SystemCameraΒΆ

class SystemCamera

SystemCameras are Cameras that helps manipulation, they are discarded when referenced.

Hierarchy

class SystemCamera < class Camera < class CameraBase < class TargetPrimitive < class Locator < class SceneGraphNode < class HostNode < class SelectableNode < class Node

Members


Inherited from class Camera

Plugs:

types.float CustomFieldDistance RW The distance to the center of the depth of field interval
types.float EyeDistance RW Interocular distance in linear scene units
types.string EyePosition RW Position of the eyes, "symmetric", "left", "right"
types.float FieldDistance RW The renderable distance to the center of the depth of field interval (not serialized)
types.float FieldFactor RW The strength of the depth of field blur
types.float FieldInterval RW The width of the in focus interval
types.float HumanEyeDistance RW The distance between an human eye, used for stereo divergence checking
types.string StereoMode RW Convergence mode, "skew", "parallel", "convergent"
types.float StereoScreenDistance RW Distance to the convergent stereo screen
types.float TheaterScreenSize RW The size of the theatre screen for stereo divergence checking

Methods:

nil cameratolayerlink ( RenderPass layer , bool link ) Connect/disconnect a camera to/of a layer


Inherited from class CameraBase

Plugs:

types.string CamType RW The camera type, only for system cameras
nil CameraParams - An invalidation message for any of the camera position, size and rendering attribute
types.float Far RW Far clipping plane distance
types.float Fov RW The camera field of view angle, in degrees
types.enum FrameMode RW The display mode for the camera gate frame, "none", "wireframe" or "filled"
types.float{min=0, FrameOpacity max=1} RW The camera gate frame opacity
types.float FrameRatio RW The camera frame ratio
types.string Icon RW The camera icon
types.float Near RW Near clipping plane distance
types.float OrthoScale RW Scale factor for an ortographic camera
types.bool Perspective RW True if the camera is a perspective camera, false if the camera is orthographic
types.float RenderFov RW The actual camera field of view angle used for rendering, in degrees
types.enum RenderMode RW The camera rendering mode, "wireframe", "filled", "shaded" or "shadednotexture"
types.string RenderName RW The name of the camera used in place of $e in layers
nil RenderPassCamera - A connection plug to the Pass nodes (such as Layers and Bake3d)
types.float _FocalLengthFactor RW Horizontal focal length scale factor, generally used to adjust overscan for 3d rendering


Inherited from class TargetPrimitive

Methods:

point3 target gettargetposition ( ) Returns the position of the target in local space
number distance gettargetdistance ( ) Returns the target distance in local space
point3 direction getdirection ( ) Returns the direction to target
point3 up getup ( ) Returns the node up vector
point3 target gettargetworldposition ( ) Returns the target position in world space
point3 direction getworlddirection ( ) Returns the direction to target in world space
point3 up getworldup ( ) Returns the node up vector
nil setworldpositiontargetup ( point3|nil position , point3|nil target , point3|nil up ) Sets the world position, target and up vector of the node
transform t getworldtransformorient ( ) Returns the local to world transform of this node oriented on the Z axis according to the DirectionMode plug.
matrix t getworldtolocalmatrixorient ( ) Returns the world to local matrix of this node oriented on the Z axis according to the DirectionMode plug.
matrix t getworldmatrixorient ( ) Returns the local to world matrix of this node oriented on the Z axis according to the DirectionMode plug.


Inherited from class Locator

Plugs:

MeshPlug-compound Geometry - The real time geometry to be displayed
transform Transform RW The Locator's local to world transform
aabb WAABB RW The Locator's world axis aligned bounding box


Inherited from class SceneGraphNode

Plugs:

types.bool FreezeTransform RW Indicate if the SceneGraphNode's parameters are to be frozen
boolean Hidden RW The visibility state.
types.enum HierarchyMode RW Indicates the transform mode of the node (local, world as PRMan, Maya or Max)
nil Instances RW The dpendencies on instanced SceneGraphNodes
nil InvWBounds R Invalidated when the world transform and/or bounds of the object has changed.
boolean IsHidden R The visibility state. This plug tells if this node is visible, regarding its state and the state of its parents.
nil Material RW The dependency on the connected Material
types.string Mermbership RW The list of tags the node owns
nil RibAttributes RW The dependency on the additional Rib Attributes to be assigned
transform Transform RW The SceneGraphNode's local to world transform
types.table _TagSet R The full set of tags this node has, containing explicitly defined and inherited tags

