     }

Rendering of Example File

if SoText3::Part is set to SIDES or ALL and no profile is provided, a flat, one unit long profile will be created.

Separate colors can be assigned to the front, sides and back of the glyphs by adding a preceding SoMaterialBinding node. Set the value field to PER_PART (default is OVERALL). The front, side and back of the glyphs will then be colored according to diffuse color 0, 1 and 2 found on the stack.

Beware that using a lot of SoText3 text characters in a scene will usually have severe impact on the rendering performance, as each and every character of the text increases the polygon count a lot. This makes SoText3 nodes most suitable in situations where you just need a few characters to be placed in your scene, rather than to visualize complete sentences.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

Text3 {
string ""
spacing 1
justification LEFT
parts FRONT
}
SoText3::spacing
SoSFFloat spacing
Definition SoText3.h:70
SoText3::justification
SoSFEnum justification
Definition SoText3.h:71
SoText3::LEFT
@ LEFT
Definition SoText3.h:64
SoText3::FRONT
@ FRONT
Definition SoText3.h:57
SoText3::parts
SoSFBitMask parts
Definition SoText3.h:72

See also
  SoFont, SoFontStyle, SoText2, SoAsciiText, SoProfile

## Member Enumeration Documentation

## Part

enum SoText3::Part

Used to specify which parts should be rendered/generated.

Enumerator
FRONT | Front of characters.
SIDES | Sides of characters.
BACK | Back of characters.
ALL | All parts.

## Justification

enum SoText3::Justification

Used to specify horizontal string alignment.

Enumerator
LEFT | Left edges of strings are aligned.
RIGHT | Right edges of strings are aligned.
CENTER | Centers of strings are aligned.

## Member Function Documentation

## getClassTypeId()

SoType SoText3::getClassTypeId | ( | void |  | ) |

static

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

## getTypeId()

SoType SoText3::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.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

## getFieldDataPtr()

const SoFieldData ** SoText3::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 * SoText3::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 SoShape.

## initClass()

void SoText3::initClass | ( | void |  | ) |

static

## getCharacterBounds()

SbBox3f SoText3::getCharacterBounds | ( | SoState * | state,
|  | int | stringindex,
|  | int | charindex )

Not implemented. Should probably have been private in Open Inventor API. Let us know if you need this method for anything, and we'll implement it.

## GLRender()

void SoText3::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 SoShape.

## getPrimitiveCount()

void SoText3::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 calculate their primitive count also override this method to change the relevant state variables.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

## generatePrimitives()

void SoText3::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.

## computeBBox()

void SoText3::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 shape's 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.

## createTriangleDetail()

SoDetail * SoText3::createTriangleDetail | ( | SoRayPickAction * | action,
|  | const SoPrimitiveVertex * | v1,
|  | const SoPrimitiveVertex * | v2,
|  | const SoPrimitiveVertex * | v3,
|  | SoPickedPoint * | pp )

protected virtual

Will create triangle detail for a SoPickedPoint. This method will only be called internally, when generatePrimitives() is used for picking (SoShape::rayPick() is not overridden).

This method returns `NULL` in Open Inventor, and subclasses will need to override this method to create details for a SoPickedPoint.

This is not necessary with Coin. Of course, if you choose to override it, it will work in the same way as Open Inventor.

For this to work, you must supply a face or line detail when generating primitives. If you supply `NULL` for the detail argument in SoShape::beginShape(), you'll have to override this method.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

## notify()

void SoText3::notify | ( | SoNotList * | l | ) |

protected virtual

Notifies all auditors for this instance when changes are made.

Reimplemented from SoShape.

## Member Data Documentation

## string

SoMFString SoText3::string

The set of strings to render. Each string in the multiple value field will be rendered on a separate line.

The default value of the field is a single empty string.

## spacing

SoSFFloat SoText3::spacing

Vertical spacing between the baselines of two consecutive horizontal lines. Default value is 1.0, which means that it is equal to the vertical size of the highest character in the bitmap alphabet.

## justification

SoSFEnum SoText3::justification

Determines horizontal alignment of text strings.

If justification is set to SoText3::LEFT, the left edge of the first string is at the origin and all strings are aligned with their left edges. If set to SoText3::RIGHT, the right edge of the first string is at the origin and all strings are aligned with their right edges. Otherwise, if set to SoText3::CENTER, the center of the first string is at the origin and all strings are aligned with their centers. The origin is always located at the baseline of the first line of text.

Default value is SoText3::LEFT.

## parts

SoSFBitMask SoText3::parts

Character parts. Default is to show only the front facing part.

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

- SoText3.h
- SoText3.cpp