instantreality 1.0

Component:
PointingDeviceSensor
Status:
fully implemented
Structure type:
concrete
Standard:
X3D2.0

TouchSensor

TouchSensor tracks location and state of pointingdevice, and detects when user points at geometry. Hint: Sensors are affected by peer nodes and children of peers.

Inheritance

Code

XML encoding
<TouchSensor triggerName='Timer'
description=''
enabled='TRUE'
logFeature=''
 />
Classic encoding
TouchSensor {
	triggerName "Timer"
	description ""
	enabled TRUE
	logFeature [""]
}

Interface

Filter: X3D only | Avalon only | All
id Name DataType PartType Default ValueType Description
SFVec3f hitNormal_changed SFVec3f outputOnly Events containing surface normal vector at the hitPoint.
SFVec3f hitPoint_changed SFVec3f outputOnly Events containing 3D point on surface of underlying geometry, given in TouchSensor's local coordinate system.
SFVec2f hitTexCoord_changed SFVec2f outputOnly Events containing texture coordinates of surface at the hitPoint.
SFTime touchTime SFTime outputOnly Time event generated when sensor is touched by pointing device.
SFBool isOver SFBool outputOnly Is pointing device over sensor's geometry?
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
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
SFNode metadata SFNode inputOutput MetadataObject container for payload metadata inside MetadataSet element