SceneGraphNode¶

class guerilla.SceneGraphNode¶

Bases: guerilla.HostNode

Base class of all the objects that can be stored in the scene graph like primitives and groups

FreezeTransform¶

Indicate if the SceneGraphNode’s parameters are to be frozen

Type:	types.bool

Hidden¶

The visibility state.

If true, the primitive and its children are hidden from all the layers, the shadow maps and the trace sets.

Type:	bool

HierarchyMode¶

Indicates the transform mode of the node (local, world as PRMan, Maya or Max)

Type:	types.enum

Instances¶

The dpendencies on instanced SceneGraphNodes

Type:	None

InvWBounds¶

Invalidated when the world transform and/or bounds of the object has changed.

This plug is used to invalidate data the depends on the hierarchy rendering aspect. Notably, this plug is invalidated whenever a parent or child has its own InvWBounds invalidated.

Type:	None

IsHidden¶

The visibility state. This plug tells if this node is visible, regarding its state and the state of its parents.

Type:	bool

Mermbership¶

The list of tags the node owns

Type:	types.string

RibAttributes¶

The dependency on the additional Rib Attributes to be assigned

Type:	None

Transform¶

The SceneGraphNode’s local to world transform

Type:	transform

createinstance(instance)¶

Create an instance at this node

Parameters:	instance (`SceneGraphNode`) – The SceneGraphNode to instanciate

static displayrenderattribute(category, name, show)¶

Enable/disable the display of a specific attribute in the properties

This function returns the attribute definition in the given category. Note that

not all values in the attribute can be overloaded.

param category: The name of the attribute category

type category: str

param name: The name of the attribute, either its renderer name, or display name or its plug name

type name: str

param show: Whether the attribute is displayed or not

type show: bool

fillanimationtemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Animation” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillarealighttemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Area Light” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillcurvestemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Curves” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillgeometrytemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Geometry” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

filllinkingtemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Linking” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillopengltemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “OpenGL” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillparticlestemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Particles” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillraytracingtemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Raytracing” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillsamplingtemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Sampling” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillscenenodetemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Primitive” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillshadertemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Surface” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillshadingtemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Shading” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillsubdivtemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Subdivision” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

filltransformtemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Transform” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

fillvolumetrictemplate(template)¶

Fill a template table with the “Volumetric” attributes

Parameters:	template (table) – The template table to fill

flatteninstance(name)¶

Flatten an instance by name, or all instances if name is nil

Parameters:	name (str or None) – The instance name to flatten

getmatrix()¶

Returns the node’s first transform matrix.

Returns the node’s first transform matrix. Note that the result is possibly only a part of the whole node transform. The matrix is given in the space of the node, that is is either local or world, depending on the HierarchyMode plug value.

Returns:	The node matrix
Return type:	`matrix`

getparentworldmatrix()¶

Returns the exclusive world matrix of the node

Returns:	The parent world matrix
Return type:	`matrix`

getparentworldtransform()¶

Returns the exclusive world transform of the node

Returns:	The parent world transform
Return type:	`transform`

getposition()¶

Returns the node’s position.

Returns the node’s position. Note that the result is possibly only a part of the whole node transform. The position is given in the space of the node, that is is either local or world, depending on the HierarchyMode plug value.

Returns:	The node position
Return type:	`point3`

static getrenderattributedefinition(category, name)¶

Lookup the render attributes definition by for a category and aan attribute name

This function returns the attribute definition in the given category.

Parameters:	category (str) – The name of the attribute category name (str) – The name of the attribute, either its renderer name, or display name or its plug name
Returns:	The attribute definition
Return type:	table

static getrenderattributes(path, origin)¶

Get the rendering attributes of a node/path

>>> result = guerilla.SceneGraphNode.getrenderattributes ("Group|Object", False)
>>> attributes = result['attributes']
>>> for name, value in attributes.iteritems ():
...     if isinstance (value, guerilla.subshader):
...             print (name, value.getname ())
...             for k, v in value.getparameters ().iteritems ():
...                     print (k, v)
...     else:
...             print (name, value)

Parameters:	path (str or `Node`) – the path of the node origin (bool) – if true, the returned value contains information about the origin of the attributes
Returns:	The resulting attributes
Return type:	dictionary

getsgparent()¶

Returns the node’s hierarchical parent.

This method returns the parent SceneGraphNode in case the parent is not a SceneGraphNode.

For instance, ShaderNodeGizmo may be contained in a ShaderNodeMacro, which is not a SceneGraphNode.

return: The node parent

rtype: SceneGraphNode

gettransform()¶

Return the top Transform node of the transform stack of this SceneGraphNode or this if the stack is empty

Return type:	`Node`

getworldmatrix()¶

Returns the node’s world transform first matrix.

Returns:	The node world matrix
Return type:	`matrix`

getworldposition()¶

Returns the node’s world position.

Returns:	The node world position
Return type:	`point3`

getworldtolocalmatrix()¶

Returns the inverse of the world matrix

Returns:	The node world to local matrix
Return type:	`matrix`

getworldtolocaltransform()¶

Returns the inverse of the world transform

Returns:	The node world to local transform
Return type:	`transform`

getworldtransform()¶

Returns the node’s world transform.

Returns:	The node transform
Return type:	`transform`

isinstance(path)¶

Returns true if the given path contains an instance

Parameters:	path (str) – The path from this node

isleafinstance(path)¶

Returns true if the lath item of the path is an instance

Parameters:	path (str) – The path from this node

listbytags(*args)¶

List children nodes (include self) that have specified tags

Available arguments:

Parameters:	tags (str or {string}) – The tag or list of tags to check
Returns:	The list of `SceneGraphNode` that have this tag.
Return type:	{`SceneGraphNode`}

or

Parameters:	tags (str or {string}) – The tags to match, as a list of string or a single string to match a single tag
Returns:	The list of `SceneGraphNode` children that share the input tags
Return type:	{`SceneGraphNode`}

static listrenderattributes()¶

Get the list of available render attributes

This function returns a dictionary of categories of attributes,

each category is a list of attributes.

removeinstance(path)¶

Remove an instance

Parameters:	path (The) – path to the instance

setmatrix(m)¶

Set the local matrix of the node

Parameters:	m (`matrix`) – The new local matrix of the node

static setrenderattributeproperty(category, name, property, value)¶

Set a render attribute property

The following properties can be modified:

ptysheet: bool, the attribute is displayed in the property sheet

param category: The name of the attribute category

type category: str

param name: The name of the attribute, either its renderer name, or display name or its plug name

type name: str

param property: The name of the attribute property to set

type property: str

param value: The value of the attribute property to set

type value: any

setworldmatrix(world)¶

Set the world matrix of the node

Parameters:	world (`matrix`) – The new world matrix of the node

setworldposition(position)¶

Set the world position of the node, leaving the rest of the transform unchanged

Parameters:	position (`point3`) – The new world position of the node

traverse(map, *args)¶

Traverse the hierarchy and call a map function on every node

Parameters:	map (function) – a function called at every node of the hierarchy *args – optional parameters given back to the map function