osg::LOD Class Reference

LOD - Level Of Detail group node which allows switching between children depending on distance from eye point. More...

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Public Types

enum  CenterMode { USE_BOUNDING_SPHERE_CENTER, USER_DEFINED_CENTER }
 Modes which control how the center of object should be determined when computing which child is active. More...
enum  RangeMode { DISTANCE_FROM_EYE_POINT, PIXEL_SIZE_ON_SCREEN }
 Modes that control how the range values should be intepreted when computing which child is active. More...
typedef std::pair
< float, float > 
MinMaxPair
typedef std::vector
< MinMaxPair
RangeList

Public Member Functions

 LOD ()
 LOD (const LOD &, const CopyOp &copyop=CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY)
 Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy.
 META_Node (osg, LOD)
virtual void traverse (NodeVisitor &nv)
 Traverse downwards : calls children's accept method with NodeVisitor.
virtual bool addChild (Node *child)
 Add Node to Group.
virtual bool addChild (Node *child, float min, float max)
virtual bool removeChildren (unsigned int pos, unsigned int numChildrenToRemove=1)
 Remove children from Group.
void setCenterMode (CenterMode mode)
 Set how the center of object should be determined when computing which child is active.
CenterMode getCenterMode () const
 Get how the center of object should be determined when computing which child is active.
void setCenter (const Vec3 &center)
 Sets the object-space point which defines the center of the osg::LOD.
const Vec3getCenter () const
 return the LOD center point.
void setRadius (float radius)
 Set the object-space reference radius of the volume enclosed by the LOD.
float getRadius () const
 Get the object-space radius of the volume enclosed by the LOD.
void setRangeMode (RangeMode mode)
 Set how the range values should be intepreted when computing which child is active.
RangeMode getRangeMode () const
 Get how the range values should be intepreted when computing which child is active.
void setRange (unsigned int childNo, float min, float max)
 Sets the min and max visible ranges of range of specifiec child.
float getMinRange (unsigned int childNo) const
 returns the min visible range for specified child.
float getMaxRange (unsigned int childNo) const
 returns the max visible range for specified child.
unsigned int getNumRanges () const
 returns the number of ranges currently set.
void setRangeList (const RangeList &rangeList)
 set the list of MinMax ranges for each child.
const RangeListgetRangeList () const
 return the list of MinMax ranges for each child.
virtual BoundingSphere computeBound () const
 Compute the bounding sphere around Node's geometry or children.

Protected Member Functions

virtual ~LOD ()

Protected Attributes

CenterMode _centerMode
Vec3 _userDefinedCenter
float _radius
RangeMode _rangeMode
RangeList _rangeList


Detailed Description

LOD - Level Of Detail group node which allows switching between children depending on distance from eye point.

Typical uses are for load balancing - objects further away from the eye point are rendered at a lower level of detail, and at times of high stress on the graphics pipeline lower levels of detail can also be chosen by adjusting the viewers's Camera/CullSettings LODScale value. Each child has a corresponding valid range consisting of a minimum and maximum distance. Given a distance to the viewer (d), LOD displays a child if min <= d < max. LOD may display multiple children simultaneously if their corresponding ranges overlap. Children can be in any order, and don't need to be sorted by range or amount of detail. If the number of ranges (m) is less than the number of children (n), then children m+1 through n are ignored.


Member Typedef Documentation

typedef std::pair<float,float> osg::LOD::MinMaxPair

typedef std::vector<MinMaxPair> osg::LOD::RangeList


Member Enumeration Documentation

enum osg::LOD::CenterMode

Modes which control how the center of object should be determined when computing which child is active.

Enumerator:
USE_BOUNDING_SPHERE_CENTER 
USER_DEFINED_CENTER 

enum osg::LOD::RangeMode

Modes that control how the range values should be intepreted when computing which child is active.

