VTK-5.0.0/Rendering/vtkAssembly.h

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// .NAME vtkAssembly - create hierarchies of vtkProp3Ds (transformable props)
// .SECTION Description
// vtkAssembly is an object that groups vtkProp3Ds, its subclasses, and
// other assemblies into a tree-like hierarchy. The vtkProp3Ds and
// assemblies can then be transformed together by transforming just the root
// assembly of the hierarchy.
//
// A vtkAssembly object can be used in place of an vtkProp3D since it is a
// subclass of vtkProp3D. The difference is that vtkAssembly maintains a list
// of vtkProp3D instances (its "parts") that form the assembly. Then, any
// operation that transforms (i.e., scales, rotates, translates) the parent
// assembly will transform all its parts.  Note that this process is
// recursive: you can create groups consisting of assemblies and/or
// vtkProp3Ds to arbitrary depth.
//
// To add an assembly to the renderer's list of props, you only need to
// add the root of the assembly. During rendering, the parts of the
// assembly are rendered during a hierarchical traversal process.

// .SECTION Caveats
// Collections of assemblies are slower to render than an equivalent list
// of actors. This is because to support arbitrary nesting of assemblies, 
// the state of the assemblies (i.e., transformation matrices) must
// be propagated through the assembly hierarchy. 
//
// Assemblies can consist of hierarchies of assemblies, where one actor or
// assembly used in one hierarchy is also used in other hierarchies. However, 
// make that there are no cycles (e.g., parent->child->parent), this will
// cause program failure.
//
// If you wish to create assemblies without any transformation (using the 
// assembly strictly as a grouping mechanism), then you may wish to
// consider using vtkPropAssembly.
 
// .SECTION See Also
// vtkActor vtkTransform vtkMapper vtkPolyDataMapper vtkPropAssembly

#ifndef __vtkAssembly_h
#define __vtkAssembly_h

#include "vtkProp3D.h"

class vtkAssemblyPaths;
class vtkProp3DCollection;
class vtkMapper;
class vtkProperty;
class vtkActor;

class VTK_RENDERING_EXPORT vtkAssembly : public vtkProp3D
{
public:
  static vtkAssembly *New();

  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkAssembly,vtkProp3D);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Add a part to the list of parts.
  void AddPart(vtkProp3D *);

  // Description:
  // Remove a part from the list of parts,
  void RemovePart(vtkProp3D *);

  // Description:
  // Return the parts (direct descendants) of this assembly.
  vtkProp3DCollection *GetParts();

  // Description: 
  // For some exporters and other other operations we must be
  // able to collect all the actors or volumes. These methods
  // are used in that process.
  void GetActors(vtkPropCollection *);
  void GetVolumes(vtkPropCollection *);

  // Description:
  // Render this assembly and all its parts. 
  // The rendering process is recursive.
  // Note that a mapper need not be defined. If not defined, then no geometry 
  // will be drawn for this assembly. This allows you to create "logical"
  // assemblies; that is, assemblies that only serve to group and transform
  // its parts.
  int RenderOpaqueGeometry(vtkViewport *ren);
  int RenderTranslucentGeometry(vtkViewport *ren);

  // Description:
  // Release any graphics resources that are being consumed by this actor.
  // The parameter window could be used to determine which graphic
  // resources to release.
  void ReleaseGraphicsResources(vtkWindow *);

  // Description:
  // Methods to traverse the parts of an assembly. Each part (starting from
  // the root) will appear properly transformed and with the correct
  // properties (depending upon the ApplyProperty and ApplyTransform ivars).
  // Note that the part appears as an instance of vtkProp. These methods
  // should be contrasted to those that traverse the list of parts using
  // GetParts().  GetParts() returns a list of children of this assembly, not
  // necessarily with the correct transformation or properties. To use the
  // methods below - first invoke InitPathTraversal() followed by repeated
  // calls to GetNextPath().  GetNextPath() returns a NULL pointer when the
  // list is exhausted.
  void InitPathTraversal();
  vtkAssemblyPath *GetNextPath();
  int GetNumberOfPaths();

  // Description:
  // Get the bounds for the assembly as (Xmin,Xmax,Ymin,Ymax,Zmin,Zmax).
  void GetBounds(double bounds[6]) {this->vtkProp3D::GetBounds( bounds );};
  double *GetBounds();

  // Description:
  // Override default GetMTime method to also consider all of the
  // assembly's parts.
  unsigned long int GetMTime();

  // Description:
  // Shallow copy of an assembly. Overloads the virtual vtkProp method.
  void ShallowCopy(vtkProp *prop);

//BTX
  // Description:
  // WARNING: INTERNAL METHOD - NOT INTENDED FOR GENERAL USE DO NOT USE THIS
  // METHOD OUTSIDE OF THE RENDERING PROCESS Overload the superclass' vtkProp
  // BuildPaths() method. Paths consist of an ordered sequence of actors,
  // with transformations properly concatenated.
  void BuildPaths(vtkAssemblyPaths *paths, vtkAssemblyPath *path);
//ETX  

protected:
  vtkAssembly();
  ~vtkAssembly();

  // Keep a list of direct descendants of the assembly hierarchy
  vtkProp3DCollection *Parts;

  // Support the BuildPaths() method. Caches last paths built for
  // performance.
  vtkTimeStamp PathTime;
  virtual void UpdatePaths(); //apply transformations and properties recursively
  
private:
  vtkAssembly(const vtkAssembly&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkAssembly&);  // Not implemented.
};

// Description:
// Get the list of parts for this assembly.
inline vtkProp3DCollection *vtkAssembly::GetParts() {return this->Parts;}

#endif