.TH "SoVRMLBillboard" 3 "Tue Jun 23 2026 23:48:38" "Version 4.0.10" "Coin" \" -*- nroff -*- .ad l .nh .SH NAME SoVRMLBillboard \- The \fBSoVRMLBillboard\fP class is used for rotating geometry towards the viewpoint\&. .SH SYNOPSIS .br .PP .PP \fR#include \fP .PP Inherits \fBSoVRMLParent\fP\&. .SS "Public Member Functions" .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoType\fP \fBgetTypeId\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoVRMLBillboard\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoVRMLBillboard\fP (int numchildren)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBdoAction\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBcallback\fP (\fBSoCallbackAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBGLRender\fP (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBgetBoundingBox\fP (\fBSoGetBoundingBoxAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBgetMatrix\fP (\fBSoGetMatrixAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBpick\fP (\fBSoPickAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBsearch\fP (\fBSoSearchAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBGLRenderBelowPath\fP (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBGLRenderInPath\fP (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBGLRenderOffPath\fP (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBnotify\fP (\fBSoNotList\fP *list)" .br .in -1c Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "virtual SbBool \fBaffectsState\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBaddChild\fP (\fBSoNode\fP *child)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBinsertChild\fP (\fBSoNode\fP *child, int idx)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoNode\fP * \fBgetChild\fP (int idx) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual int \fBfindChild\fP (const \fBSoNode\fP *child) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual int \fBgetNumChildren\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBremoveChild\fP (int idx)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBremoveChild\fP (\fBSoNode\fP *child)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBremoveAllChildren\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBreplaceChild\fP (int idx, \fBSoNode\fP *child)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBreplaceChild\fP (\fBSoNode\fP *old, \fBSoNode\fP *child)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoChildList\fP * \fBgetChildren\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBwrite\fP (\fBSoWriteAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBgetPrimitiveCount\fP (\fBSoGetPrimitiveCountAction\fP *action)" .br .in -1c Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoGroup\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoGroup\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoGroup\fP (int nchildren)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBhandleEvent\fP (\fBSoHandleEventAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBaudioRender\fP (\fBSoAudioRenderAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBaddWriteReference\fP (\fBSoOutput\fP *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)" .br .in -1c Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoNode\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "void \fBsetOverride\fP (const SbBool state)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBisOverride\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBsetNodeType\fP (const \fBNodeType\fP type)" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBNodeType\fP \fBgetNodeType\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoNode\fP * \fBcopy\fP (SbBool copyconnections=FALSE) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBrayPick\fP (\fBSoRayPickAction\fP *action)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBgrabEventsSetup\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBgrabEventsCleanup\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBstartNotify\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbUniqueId \fBgetNodeId\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBwriteInstance\fP (\fBSoOutput\fP *out)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoNode\fP * \fBaddToCopyDict\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoFieldContainer\fP * \fBcopyThroughConnection\fP (void) const" .br .in -1c Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoFieldContainer\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "void \fBsetToDefaults\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBhasDefaultValues\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBfieldsAreEqual\fP (const \fBSoFieldContainer\fP *container) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBcopyFieldValues\fP (const \fBSoFieldContainer\fP *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBset\fP (const char *const fielddata)" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBget\fP (\fBSbString\fP &fielddata)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual int \fBgetFields\fP (\fBSoFieldList\fP &l) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual int \fBgetAllFields\fP (\fBSoFieldList\fP &l) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoField\fP * \fBgetField\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &name) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoField\fP * \fBgetEventIn\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &name) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoField\fP * \fBgetEventOut\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &name) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBgetFieldName\fP (const \fBSoField\fP *const field, \fBSbName\fP &name) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBenableNotify\fP (const SbBool flag)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBisNotifyEnabled\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBset\fP (const char *fielddata, \fBSoInput\fP *input)" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBget\fP (\fBSbString\fP &fielddata, \fBSoOutput\fP *out)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual SbBool \fBvalidateNewFieldValue\fP (\fBSoField\fP *field, void *newval)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBgetIsBuiltIn\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBgetFieldsMemorySize\fP (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBsetUserData\fP (void *userdata) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void * \fBgetUserData\fP (void) const" .br .in -1c Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoBase\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "void \fBref\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBunref\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBunrefNoDelete\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "int32_t \fBgetRefCount\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBtouch\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBisOfType\fP (\fBSoType\fP type) const" .br .RI "Returns \fRTRUE\fP if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from \fItype\fP\&. " .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSbName\fP \fBgetName\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBsetName\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &newname)" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBaddAuditor\fP (void *const auditor, const \fBSoNotRec::Type\fP type)" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBremoveAuditor\fP (void *const auditor, const \fBSoNotRec::Type\fP type)" .br .ti -1c .RI "const \fBSoAuditorList\fP & \fBgetAuditors\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBshouldWrite\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBassertAlive\fP (void) const" .br .in -1c .SS "Static Public Member Functions" .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoType\fP \fBgetClassTypeId\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitClass\fP (void)" .br .in -1c Static Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoType\fP \fBgetClassTypeId\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitClass\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBupdateChildList\fP (const \fBSoNode\fP *const *nodes, const int numnodes, \fBSoChildList\fP &cl)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBupdateChildList\fP (\fBSoNode\fP *nodewithsfnode, \fBSoChildList\fP &cl)" .br .in -1c Static Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoGroup\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoType\fP \fBgetClassTypeId\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitClass\fP (void)" .br .RI "Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system\&. " .in -1c Static Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoNode\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static uint32_t \fBgetCompatibilityTypes\fP (const \fBSoType\fP &nodetype)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoType\fP \fBgetClassTypeId\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoNode\fP * \fBgetByName\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &name)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static int \fBgetByName\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &name, \fBSoNodeList\fP &l)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitClass\fP (void)" .br .RI "Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system\&. " .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitClasses\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static SbUniqueId \fBgetNextNodeId\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static int \fBgetActionMethodIndex\fP (const \fBSoType\fP type)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBgetBoundingBoxS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBGLRenderS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBcallbackS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBgetMatrixS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBhandleEventS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBpickS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBrayPickS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBsearchS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBwriteS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBaudioRenderS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBgetPrimitiveCountS\fP (\fBSoAction\fP *action, \fBSoNode\fP *node)" .br .in -1c Static Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoFieldContainer\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitClass\fP (void)" .br .RI "Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system\&. " .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoType\fP \fBgetClassTypeId\fP (void)" .br .RI "This static method returns the \fBSoType\fP object associated with objects of this class\&. " .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBcleanupClass\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitCopyDict\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBaddCopy\fP (const \fBSoFieldContainer\fP *orig, const \fBSoFieldContainer\fP *copy)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoFieldContainer\fP * \fBcheckCopy\fP (const \fBSoFieldContainer\fP *orig)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoFieldContainer\fP * \fBfindCopy\fP (const \fBSoFieldContainer\fP *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBcopyDone\fP (void)" .br .in -1c Static Public Member Functions inherited from \fBSoBase\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBinitClass\fP (void)" .br .RI "Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system\&. " .