Enumerator:
DISTANCE_FROM_EYE_POINT 
PIXEL_SIZE_ON_SCREEN 


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

osg::LOD::LOD (  ) 

osg::LOD::LOD ( const LOD ,
const CopyOp copyop = CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY 
)

Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy.

virtual osg::LOD::~LOD (  )  [inline, protected, virtual]


Member Function Documentation

osg::LOD::META_Node ( osg  ,
LOD   
)

virtual void osg::LOD::traverse ( NodeVisitor  )  [virtual]

Traverse downwards : calls children's accept method with NodeVisitor.

Reimplemented from osg::Group.

Reimplemented in osg::PagedLOD, and osgSim::Impostor.

virtual bool osg::LOD::addChild ( Node child  )  [virtual]

Add Node to Group.

If node is not NULL and is not contained in Group then increment its reference count, add it to the child list and dirty the bounding sphere to force it to recompute on next getBound() and return true for success. Otherwise return false. Scene nodes can't be added as child nodes.

Reimplemented from osg::Group.

Reimplemented in osg::PagedLOD.

virtual bool osg::LOD::addChild ( Node child,
float  min,
float  max 
) [virtual]

Reimplemented in osg::PagedLOD.

virtual bool osg::LOD::removeChildren ( unsigned int  pos,
unsigned int  numChildrenToRemove = 1 
) [virtual]

Remove children from Group.

Note, must be override by subclasses of Group which add per child attributes.

Reimplemented from osg::Group.

Reimplemented in osg::PagedLOD.

void osg::LOD::setCenterMode ( CenterMode  mode  )  [inline]

Set how the center of object should be determined when computing which child is active.

CenterMode osg::LOD::getCenterMode (  )  const [inline]

Get how the center of object should be determined when computing which child is active.

void osg::LOD::setCenter ( const Vec3 center  )  [inline]

Sets the object-space point which defines the center of the osg::LOD.

center is affected by any transforms in the hierarchy above the osg::LOD.

const Vec3& osg::LOD::getCenter (  )  const [inline]

return the LOD center point.

void osg::LOD::setRadius ( float  radius  )  [inline]

Set the object-space reference radius of the volume enclosed by the LOD.

Used to detmine the bounding sphere of the LOD in the absense of any children.

float osg::LOD::getRadius (  )  const [inline]

Get the object-space radius of the volume enclosed by the LOD.

void osg::LOD::setRangeMode ( RangeMode  mode  )  [inline]

Set how the range values should be intepreted when computing which child is active.

RangeMode osg::LOD::getRangeMode (  )  const [inline]

Get how the range values should be intepreted when computing which child is active.

void osg::LOD::setRange ( unsigned int  childNo,
float  min,
float  max 
)

Sets the min and max visible ranges of range of specifiec child.

Values are floating point distance specified in local objects coordinates.

float osg::LOD::getMinRange ( unsigned int  childNo  )  const [inline]

returns the min visible range for specified child.

float osg::LOD::getMaxRange ( unsigned int  childNo  )  const [inline]

returns the max visible range for specified child.

unsigned int osg::LOD::getNumRanges (  )  const [inline]

returns the number of ranges currently set.

An LOD which has been fully set up will have getNumChildren()==getNumRanges().

void osg::LOD::setRangeList ( const RangeList rangeList  )  [inline]

set the list of MinMax ranges for each child.

const RangeList& osg::LOD::getRangeList (  )  const [inline]

return the list of MinMax ranges for each child.

virtual BoundingSphere osg::LOD::computeBound (  )  const [virtual]

Compute the bounding sphere around Node's geometry or children.

This method is automatically called by getBound() when the bounding sphere has been marked dirty via dirtyBound().

Reimplemented from osg::Group.

Reimplemented in osgSim::Impostor.


Member Data Documentation

CenterMode osg::LOD::_centerMode [protected]

Vec3 osg::LOD::_userDefinedCenter [protected]

float osg::LOD::_radius [protected]

RangeMode osg::LOD::_rangeMode [protected]

RangeList osg::LOD::_rangeList [protected]


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