Detailed Description

Description:: This class is available in release 2.0 and later only.

This class provides methods to work with a general arcball dialog box for doing 3D rotations. This dialog appears below:

To use these APIs you'll need to #include "arcdlg.h"

All methods of this class are virtual.

Sample code can be found in /MAXSDK/SAMPLES/HOWTO/CUSTCTRL/CUSTCTRL.CPP.

#include <arcdlg.h>

Inheritance diagram for ArcballCallback:

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual ~ArcballCallback ( ) [inline, virtual]

{;}

virtual void StartDrag ( ) [pure virtual]

Remarks:: This method is called when a drag operation begins. The developer may want to save the start state at this point.

virtual void EndDrag ( ) [pure virtual]

Parameters:: Quat q

The relative rotation from the start rotation.

BOOL buttonUp

If TRUE this indicates if the mouse button is up (has been released); if FALSE the button is down.

virtual void CancelDrag ( ) [pure virtual]

Remarks:: This method is called when the right mouse button is clicked during a drag operation to cancel it.

virtual void BeingDestroyed ( ) [pure virtual]

Remarks:: This method is called if the dialog box window was closed. Note that developers should not call ArcballDialog::DeleteThis() from inside this method.