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoType\fP \fBgetClassTypeId\fP (void)" .br .RI "This static method returns the \fBSoType\fP object associated with objects of this class\&. " .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBaddName\fP (\fBSoBase\fP *const base, const char *const name)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBremoveName\fP (\fBSoBase\fP *const base, const char *const name)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBincrementCurrentWriteCounter\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBdecrementCurrentWriteCounter\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static \fBSoBase\fP * \fBgetNamedBase\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &name, \fBSoType\fP type)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static int \fBgetNamedBases\fP (const \fBSbName\fP &name, \fBSoBaseList\fP &baselist, \fBSoType\fP type)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static SbBool \fBread\fP (\fBSoInput\fP *input, \fBSoBase\fP *&base, \fBSoType\fP expectedtype)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBsetInstancePrefix\fP (const \fBSbString\fP &c)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBsetTraceRefs\fP (SbBool trace)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static SbBool \fBgetTraceRefs\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static SbBool \fBconnectRoute\fP (\fBSoInput\fP *input, const \fBSbName\fP &fromnodename, const \fBSbName\fP &fromfieldname, const \fBSbName\fP &tonodename, const \fBSbName\fP &tofieldname)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static SbBool \fBreadRoute\fP (\fBSoInput\fP *input)" .br .in -1c .SS "Public Attributes" .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoSFVec3f\fP \fBaxisOfRotation\fP" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoSFVec3f\fP \fBbboxCenter\fP" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoSFVec3f\fP \fBbboxSize\fP" .br .in -1c Public Attributes inherited from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoMFNode\fP \fBchildren\fP" .br .in -1c .SS "Protected Member Functions" .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "virtual const \fBSoFieldData\fP * \fBgetFieldData\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fB~SoVRMLBillboard\fP ()" .br .in -1c Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoVRMLParent\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoVRMLParent\fP (int approxchildren)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fB~SoVRMLParent\fP ()" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual SbBool \fBreadInstance\fP (\fBSoInput\fP *in, unsigned short flags)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBcopyContents\fP (const \fBSoFieldContainer\fP *from, SbBool copyConn)" .br .in -1c Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoGroup\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fB~SoGroup\fP ()" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual SbBool \fBreadChildren\fP (\fBSoInput\fP *in)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fBSoNotRec\fP \fBcreateNotRec\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBsetOperation\fP (const \fBSoNotRec::OperationType\fP opType=SoNotRec::UNSPECIFIED, const \fBSoNode\fP *cc=NULL, const \fBSoNode\fP *pc=NULL, const int ci=\-1)" .br .in -1c Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoNode\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoNode\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fB~SoNode\fP ()" .br .in -1c Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoFieldContainer\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoFieldContainer\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fB~SoFieldContainer\fP ()" .br .in -1c Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoBase\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoBase\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual \fB~SoBase\fP ()" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual void \fBdestroy\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBhasMultipleWriteRefs\fP (void) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBwriteHeader\fP (\fBSoOutput\fP *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "void \fBwriteFooter\fP (\fBSoOutput\fP *out) const" .br .ti -1c .RI "virtual const char * \fBgetFileFormatName\fP (void) const" .br .in -1c .SS "Static Protected Member Functions" .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static const \fBSoFieldData\fP ** \fBgetFieldDataPtr\fP (void)" .br .in -1c Static Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static const \fBSoFieldData\fP ** \fBgetFieldDataPtr\fP (void)" .br .in -1c Static Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoGroup\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static const \fBSoFieldData\fP ** \fBgetFieldDataPtr\fP (void)" .br .in -1c Static Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoNode\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static const \fBSoFieldData\fP ** \fBgetFieldDataPtr\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBsetNextActionMethodIndex\fP (int index)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static int \fBgetNextActionMethodIndex\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBincNextActionMethodIndex\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBsetCompatibilityTypes\fP (const \fBSoType\fP &nodetype, const uint32_t bitmask)" .br .in -1c Static Protected Member Functions inherited from \fBSoBase\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static uint32_t \fBgetCurrentWriteCounter\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBstaticDataLock\fP (void)" .br .ti -1c .RI "static void \fBstaticDataUnlock\fP (void)" .br .in -1c .SS "Additional Inherited Members" Public Types inherited from \fBSoNode\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "enum \fBNodeType\fP { \fBINVENTOR\fP = 0x0000, \fBVRML1\fP = 0x0001, \fBVRML2\fP = 0x0002, \fBINVENTOR_1\fP = 0x0004, \fBINVENTOR_2_0\fP = 0x0008, \fBINVENTOR_2_1\fP = 0x0010, \fBINVENTOR_2_5\fP = 0x0020, \fBINVENTOR_2_6\fP = 0x0040, \fBCOIN_1_0\fP = 0x0080, \fBCOIN_2_0\fP = 0x0100, \fBEXTENSION\fP = 0x0200, \fBCOIN_2_2\fP = 0x0400, \fBCOIN_2_3\fP = 0x0800, \fBCOIN_2_4\fP = 0x1000, \fBINVENTOR_5_0\fP = 0x2000, \fBCOIN_2_5\fP = 0x4000, \fBCOIN_3_0\fP = 0x8000, \fBINVENTOR_6_0\fP = 0x10000, \fBCOIN_4_0\fP = 0x20000 }" .br .in -1c Protected Types inherited from \fBSoBase\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "enum \fBBaseFlags\fP { \fBIS_ENGINE\fP = 0x01, \fBIS_GROUP\fP = 0x02 }" .br .in -1c Protected Attributes inherited from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoMFNode\fP \fBaddChildren\fP" .br .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoMFNode\fP \fBremoveChildren\fP" .br .in -1c Protected Attributes inherited from \fBSoGroup\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "\fBSoChildList\fP * \fBchildren\fP" .br .in -1c Protected Attributes inherited from \fBSoNode\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "SbUniqueId \fBuniqueId\fP" .br .in -1c Protected Attributes inherited from \fBSoFieldContainer\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "SbBool \fBisBuiltIn\fP" .br .in -1c Static Protected Attributes inherited from \fBSoNode\fP .in +1c .ti -1c .RI "static SbUniqueId \fBnextUniqueId\fP = 1" .br .ti -1c .RI "static int \fBnextActionMethodIndex\fP = 0" .br .in -1c .SH "Detailed Description" .PP The \fBSoVRMLBillboard\fP class is used for rotating geometry towards the viewpoint\&. \fBThe detailed class documentation is taken verbatim from the VRML97 standard (ISO/IEC 14772-1:1997)\&. It is copyright The Web3D Consortium, and is used by permission of the Consortium:\fP .br .br .PP .nf Billboard { eventIn MFNode addChildren eventIn MFNode removeChildren exposedField SFVec3f axisOfRotation 0 1 0 # (-inf, inf) exposedField MFNode children [] field SFVec3f bboxCenter 0 0 0 # (-inf, inf) field SFVec3f bboxSize -1 -1 -1 # (0, inf) or -1,-1,-1 } .fi .PP .PP The Billboard node is a grouping node which modifies its coordinate system so that the Billboard node's local Z-axis turns to point at the viewer\&. The Billboard node has children which may be other children nodes\&. The axisOfRotation field specifies which axis to use to perform the rotation\&. This axis is defined in the local coordinate system\&. When the axisOfRotation field is not (0, 0, 0), the following steps describe how to rotate the billboard to face the viewer: .PP .PD 0 .IP "\(bu" 1 a\&. Compute the vector from the Billboard node's origin to the viewer's position\&. This vector is called the billboard-to-viewer vector\&. .PP .PD 0 .IP "\(bu" 1 b\&. Compute the plane defined by the axisOfRotation and the billboard-to-viewer vector\&. .PP .PD 0 .IP "\(bu" 1 c\&. Rotate the local Z-axis of the billboard into the plane from b\&., pivoting around the axisOfRotation\&. .PP When the axisOfRotation field is set to (0, 0, 0), the special case of viewer-alignment is indicated\&. In this case, the object rotates to keep the billboard's local Y-axis parallel with the Y-axis of the viewer\&. This special case is distinguished by setting the axisOfRotation to (0, 0, 0)\&. The following steps describe how to align the billboard's Y-axis to the Y-axis of the viewer: .PP .PD 0 .IP "\(bu" 1 d\&. Compute the billboard-to-viewer vector\&. .PP .PD 0 .IP "\(bu" 1 e\&. Rotate the Z-axis of the billboard to be collinear with the billboard-to-viewer vector and pointing towards the viewer's position\&. .PP .PD 0 .IP "\(bu" 1 f\&. Rotate the Y-axis of the billboard to be parallel and oriented in the same direction as the Y-axis of the viewer\&. .PP If the axisOfRotation and the billboard-to-viewer line are coincident, the plane cannot be established and the resulting rotation of the billboard is undefined\&. For example, if the axisOfRotation is set to (0,1,0) (Y-axis) and the viewer flies over the billboard and peers directly down the Y-axis, the results are undefined\&. Multiple instances of Billboard nodes (DEF/USE) operate as expected: each instance rotates in its unique coordinate system to face the viewer\&. Subclause 4\&.6\&.5, Grouping and children nodes (http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/14772/V2.0/part1/concepts.html#4.6.5), provides a description of the children, addChildren, and removeChildren fields and eventIns\&. The bboxCenter and bboxSize fields specify a bounding box that encloses the Billboard node's children\&. This is a hint that may be used for optimization purposes\&. The results are undefined if the specified bounding box is smaller than the actual bounding box of the children at any time\&. A default bboxSize value, (-1, -1, -1), implies that the bounding box is not specified and if needed shall be calculated by the browser\&. A description of the bboxCenter and bboxSize fields is contained in 4\&.6\&.4, Bounding boxes (http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/14772/V2.0/part1/concepts.html#4.6.4), .PP \fBThe rest of this class documentation is \fInot\fP from the VRML97 standards documentation, but was written specifically for the Coin3D API documentation\&.