Detailed Description
An Interface that provides access to the actual manager.
The manager is responsible for displaying the Viewport Manager which is implemented as a Cust Attribute on the material
Class IDXShaderManagerInterface
- See also:
- Class IViewportShaderManager
- Description:
- This class is only available in release 5 or
later.
The class provides access to the Viewport Manager feature in release 5. The viewport manager controls the loading of Viewport Shaders in 3ds Max and is displayed on each material. The class provides methods to query the manager to find out whether it is visible or active, and also to retrieve the active shader.
The viewport manager ONLY works in DirectX mode. It can however be visible in Heidi and OpenGL, so as to provide the artist feedback when loading someone else's file.
There is a global method you can call to get access to the DX manager.
IDXShaderManagerInterface* GetDXShaderManager()
#include <IViewportManager.h>
Inheritance diagram for
IDXShaderManagerInterface:
Public Member Functions |
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| virtual CustAttrib * | FindViewportShaderManager (MtlBase *mtl)=0 |
| virtual CustAttrib * | AddViewportShaderManager (MtlBase *mtl)=0 |
| virtual void | SetVisible (BOOL show=TRUE)=0 |
| virtual BOOL | IsVisible ()=0 |
Member Function Documentation
| virtual CustAttrib* FindViewportShaderManager | ( | MtlBase * | mtl | ) | [pure virtual] |
- Remarks:
- This method will check the Material passed into find out whether it
contains the ViewportManager Custom Attribute. If it does it will
return its pointer, otherwise it will be NULL. This pointer can
safely be cast to IViewportShaderManager.
- Parameters:
- MtlBase* mtl
The material to search for the Viewport Manager.
| virtual CustAttrib* AddViewportShaderManager | ( | MtlBase * | mtl | ) | [pure virtual] |
- Remarks:
- This method will add the ViewportManager custom atrribute to
the material supplied. If successful it will return the newly
created custom attribute. This pointer can safely be cast to
IViewportShaderManager.
- Parameters:
- MtlBase* mtl
The material to add the Viewport Manager to
| virtual void SetVisible | ( | BOOL | show = TRUE |
) | [pure virtual] |
- Remarks:
- This method allows the system to either show or hide the
ViewportManager. This will physically remove it from the Material Editor, whoever the
manager will still exist on the material
- Parameters:
- BOOL show
The value to set the visible state of the manager.
| virtual BOOL IsVisible | ( | ) | [pure virtual] |
- Remarks:
- This method will return the actual visible state of the manager