Methods:

nil createinstance ( SceneGraphNode instance ) Create an instance at this node
nil fillanimationtemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Animation" attributes
nil fillarealighttemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Area Light" attributes
nil fillcurvestemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Curves" attributes
nil fillgeometrytemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Geometry" attributes
nil filllinkingtemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Linking" attributes
nil fillopengltemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "OpenGL" attributes
nil fillparticlestemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Particles" attributes
nil fillraytracingtemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Raytracing" attributes
nil fillsamplingtemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Sampling" attributes
nil fillscenenodetemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Primitive" attributes
nil fillshadertemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Surface" attributes
nil fillshadingtemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Shading" attributes
nil fillsubdivtemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Subdivision" attributes
nil filltransformtemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Transform" attributes
nil fillvolumetrictemplate ( table template ) Fill a template table with the "Volumetric" attributes
Material material getmaterial ( ) Get the Material assigned to this primitive
matrix m getmatrix ( ) Returns the node's first transform matrix.
matrix pm getparentworldmatrix ( ) Returns the exclusive world matrix of the node
transform pt getparentworldtransform ( ) Returns the exclusive world transform of the node
point3 p getposition ( ) Returns the node's position.
SceneGraphNode parent getsgparent ( ) Returns the node's hierarchical parent.
Node node gettransform ( ) Return the top Transform node of the transform stack of this SceneGraphNode or this if the stack is empty
matrix m getworldmatrix ( ) Returns the node's world transform first matrix.
point3 p getworldposition ( ) Returns the node's world position.
matrix im getworldtolocalmatrix ( ) Returns the inverse of the world matrix
transform it getworldtolocaltransform ( ) Returns the inverse of the world transform
transform t getworldtransform ( ) Returns the node's world transform.
nil isinstance ( string path ) Returns true if the given path contains an instance
nil isleafinstance ( string path ) Returns true if the lath item of the path is an instance
{SceneGraphNode} result listbytags ( string|{string} tags ) List children nodes (include self) that have specified tags
{SceneGraphNode} result listbytags ( string|{string} tags ) List nodes in the hierarchy that have at least one of the given tags
result Node pathtonode ( string path ) Returns a node from a path, this path can contain instances
nil removeinstance ( The path ) Remove an instance
nil setmaterial ( Material|nil material ) Assign a Material to this primitive
nil setmatrix ( matrix m ) Set the local matrix of the node
nil setworldmatrix ( matrix world ) Set the world matrix of the node
nil setworldposition ( point3 position ) Set the world position of the node, leaving the rest of the transform unchanged
nil traverse ( function map , ... ... ) Traverse the hierarchy and call a map function on every node
nil traverserender ( table traversal , ... ... ) Traverse the hierarchy with a traversal object

Functions:

table attributes getrenderattributes ( string|Node path , boolean origin ) Get the rendering attributes of a node/path


Inherited from class HostNode

Plugs:

types.string HostPath RW The data archive to read HostPlugs value when baked

Methods:

nil deleteinheritedattr ( string plugname ) Delete an inherited attribute plug from the node
nil overrideinheritedattr ( string plugname , any value ) Override the attribute
nil setinheritedattr ( string plugname , [bool|nil] inherited , [ any value ] ) Set the inheritance status of the attribute


Inherited from class SelectableNode

Plugs:

boolean Selected R True if the node is selected. Don't use this plug directly to select a node, use the Document's modifier select method.


Inherited from class Node

Plugs:

string Name RW The node name

Methods:

bool result belongstoreference ( Reference ref ) Tells if the node belongs to the reference, or a sub reference
nil delete ( ) Delete a node
any value eval ( Plug plug ) Called by the framework when plug (a node's plug) must be evaluated
Node|Plug child findchild ( string path ) Find a child node or plug using a path
Node parent findparent ( string name ) Find the first parent Node of this Node of a specific class
Node result getchild ( string name ) Get a child node by its name
[string|number] name getname ( ) Get the Node name in its parent
Node parent getparent ( ) Get the parent Node of this Node
string path getpath ( ) Returns the node path as a string that can be reused with findchild
Reference reference getreference ( ) Returns the reference node it is connected to
of table getreferences ( [ topref Reference ] ) Returns the references in the document sorted depth first.
string result getstringcopy ( ) Return a copy of the node and its content as a string to be pasted
boolean editable iseditable ( ) Indicates if the node can be edited by the user in the UI
bool result ismoveable ( ) Tells if the node can be moved
boolean result isparent ( Node child ) Tells if this node is parent of the potential child
boolean result isreference ( ) Tells if a node comes from a reference project
boolean state isselected ( ) Tell if the node is selected
{Node} result loadfile ( string filename ) load a file content in this node.
Node result loadtemplate ( string template , string name ) load a template file
nil move ( Node parent ) Move a node to a new parent
nil onpathchanged ( ) Called by the framework when the name of this node or of one of its parent is modified
{Node},string result,error pastestringcopy ( string copy ) Paste a string copy into this node
nil rename ( string name ) Rename a node
bool,string success,error savefile ( string filename ) load a node to a file
nil seteditable ( boolean editable ) Change the editable state of the node
nil setflags ( ) Set the node flags

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