Material Class Reference

This reference page is linked to from the following overview topics: Animatables and Sub-Animatables, Implementing Simple Material and Texture Map Plug-ins with Nitrous.

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#include <mtl.h>

Inheritance diagram for Material:

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Class Description

The main material class definition.

This class describes the properties of a material used by the renderer.

See also:

Class TextureInfo, Template Class Tab, Class Point3, Rendering Limits.

Public Member Functions
DllExport	Material ()
virtual	~Material ()
DllExport	Material (const Material &from)
	Copy constructor.
DllExport Material &	operator= (const Material &from)
	Assignment operator.
DllExport BaseInterface *	GetInterface (Interface_ID id)
	Gets the BaseInterface pointer.
Public Attributes
Point3	Ka
	Ambient color setting.
Point3	Kd
	Diffuse color setting.
Point3	Ks
	Specular color setting.
float	shininess
	Shininess setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.
float	shinStrength
	Shininess strength setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.
float	opacity
	Opacity setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.
float	selfIllum
	Self Illumination setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.
int	dblSided
	Double sided material setting. Nonzero indicates double sided material, otherwise single sided.
int	shadeLimit
	Shading limit setting. See Rendering Limits.
MaxSDK::Array< TextureInfo >	texture
	The textures used by this material.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DllExport Material

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Class constructor. The data members are initialized as follows:

Ka[0] = Ka[1] = Ka[2] = 0.3f;

Kd[0] = Kd[1] = Kd[2] = 0.9f;

Ks[0] = Ks[1] = Ks[2] = 0.9f;

shininess = 10.0f;

shinStrength = 1.0f;

opacity = 1.0f;

selfIllum = 0.0f;

dblSided = 0;

shadeLimit = 3;

TextureInfo texInfo;

texture.Append(1, &texInfo);

virtual ~Material

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[inline, virtual]

Remarks:

Class destructor.

{};

DllExport Material

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const Material &

from

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Copy constructor.

Parameters:

[in]

from

The object that will be copied.

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Member Function Documentation

DllExport Material& operator=

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const Material &

from

)

Assignment operator.

Parameters:

[in]

from

The object that will be copied.

DllExport BaseInterface* GetInterface

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Interface_ID

id

)

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Gets the BaseInterface pointer.

Reimplemented from BaseInterfaceServer.

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Member Data Documentation

Point3 Ka

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Ambient color setting.

The values for x, y, and z range from 0.0 to 1.0. These correspond to red, green, and blue respectively.

Point3 Kd

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Diffuse color setting.

The values for x, y, and z range from 0.0 to 1.0. These correspond to red, green, and blue respectively.

Point3 Ks

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Specular color setting.

The values for x, y, and z range from 0.0 to 1.0. These correspond to red, green, and blue respectively.

float shininess

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Shininess setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.

float shinStrength

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Shininess strength setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.

float opacity

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Opacity setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.

float selfIllum

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Self Illumination setting. This value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.

int dblSided

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Double sided material setting. Nonzero indicates double sided material, otherwise single sided.

int shadeLimit

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Shading limit setting. See Rendering Limits.

MaxSDK::Array<TextureInfo> texture

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The textures used by this material.