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Group

Extends Object
Defined in: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/group.js:1
Module: objects
Parent Module: xeogl

A Group is an Object that groups other Objects.

Group is subclassed by (at least) Model, which is the abstract base class for GLTFModel, STLModel etc.

See Object for overall usage info.

Constructor

Group

(
  • [owner]
  • [cfg]
)

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/group.js:1

Parameters:

  • [owner] Component optional

    Owner component. When destroyed, the owner will destroy this component as well. Creates this component within the default Scene when omitted.

  • [cfg] optional

    Configs

    • [id] String optional

      Optional ID, unique among all components in the parent scene, generated automatically when omitted.

    • [meta] String:Object optional

      Optional map of user-defined metadata.

    • [entityType] String optional

      Optional entity classification when using within a semantic data model. See the Object documentation for usage.

    • [parent] Object optional

      The parent.

    • [position=[0,0,0] Float32Array optional

      Local 3D position.

    • [scale=[1,1,1] Float32Array optional

      Local scale.

    • [rotation=[0,0,0] Float32Array optional

      Local rotation, as Euler angles given in degrees, for each of the X, Y and Z axis.

    • [matrix=[1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1] Float32Array optional

      Local modelling transform matrix. Overrides the position, scale and rotation parameters.

    • [visible=true] Boolean optional

      Indicates if visible.

    • [culled=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if culled from view.

    • [pickable=true] Boolean optional

      Indicates if pickable.

    • [clippable=true] Boolean optional

      Indicates if clippable.

    • [collidable=true] Boolean optional

      Indicates if included in boundary calculations.

    • [castShadow=true] Boolean optional

      Indicates if casting shadows.

    • [receiveShadow=true] Boolean optional

      Indicates if receiving shadows.

    • [outlined=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if outline is rendered.

    • [ghosted=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if rendered as ghosted.

    • [highlighted=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if rendered as highlighted.

    • [selected=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if rendered as selected.

    • [edges=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if edges are emphasized.

    • [aabbVisible=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if axis-aligned World-space bounding box is visible.

    • [obbVisible=false] Boolean optional

      Indicates if oriented World-space bounding box is visible.

    • [colorize=[1.0,1.0,1.0] Float32Array optional

      RGB colorize color, multiplies by the rendered fragment colors.

    • [opacity=1.0] Number optional

      Opacity factor, multiplies by the rendered fragment alpha.

    • [children] Array(Object) optional

      Children to add. Children must be in the same Scene and will be removed from whatever parents they may already have.

    • [inheritStates=true] Boolean optional

      Indicates if children given to this constructor should inherit state from this parent as they are added. State includes visible, culled, pickable, clippable, castShadow, receiveShadow, outlined, ghosted, highlighted, selected, colorize and opacity.

Methods

create

(
  • [cfg]
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:896

Convenience method for creating a Component within this Component's Scene.

The method is given a component configuration, like so:

var material = myComponent.create({
     type: "xeogl.PhongMaterial",
     diffuse: [1,0,0],
     specular: [1,1,0]
}, "myMaterial");

Parameters:

  • [cfg] optional

    Configuration for the component instance.

Returns:

:

destroy

()

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:1005

Destroys this component.

Fires a destroyed event on this Component.

Automatically disassociates this component from other components, causing them to fall back on any defaults that this component overrode on them.

TODO: describe effect with respect to #create

error

(
  • message
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:583

Logs an error for this component to the JavaScript console.

The console message will have this format: [ERROR] [<component type> =<component id>: <message>

Also fires the message as an error event on the parent Scene.

Parameters:

  • message String

    The message to log

fire

(
  • event
  • value
  • [forget=false]
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:407

Fires an event on this component.

Notifies existing subscribers to the event, optionally retains the event to give to any subsequent notifications on the event as they are made.

Parameters:

  • event String

    The event type name

  • value Object

    The event parameters

  • [forget=false] Boolean optional

    When true, does not retain for subsequent subscribers

hasSubs

(
  • event
)
Boolean

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:534

Returns true if there are any subscribers to the given event on this component.

Parameters:

  • event String

    The event

Returns:

Boolean:

True if there are any subscribers to the given event on this component.

isType

(
  • type
)
Boolean

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:371

Tests if this component is of the given type, or is a subclass of the given type.

The type may be given as either a string or a component constructor.

This method works by walking up the inheritance type chain, which this component provides in property Component/superTypes:property, returning true as soon as one of the type strings in the chain matches the given type, of false if none match.

Examples:

var myRotate = new xeogl.Rotate({ ... });

myRotate.isType(xeogl.Component); // Returns true for all xeogl components
myRotate.isType("xeogl.Component"); // Returns true for all xeogl components
myRotate.isType(xeogl.Rotate); // Returns true
myRotate.isType(xeogl.Transform); // Returns true
myRotate.isType("xeogl.Transform"); // Returns true
myRotate.isType(xeogl.Mesh); // Returns false, because xeogl.Rotate does not (even indirectly) extend xeogl.Mesh

Parameters:

  • type String | Function

    Component type to compare with, eg "xeogl.PhongMaterial", or a xeogl component constructor.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if this component is of given type or is subclass of the given type.

log

(
  • message
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:545

Logs a console debugging message for this component.

The console message will have this format: [LOG] [<component type> <component id>: <message>

Also fires the message as a log event on the parent Scene.

Parameters:

  • message String

    The message to log

off

(
  • subId
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:488

Cancels an event subscription that was previously made with Component#on() or Component#once().

Parameters:

  • subId String

    Publication subId

on

(
  • event
  • callback
  • [scope=this]
)
String

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:446

Subscribes to an event on this component.

The callback is be called with this component as scope.

