forcing users to use osgDB::readRef*File() methods. The later is preferable as it closes a potential threading bug when using paging databases in conjunction
with the osgDB::Registry Object Cache. This threading bug occurs when one thread gets an object from the Cache via an osgDB::read*File() call where only
a pointer to the object is passed back, so taking a reference to the object is delayed till it gets reassigned to a ref_ptr<>, but at the same time another
thread calls a flush of the Object Cache deleting this object as it's referenceCount is now zero. Using osgDB::readREf*File() makes sure the a ref_ptr<> is
passed back and the referenceCount never goes to zero.
To ensure the OSG builds when OSG_PROVIDE_READFILE is to OFF the many cases of osgDB::read*File() usage had to be replaced with a ref_ptr<> osgDB::readRef*File()
usage. The avoid this change causing lots of other client code to be rewritten to handle the use of ref_ptr<> in place of C pointer I introduced a serious of
templte methods in various class to adapt ref_ptr<> to the underly C pointer to be passed to old OSG API's, example of this is found in include/osg/Group:
bool addChild(Node* child); // old method which can only be used with a Node*
tempalte<class T> bool addChild(const osg::ref_ptr<T>& child) { return addChild(child.get()); } // adapter template method
These changes together cover 149 modified files, so it's a large submission. This extent of changes are warrent to make use of the Object Cache
and multi-threaded loaded more robust.
git-svn-id: http://svn.openscenegraph.org/osg/OpenSceneGraph/branches/OpenSceneGraph-3.4@15165 16af8721-9629-0410-8352-f15c8da7e697
to ensure the correct methods on constraints and callbaks are called for each Command. Also fixed the handling of
Constraints when applied to composite Draggers.
which could fix the dragger size in screen, so that no matter how we
zoom in/out the camera, the dragger will never be scaled.
This is what 3D graphics software like 3dsmax and maya behave, which
helps users select and manipulate draggers more easily.
You may turn on the feature with the new --fixedDraggerSize argument:
# osgmanipulator.exe --fixedDraggerSize --dragger TranslateAxisDragger
cessna.osg
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Selection is now just a typedef of osg::MatrixTransform, and is deprecated
CommandManager is shell class that just sets values directly on Dragger, and is deprecated
Dragger now has list of DraggerCallback that takes over the roll of tracking changes to the Dragger, and
allows users to track the dragger in any way they wish.
Dragger now has a convinience method making MatrixTransforms track a dragger.
Selection and CommandManager are no longer required for use of osgManipulator and are kept around for backwards compatibility.
class to encapsulate the pixel coords, SceneView and picking operations in prep for
making the code more general purpose, and less reliant on classes like osgUtil::SceneView and osgUtil::IntersectVisitor.
Vivek's email to osg-submissions:
"I'm happy to release the osgdragger nodekit to the OSG community. I
implemented the nodekit for my company, Fugro-Jason Inc., and they
have kindly agreed to open source it.
The nodekit contains a few draggers but it should be easy to build new
draggers on top of it. The design of the nodekit is based on a
SIGGRAPH 2002 course - "Design and Implementation of Direct
Manipulation in 3D". You can find the course notes at
http://www.pauliface.com/Sigg02/index.html. Reading pages 20 - 29 of
the course notes should give you a fair understanding of how the
nodekit works.
The source code also contains an example of how to use the draggers."