\fP .br .br The following example VRML scene is a simple illustration of how \fBSoVRMLBillboard::axisOfRotation\fP constrains rotation around the given vector: .PP .PP .nf #VRML V2\&.0 utf8 Transform { translation -2 0 0 children [ Billboard { children [ Box { } ] } ] } Transform { translation 2 0 0 children [ Billboard { axisOfRotation 0 1 0 children [ Box { } ] } ] } Transform { translation 0 -2 0 children [ Box { size 10 0\&.1 10 } ] } .fi .PP .SH "Constructor & Destructor Documentation" .PP .SS "SoVRMLBillboard::SoVRMLBillboard (void )" Constructor\&. .SS "SoVRMLBillboard::SoVRMLBillboard (int numchildren)" Constructor\&. \fInumchildren\fP is the expected number of children\&. .SS "SoVRMLBillboard::~SoVRMLBillboard ()\fR [protected]\fP, \fR [virtual]\fP" Destructor\&. .SH "Member Function Documentation" .PP .SS "\fBSoType\fP SoVRMLBillboard::getClassTypeId (void )\fR [static]\fP" This static method returns the \fBSoType\fP object associated with objects of this class\&. .SS "\fBSoType\fP SoVRMLBillboard::getTypeId (void ) const\fR [virtual]\fP" Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting \fBSoBase\fP\&. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP\&. .SS "const \fBSoFieldData\fP ** SoVRMLBillboard::getFieldDataPtr (void )\fR [static]\fP, \fR [protected]\fP" \fIThis API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer\&.\fP .br .br Returns the \fBSoFieldData\fP class which holds information about fields in this node\&. .SS "const \fBSoFieldData\fP * SoVRMLBillboard::getFieldData (void ) const\fR [protected]\fP, \fR [virtual]\fP" Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance\&. If no fields are present, returns \fRNULL\fP\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::initClass (void )\fR [static]\fP" .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::doAction (\fBSoAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" This function performs the typical operation of a node for any action\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::callback (\fBSoCallbackAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Action method for \fBSoCallbackAction\fP\&. .PP Simply updates the state according to how the node behaves for the render action, so the application programmer can use the \fBSoCallbackAction\fP for extracting information about the scene graph\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoGroup\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::GLRender (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Action method for the \fBSoGLRenderAction\fP\&. .PP 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\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoGroup\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::getBoundingBox (\fBSoGetBoundingBoxAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Action method for the \fBSoGetBoundingBoxAction\fP\&. .PP Calculates bounding box and center coordinates for node and modifies the values of the \fIaction\fP to encompass the bounding box for this node and to shift the center point for the scene more towards the one for this node\&. .PP Nodes influencing how geometry nodes calculate their bounding box also override this method to change the relevant state variables\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoGroup\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::getMatrix (\fBSoGetMatrixAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Action method for \fBSoGetMatrixAction\fP\&. .PP Updates \fIaction\fP by accumulating with the transformation matrix of this node (if any)\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoGroup\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::pick (\fBSoPickAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Action method for \fBSoPickAction\fP\&. .PP Does common processing for \fBSoPickAction\fP \fIaction\fP instances\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoGroup\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::search (\fBSoSearchAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Action method for \fBSoSearchAction\fP\&. .PP Compares the search criteria from the \fIaction\fP to see if this node is a match\&. Searching is done by matching up \fIall\fP criteria set up in the \fBSoSearchAction\fP -- if \fIany\fP of the requested criteria is a miss, the search is not deemed successful for the node\&. .PP \fBSee also\fP .RS 4 \fBSoSearchAction\fP .RE .PP .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::GLRenderBelowPath (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Implements the SoAction::BELOW_PATH traversal method for the rendering action\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoNode\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::GLRenderInPath (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Implements the SoAction::IN_PATH traversal method for the rendering action\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoNode\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::GLRenderOffPath (\fBSoGLRenderAction\fP * action)\fR [virtual]\fP" Implements the SoAction::OFF_PATH traversal method for the rendering action\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoNode\fP\&. .SS "void SoVRMLBillboard::notify (\fBSoNotList\fP * l)\fR [virtual]\fP" Notifies all auditors for this instance when changes are made\&. .PP Reimplemented from \fBSoVRMLParent\fP\&. .SH "Member Data Documentation" .PP .SS "\fBSoSFVec3f\fP SoVRMLBillboard::axisOfRotation" The axis of rotation for the geometry\&. .SS "\fBSoSFVec3f\fP SoVRMLBillboard::bboxCenter" The bounding box center hint\&. Default value is (0, 0, 0)\&. .SS "\fBSoSFVec3f\fP SoVRMLBillboard::bboxSize" The bounding box size hint\&. Default value is (-1, -1, -1)\&. .SH "Author" .PP Generated automatically by Doxygen for Coin from the source code\&.