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RotateTool Class Reference

Tool subclass implementing a rotational orientation control with haptic feedback which constrains the position of the pointer to the surface of a sphere while it is being manipulated. More...

#include <P_RotateTool.h>

Inheritance diagram for RotateTool:

List of all members.

Public Methods
	RotateTool (int id, VMDApp *, Displayable *)
virtual void	do_event ()
	Subclasses should override this method to perform tool-specific actions every display loop. More...
virtual const float *	position () const
	return the position of this tool. More...
virtual int	isgrabbing ()
	True iff the tool is grabbing something. More...
virtual const Matrix4 *	orientation ()
	return the orientation of this tool. More...
const char *	type_name () const
	return the name of this tool. Must be unique to all Tool subclasses! More...

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Detailed Description

Tool subclass implementing a rotational orientation control with haptic feedback which constrains the position of the pointer to the surface of a sphere while it is being manipulated.

Definition at line 33 of file P_RotateTool.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RotateTool::RotateTool (  int    id, VMDApp *   , Displayable *    )

Definition at line 47 of file P_RotateTool.C.

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Member Function Documentation

void RotateTool::do_event (    )  [virtual]

Subclasses should override this method to perform tool-specific actions every display loop. Reimplemented from Tool. Definition at line 54 of file P_RotateTool.C. References Tool::addplaneconstraint, Tool::dimension, distance, Tool::forceoff, Tool::isgrabbing, isgrabbing, Tool::let_go, Matrix4::mat, mat, Matrix4::multmatrix, NULL, orientation, Tool::position, Tool::sendforce, Tool::setplaneconstraint, Tool::target, TARGET_GRAB, vec_add, vec_normalize, vec_scale, vec_sub, and Tool::wasgrabbing.

int RotateTool::isgrabbing (    )  [virtual]

True iff the tool is grabbing something. Reimplemented from Tool. Definition at line 42 of file P_RotateTool.C. Referenced by do_event.

const Matrix4 * RotateTool::orientation (    )  [virtual]

return the orientation of this tool. Reimplemented from Tool. Definition at line 172 of file P_RotateTool.C. References Matrix4::multmatrix, and Tool::orientation. Referenced by do_event.

const float * RotateTool::position (    )  const [virtual]

return the position of this tool. Reimplemented from Tool. Definition at line 166 of file P_RotateTool.C. References Tool::position.

const char* RotateTool::type_name (    )  const [inline, virtual]

return the name of this tool. Must be unique to all Tool subclasses! Implements Tool. Definition at line 41 of file P_RotateTool.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• P_RotateTool.h
• P_RotateTool.C

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