App::Material Class Reference

#include <App/Material.h>

Detailed Description

Material class

Public Member Functions
void	set (const char *MatName)
void	setType (const MaterialType MatType)
MaterialType	getType () const
Constructors
	Material (void)
	Material (const char *MatName)
	Material (const MaterialType MatType)

Public Attributes
Properties
Color	ambientColor
Color	diffuseColor
Color	specularColor
Color	emissiveColor
float	shininess
float	transparency

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Material() [1/3]

App::Material::Material

(

void

)

Sets the USER_DEFINED material type. The user must set the colors afterwards.

Material() [2/3]

App::Material::Material

(

const char *

MatName

)

Defines the colors and shininess for the material MatName. If MatName isn't defined then USER_DEFINED is set and the user must define the colors itself.

Material() [3/3]

App::Material::Material

(

const MaterialType

MatType

)

Does basically the same as the constructor above unless that it accepts a MaterialType as argument.

Member Function Documentation

getType()

MaterialType App::Material::getType

(

)

const

Returns the currently set material type.

set()

void App::Material::set

(

const char *

MatName

)

Set a material by name There are some standard materials defined which are:

• Brass
• Bronze
• Copper
• Gold
• Pewter
• Plaster
• Plastic
• Silver
• Steel
• Stone
• Shiny plastic
• Satin
• Metalized
• Neon GNC
• Chrome
• Aluminium
• Obsidian
• Neon PHC
• Jade
• Ruby
• Emerald Furthermore there two additional modes Default which defines a kind of grey metallic and user defined that does nothing. The Color and the other properties of the material are defined in the range [0-1]. If MatName is an unknown material name then the type USER_DEFINED is set and the material doesn't get changed.

setType()

void App::Material::setType

(

const MaterialType

MatType

)

This method is provided for convenience which does basically the same as the method above unless that it accepts a MaterialType as argument.

Member Data Documentation

ambientColor

Color App::Material::ambientColor

Defines the ambient color.

diffuseColor

Color App::Material::diffuseColor

Defines the diffuse color.

emissiveColor

Color App::Material::emissiveColor

Defines the emissive color.

specularColor

Color App::Material::specularColor

Defines the specular color.