InstancedModel3DGroupNode Class


InstancedModel3DGroupNode Class

InstancedModel3DGroupNode represents a InstancedModel3DGroupNode as a SceneNode.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  Ab3d.DirectXDXResourceBase
    Ab3d.DirectXSharedDXResource
      Ab3d.DirectXSharedDXSceneResource
        Ab3d.DirectXSceneNode
          Ab3d.DirectXObjectNode
            Ab3d.DirectX.ModelsBaseWpfObjectNode
              Ab3d.DirectX.ModelsInstancedModel3DGroupNode

Namespace: Ab3d.DirectX.Models
Assembly: Ab3d.DXEngine.Wpf (in Ab3d.DXEngine.Wpf.dll) Version: 7.0.8865.1045

Syntax

public class InstancedModel3DGroupNode : BaseWpfObjectNode, 
	IShadowCastingNode

The InstancedModel3DGroupNode type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	InstancedModel3DGroupNode	Constructor

Properties

	Name	Description
	IsCastingShadow	Gets or sets a Boolean that specifies if this SceneNode is casing shadow. This means that if IsCastingShadow is true, then 3D objects rendered with this SceneNode will create shadow; if false shadow will not be created. This works for VarianceShadowRenderingProvider and PlanarShadowRenderingProvider but not for ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclusionRenderingProvider.
	IsUpdatingBounds	Gets or sets a Boolean that specifies if this SceneNode3D is automatically updating its Bounds value. Default value is true.
	Model3DGroup	Gets a Model3DGroup that is rendered for of each instance.
	SpecularMaterial	Gets a SpecularMaterial that is used by all instances. After changing this property the UpdateMaterial must be called.
	UseDynamicInstanceBuffer	Gets or sets a Boolean that specifies if dynamic instance buffer is created instead of immutable instance buffer. Dynamic instance buffer has better performance when instance data is changed often. On the other side the immutable buffer is better when the instance data is not changed or changed only a few times. Default value is false - use immutable buffer.

Methods

	Name	Description
	CollectRenderableObjects	The task of the CollectRenderableObjects method is to create objects derived from RenderablePrimitiveBase and add them to the appropriate RenderingQueue. This method is called at the beginning of RenderScene method call but only when the scene was significantly changed (number of SceneNodes is changed, material is significantly changed, etc.) (Overrides ObjectNodeCollectRenderableObjects)
	SetInstanceData	Updates the InstanceData and InstancesCount. This method must be called after the instance data is changed.
	Update	Update method is called on each update phase (before render phase) (Overrides SceneNodeUpdate)
	UpdateBounds	Updates the bounds of this SceneNode if the dirty flags indicates that the bounds could be changed of if the forceUpdate parameter is set to true (Overrides SceneNodeUpdateBounds(Boolean))
	UpdateMaterial	UpdateMaterial updates the DXEngine's material properties based on the current value of SpecularMaterial.

Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	GetGeometryModel3D	Returns a WPF's GeometryModel3D that was used to create the specified sceneNode. If the sceneNode does not define a GeometryModel3D object, then null is returned. (Defined by Extensions)
	GetModel3D	Returns a WPF's Model3D that was used to create the specified sceneNode. If the sceneNode does not define a Model3D object, then null is returned. (Defined by Extensions)
	GetModelVisual3D	Returns a WPF's ModelVisual3D that was used to create the specified sceneNode or any parent SceneNode (in case searchParentSceneNodes is true). If a SceneNode that defines a ModelVisual3D is not found, then null is returned. (Defined by Extensions)
	GetVisual3D	Returns a WPF's Visual3D that was used to create the specified sceneNode or any parent SceneNode (in case searchParentSceneNodes is true). If a SceneNode that defines a Visual3D is not found, then null is returned. (Defined by Extensions)