Detailed Description
- See also:
- : Class RadiosityEffect
- Description:
- This class is only available in release 5 or later.
This class provides access to the Advanced Lighting dialog. It allows you to open and close the dialog, and get or set the currently active Advanced Lighting plug-in. This class is a function-published static interface; you can use GetCOREInterface() to obtain an instance of the class, as follows:
RadiosityInterface r = static_cast<IRadiosityInterface*>(GetCOREInterface(RADIOSITY_INTERFACE))
This interface is also accessible via MAXScript as "<b>SceneRadiosity</b>".
All methods of this class are implemented by the system.
#include <radiosity.h>
Inheritance diagram for
RadiosityInterface:
Public Member Functions |
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| virtual void | OpenRadiosityPanel ()=0 |
| Displays the Advanced Lighting dialog,
unless it is already displayed. |
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| virtual void | CloseRadiosityPanel ()=0 |
| Hides the Advanced Lighting dialog, if it is
currently displayed. |
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| virtual void | MinimizeRadiosityPanel ()=0 |
| Minimizes the Advanced Lighting dialog if it
is open. |
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| virtual RadiosityEffect * | GetRadiosity () const =0 |
| Get the radiosity in the scene. |
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| virtual void | SetRadiosity (RadiosityEffect *op)=0 |
| Set the radiosity in the scene. |
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Member Function Documentation
| virtual void OpenRadiosityPanel | ( | ) | [pure virtual] |
Displays the Advanced Lighting dialog, unless it is already displayed.
| virtual void CloseRadiosityPanel | ( | ) | [pure virtual] |
Hides the Advanced Lighting dialog, if it is currently displayed.
| virtual void MinimizeRadiosityPanel | ( | ) | [pure virtual] |
Minimizes the Advanced Lighting dialog if it is open.
| virtual RadiosityEffect* GetRadiosity | ( | ) | const [pure virtual] |
Get the radiosity in the scene.
- Returns:
- Returns a pointer to the currently active Advanced Lighting plug-in (RadiosityEffect) if any.
| virtual void SetRadiosity | ( | RadiosityEffect * | op | ) | [pure virtual] |
Set the radiosity in the scene.
Sets the given Advanced Lighting plug-in (RadiosityEffect) as the active one in the UI. When switching Advanced Lighting types in the UI, a dialog sometimes appears, warning that the current lighting solution will be discarded; but this dialog is not displayed when using SetRadiosity(). It is also valid to pass NULL as a parameter, in which case no active lighting plug-in will be active.
- Parameters:
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op - The RadiosityEffect instance to be made active, or NULL if no lighting plug-in should be active.
