MFnNonAmbientLight Class Reference
[OpenMaya - API module for common classes, FunctionSet classes]

#include <MFnNonAmbientLight.h>

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Detailed Description

Manage Non-ambient Light dependency Nodes.

MFnNonAmbientLight facilitates modification of dependency graph nodes representing non-ambient lights. This includes area lights, linear lights, and non-extended lights.

Examples:

hwAnisotropicShader_NV20.cpp, and hwToonShader_NV20.cpp.

Public Member Functions
virtual MFn::Type	type () const
	Function set type.
virtual	~MFnNonAmbientLight ()
	Destructor.
	MFnNonAmbientLight ()
	Default constructor.
	MFnNonAmbientLight (MObject &object, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Constructor.
	MFnNonAmbientLight (const MDagPath &object, MStatus *ret=NULL)
	Constructor.
short	decayRate (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
MStatus	setDecayRate (const short &decay_rate)
	MFnNonAmbientLight (const MObject &object, MStatus *ret=NULL)
	Constructor.
Protected Member Functions
virtual const char *	className () const
	Class name.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MFnNonAmbientLight::~MFnNonAmbientLight

(

)

[virtual]

Destructor.

The class destructor.

MFnNonAmbientLight::MFnNonAmbientLight	(	MObject &	object,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Constructor.

Class constructor that initializes the function set to the given MObject.

Parameters:

[in]	object	The MObject to attach the function set to
[out]	ReturnStatus	the return status

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess if the function set is successfully attached
• MS::kInvalidParameter if the MObject does not represent a valid Maya object or if the function set is not allowed to attach to this MObject

MFnNonAmbientLight::MFnNonAmbientLight	(	const MDagPath &	object,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Constructor.

Class constructor that initializes the function set to the given constant MDagPath object.

Parameters:

[in]	object	The const MDagPath to attach the function set to
[out]	ReturnStatus	The return status

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess if the function set is successfully attached
• MS::kInvalidParameter if the MObject does not represent a valid Maya object or if the function set is not allowed to attach to this MObject

MFnNonAmbientLight::MFnNonAmbientLight	(	const MObject &	object,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Constructor.

Class constructor that initializes the function set to the given MObject.

Parameters:

[in]	object	The MObject to attach the function set to
[out]	ReturnStatus	the return status

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess if the function set is successfully attached
• MS::kInvalidParameter if the MObject does not represent a valid Maya object or if the function set is not allowed to attach to this MObject

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Member Function Documentation

MFn::Type MFnNonAmbientLight::type

(

)

const [virtual]

Function set type.

Return the class type : MFn::kNonAmbientLight

Reimplemented from MFnLight.

Reimplemented in MFnAreaLight, MFnDirectionalLight, MFnNonExtendedLight, MFnPointLight, MFnSpotLight, and MFnVolumeLight.

const char * MFnNonAmbientLight::className

(

)

const [protected, virtual]

Class name.

Return the class name : "MFnNonAmbientLight"

Reimplemented from MFnLight.

Reimplemented in MFnAreaLight, MFnDirectionalLight, MFnNonExtendedLight, MFnPointLight, MFnSpotLight, and MFnVolumeLight.

short MFnNonAmbientLight::decayRate

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

const

Retrieves the value of the "decayRate" attribute of a non-ambient light node. This attribute determines the type of decay for the light.

The decay rate is with respect to the distance between the light and the surface point being shaded. The decay values range from 0 - 3. The light intensity decays according to (I / d ** v), where I is the light intensity, d is the distance between the light and the surface point being shaded, and v is the decay rate value. A decay rate of 0 means there is no decay in intensity, a value of 1 indicates linear decay. A decay rate of 2 is the most physically accurate behaviour.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

return status

Returns:

The value of the "decayRate" attribute of the non-ambient light node.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess operation successful
• MS::kFailure function set doesn not have a valid object.

MStatus MFnNonAmbientLight::setDecayRate

(

const short &

decay_rate

)

Sets the value of the "decayRate" attribute of a non-ambient light node.

Parameters:

[in]

decay_rate

value to which the attribute will be set.

Returns:

Return status

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess operation successful
• MS::kFailure function set doesn not have a valid object,