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void | Set_Color_By_Index (const char *types, int index) |
void | QSet_Color_By_Index (const char *segment, const char *types, int index) |
void Set_Color_By_Index | ( | const char * | types, | |
int | index | |||
) |
Changes the color to be used when rendering the contents of a segment. The color is defined indirectly, as a reference to the Color Map attribute.
types | - A list of which types of geometry are to be affected by this color specification. | |
index | - The offset in the applicable Color Map at which the desired color will be found. The very first entry is at offset zero. |
The "set color by index" routine extends this concept to all the various color attributes. If a line color, for example, is set by index then at Update time the system will look up the specified index in the current color map, fetch the color specified there, and proceed to draw lines. It's an extra level of indirection. If the index or the colormap is changed a different color will be fetched during subsequent Updates.
A legitimate use of coloring "by index" might be when you have computed a standard set of colors for use in a lighting or shading model, and those colors are going to be used many times over.
In addition, this can be used to set textures on individual faces of a shell or mesh, by createing a color map that is a list of textures.
The types used can include the following:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- edges The straight lines connecting the vertices of a polygon, shell, or mesh, or the border of an ellipse or circle. faces The interior filled areas of polygons, shells, meshes, ellipses, and circles. back Possible only when a polygon handedness is given and backplane culls are turned off, applies to the backplane of any face. markers Applies to marker symbols. polylines Applies to lines, polylines, and inked lines. lines Synonymous with "polylines". text Applies to text strings. geometry Shorthand for faces and edges (i.e., surfaces), markers, polylines, and text all at once. windows Used for window backgrounds. window contrast Used when window backgrounds require a contrasting color, either for drawing window frames or for drawing window pat terns. face contrast Used when a contrasting color is required for drawing pat terned faces. lights Used for any light sources within its scope. Does not affect the color of a light located elsewhere in the segment tree but shining into this part of the tree. The "lightness" of the color controls the brightness of the light. lighting A synonym for "lights". ambient If there are no light sources in a given scene, the "ambient" light color is ignored. If there is at least one light, HOOPS will do a full lighting calculation and the "ambient" color will define a diffuse background lighting coming from all direc tions. You would usually use a combination of specific light sources plus ambient light. Ambient light applies to all geom etry within its scope in the segment tree. It is usually specified at the window level. ambient light A synonym for "ambient". polygon contrast A synonym for "face contrast". "Face contrast" is preferred. polygons Shorthand for both faces and edges. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lowercase versus uppercase is not significant. Leading and trailing blanks do not matter. The trailing "s" on "edges", "faces", "windows", etc., can be omitted. More than one color type can be specified at a time. You should separate the names with commas within the quoted string.
Many different entities can refer to the same color map entries. Thus, modifying a color map might change many parts of your picture. It's suggested that color maps not be used to change, say, all the polygon colors. Indiscriminate use of color maps and indices can cause your program to become disorganized. Instead you should either 1) put the polygon color specification high enough in your segment tree for the single setting to affect everything, or 2) use a wildcard segment specification on a call to QSet_Color() that "catches" all the necessary segments.
Note that even though there are three ways of defining color attributes---regular, "by value", and "by index"---they all operate on the same attribute(s). An edge color, for example, set by index overrides any previous edge color, no matter how the old one was set. The same holds true for "regular" and "by value".
Use UnSet_Color() or UnSet_One_Color() (see Set_Color() ) to remove a color-by-index.
If you are setting local vertex or face colors in a shell or mesh, Set_Color_By_FIndex() may be more appropriate to use than Set_Color_By_Index() .
void QSet_Color_By_Index | ( | const char * | segment, | |
const char * | types, | |||
int | index | |||
) |
Similar to Set_Color_By_Index(), but operates on a given segment rather than the currently open one. Operates with map indices rather than names or values.
segment | - Name of the segment(s) to be changed. | |
types | - A list of which types of geometry are to be affected by this color specification. | |
index | - The offset in the applicable Color Map at which the desired color will be found. The very first entry is at offset zero. |