instantreality 1.0

Component:
PointingDeviceSensor
Status:
fully implemented
Structure type:
concrete
Standard:
Avalon

SpaceSensor

SphereSensor converts pointing device motion into a (1) spherical rotation about the origin of the local coordinate system, (2) translation on the viewing plane, (3) zoom along the viewing ray. Hint: Sensors are affected by peer nodes and children of peers.

Inheritance

Code

XML encoding
<SpaceSensor logFeature=''
enabled='TRUE'
description=''
triggerName='Timer'
autoOffset='TRUE'
rotationOffset='0 0 1 0'
matrixOffset='identity'
translationOffset='0 0 0'
 />
Classic encoding
SpaceSensor {
	logFeature [""]
	enabled TRUE
	description ""
	triggerName "Timer"
	autoOffset TRUE
	rotationOffset 0 0 1 0
	matrixOffset identity
	translationOffset 0 0 0
}

Interface

Filter: X3D only | Avalon only | All
id Name DataType PartType Default ValueType Description
MFString logFeature MFString inputOutput state, child, parent, route, eventIn, eventOut controls the logging of changes, state: log state changes (e.g. live), child: log child add/remove, parent: log parent add/remove, route: log route add/remove; eventIn: log receiving of events, eventOut: log sending of events: guiView, runtime system should create node-view, guiEdit: runtime system should create node-editeverything: log everything
MFVec3f touchPoints_changed MFVec3f outputOnly Events containing all 3D points on surface of underlying geometry, given in Sensor's local coordinate system.
SFBool autoOffset SFBool inputOutput TRUE Determines whether previous offset values are remembered/accumulated.
SFBool enabled SFBool inputOutput TRUE Enables/disables the sensor node.
SFBool isActive SFBool outputOnly FALSE isActive true/false events are sent when the sensor gets active
SFBool isOver SFBool outputOnly Is pointing device over sensor's geometry?
SFMatrix4f matrixOffset SFMatrix4f inputOutput identity Sends event and remembers last transformation value sensed.
SFMatrix4f matrix_changed SFMatrix4f outputOnly Outputs rotation- and translation-changes in form of a transformation matrix.
SFNode hitObject_changed SFNode outputOnly The next non-shared hit node's parent of type BoundedNode.
SFNode metadata SFNode inputOutput MetadataObject container for payload metadata inside MetadataSet element
SFRotation rotationOffset SFRotation inputOutput 0 0 1 0 Sends event and remembers last rotation value sensed.
SFRotation rotation_changed SFRotation outputOnly rotation_changed events equal sum of relative bearing changes plus offset value.
SFString description SFString inputOutput Text description to comment the sensor task. Can be used in run-time systems to give usefull feedback to the user and developer
SFString triggerName SFString initializeOnly Timer Name of the dynamic context-slot, which is used by the run-time environment (e.g. Jobs) to trigger the node. Life-Nodes will automatically connect the context-eventOutput to the triggerSlot-eventInput Slot.
SFTime triggerSlot SFTime inputOnly slot which is used internally to connect a dynamic context-slot which name is set by the triggerName value. Its used automatically to install run-time environment trigger.
SFVec3f trackPoint_changed SFVec3f outputOnly trackPoint_changed events give intersection point of bearing with sensor's virtual geometry.
SFVec3f translationOffset SFVec3f inputOutput 0 0 0 Sends event and remembers last translation value sensed.
SFVec3f translation_changed SFVec3f outputOnly translation_changed events equal sum of relative translation change plus offset value.