Parameters:

  • event String

    The event

  • callback Function

    Called fired on the event

  • [scope=this] Object optional

    Scope for the callback

Returns:

String:

Handle to the subscription, which may be used to unsubscribe with {@link #off}.

once

(
  • event
  • callback
  • [scope=this]
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:513

Subscribes to the next occurrence of the given event, then un-subscribes as soon as the event is subIdd.

This is equivalent to calling Component#on(), and then calling Component#off() inside the callback function.

Parameters:

  • event String

    Data event to listen to

  • callback Function(data)

    Called when fresh data is available at the event

  • [scope=this] Object optional

    Scope for the callback

removeChild

(
  • object
)

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:886

Removes the given child.

Parameters:

  • object Object

    Child to remove.

removeChildren

()

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:908

Removes all children.

rotate

(
  • angle
)

Inherited from Object but overwritten in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:928

Rotates about the given local axis by the given increment.

Parameters:

  • angle Number

    Angle increment in degrees.

rotateX

(
  • angle
)

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:967

Rotates about the local X-axis by the given increment.

Parameters:

  • angle Number

    Angle increment in degrees.

rotateY

(
  • angle
)

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:977

Rotates about the local Y-axis by the given increment.

Parameters:

  • angle Number

    Angle increment in degrees.

rotateZ

(
  • angle
)

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:987

Rotates about the local Z-axis by the given increment.

Parameters:

  • angle Number

    Angle increment in degrees.

translate

(
  • axis
  • distance
)

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:997

Translates along local space vector by the given increment.

Parameters:

  • axis Float32Array

    Normalized local space 3D vector along which to translate.

  • distance Number

    Distance to translate along the vector.

translateX

(
  • distance
)

Inherited from Object but overwritten in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1014

Translates along the local X-axis by the given increment.

Parameters:

  • distance Number

    Distance to translate along the X-axis.

warn

(
  • message
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:566

Logs a warning for this component to the JavaScript console.

The console message will have this format: [WARN] [<component type> =<component id>: <message>

Also fires the message as a warn event on the parent Scene.

Parameters:

  • message String

    The message to log

Properties

aabb

Float32Array final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1352

World-space 3D axis-aligned bounding box (AABB).

Represented by a six-element Float32Array containing the min/max extents of the axis-aligned volume, ie. [xmin, ymin,zmin,xmax,ymax, zmax].

aabbVisible

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1707

Indicates if the 3D World-space axis-aligned bounding box (AABB) is visible.

Default: false

castShadow

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1669

Indicates if casting shadows.

Default: true

center

Float32Array final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1369

World-space 3D center.

childIDs

Array final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1110

IDs of child Objects.

childMap

final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1099

Child Objects mapped to their IDs.

children

Array final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1088

Array of child Objects.

clippable

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1531

Indicates if clippable.

Clipping is done by the Scene's Clips component.

Default: true

collidable

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1552

Indicates if included in boundary calculations.

Default: true

colorize

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1592

RGB colorize color, multiplies by the rendered fragment color.

Default: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]

culled

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1509

Indicates if culled from view.

Only rendered when visible is true and culled is false.

Default: false

destroyed

Boolean

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:316

True as soon as this Component has been destroyed

edges

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1490

Indicates if edges are emphasized.

Default: false

entityType

String final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1059

Optional entity classification when using within a semantic data model.

See the Object documentation on "Applying a semantic data model" for usage.

Default: null

ghosted

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1438

Indicates if ghosted.

Each ghosted Object is registered in its Scene's ghostedEntities map while its entityType is set to a value.

Default: false

guid

String final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1044

Globally unique identifier.

This is unique not only within the Scene, but throughout the entire universe.

Only defined when given to the constructor.

highlighted

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1412

Indicates if highlighted.

Each highlighted Object is registered in its Scene's highlightedEntities map while its entityType is set to a value.

Default: false

id

String final

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:307

Unique ID for this Component within its parent Scene.

matrix

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1235

Local matrix.

Default: [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]

metadata

Object

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:299

Arbitrary, user-defined metadata on this component.

model

Model final

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:358

The Model which contains this Component, if any.

Will be null if this Component is not in a Model.

numChildren

Number final

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1077

Number of child Objects.

opacity

Number

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1623

Opacity factor, multiplies by the rendered fragment alpha.

This is a factor in range [0..1].

Default: 1.0

outlined

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1650

Indicates if outlined.

Default: false

parent

Group

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1124

The parent.

The parent Group may also be set by passing the Object to the Group/Model's Group/addChild:method method.

pickable

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1571

Whether or not to allow picking.

Picking is done via calls to Scene#pick().

Default: true

position

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1161

Local translation.

Default: [0,0,0]

quaternion

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1198

Local rotation quaternion.

Default: [0,0,0, 1]

receiveShadow

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1688

Indicates if receiving shadows.

Default: true

rotation

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1179

Local rotation, as Euler angles given in degrees, for each of the X, Y and Z axis.

Default: [0,0,0]

scale

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1217

Local scale.

Default: [1,1,1]

scene

Scene final

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:250

The parent Scene that contains this Component.

selected

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1464

Indicates if selected.

Each selected Object is registered in its Scene's selectedEntities map while its entityType is set to a value.

Default: false

type

String final

Inherited from Component but overwritten in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/group.js:52

JavaScript class name for this Component.

For example: "xeogl.AmbientLight", "xeogl.MetallicMaterial" etc.

visible

Boolean

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1383

Indicates if visible.

Only rendered when visible is true and culled is false.

Each visible Object is registered in its Scene's visibleEntities map while its entityType is set to a value.

Default: true

worldMatrix

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1266

The World matrix.

worldNormalMatrix

Float32Array

Inherited from Object: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/objects/object.js:1279

This World normal matrix.

Default: [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]

Events

destroyed

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:1073

Fired when this Component is destroyed.