Eyeshot 11 WinForms API Reference
WinForms Assembly / devDept.Eyeshot.Entities Namespace / Entity Class
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    Entity Class Members
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    The following tables list the members exposed by Entity.

    Protected Fields
     NameDescription
    Protected Field_localOB  
    Protected Internal FielddrawData Default graphics data.  
    Protected Internal FielddrawPattern Graphics data for line pattern.  
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    Public Properties
     NameDescription
    Public PropertyBoxMax Gets the maximum 3D extent of the entity.  
    Public PropertyBoxMin Gets the minimum 3D extent of the entity.  
    Public PropertyBoxSize Gets the 3D extent of the entity.  
    Public PropertyColor Gets or sets the entity color.  
    Public PropertyColorMethod Gets or sets the entity color source.  
    Public PropertyEntityData Gets or sets the entity custom data. If the type implements ICloneable it will be cloned when the Entity is cloned.  
    Public PropertyGroupIndex Gets or sets the entity group index.  
    Public PropertyLayerNameGets or sets the name of the referenced devDept.Eyeshot.Layer.  
    Public PropertyLineTypeMethod Gets or sets the entity line type source.  
    Public PropertyLineTypeNameGets or sets the line type name of the LineTypes dictionary. In use only if the LineTypeMethod is byEntity.  
    Public PropertyLineTypeScale Gets or sets the line type scale.  
    Public PropertyLineWeight Gets or sets the entity line weight.  
    Public PropertyLineWeightMethod Gets or sets the entity line weight source.  
    Public PropertyMaterialName Gets or sets the entity material name.  
    Public PropertyOrientedBoundingA bounding volume that can fit the entity in a different orientation than AABB. It can be an OrientedBoundingBox or an OrientedBoundingRect(for planar entities). UpdateOrientedBoundingBox(TraversalParams)  
    Public PropertyRegenMode Gets or sets the entity regeneration mode.  
    Public PropertySelectable Gets or sets the value that tells if the item can be selected.  
    Public PropertySelected Gets or sets the entity selection status.  
    Public PropertyVertices Gets or sets entity's 3D vertices.  
    Public PropertyVisible Gets or sets the entity visibility status.  
    Public PropertyXData Gets or sets the XData value list.  
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    Protected Properties
     NameDescription
    Protected PropertyCompiling Tells if the entity is being compiled.  
    Protected Internal PropertyentityNature Gets or sets the nature of the entity.  
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    Public Methods
     NameDescription
    Public MethodClearSelectionForAllInstances Clears the selection status for all instances.  
    Public MethodClone Creates a deep copy of this entity.  
    Public MethodCompile Compiles the graphic representation of this entity.  
    Public MethodConvertToSurrogate Converts the entity to its surrogate, for serialization purpose.  
    Public MethodCopyAttributesCopies the following attributes to this entity: Color, ColorMethod, LineWeight, Entity.LineTypePattern, LineTypeMethod, LineWeight, LineWeightMethod, Entity.LayerIndex and MaterialName.  
    Public MethodDispose Cleans up graphics resources, like display lists, textures, etc.  
    Public MethodDump Returns a description of this entity.  
    Public MethodEstimateBoundingBox Returns a small set of points that gives an idea of the entity bounding box.  
    Public MethodGetObjectDataPopulates a System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo instance with the data needed to serialize the target object.  
    Public MethodGetSelection Gets the entity selection status.  
    Public MethodGetXElement For internal use only.  
    Public MethodIsAnyInstanceSelected Tells if there is at least an instance selected.  
    Public MethodIsInFrustumOverloaded.  Tells if the entity is inside the frustum planes.  
    Public MethodIsSmallOverloaded.  Checks if an entity is small and can be skipped during the drawing.  
    Public MethodIsValid Returns true if all the entity fields contain reasonable information.  
    Public MethodRegenOverloaded.  This overload can be used with entities that don't display texts and textures.  
    Public MethodRegenNoChanges Computes an array of vertices according to the desired chordal error, without changing the entity's Vertices and RegenMode.  
    Public MethodRotateOverloaded.  Rotates the entity around an arbitray axis by the specified angle.  
    Public MethodScaleOverloaded.  Scales the entity of the specified scale factor.  
    Public MethodSetLineWeight Line weight changer.  
    Public MethodSetSelection Sets the entity selection status.  
    Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)ThroughTriangleQuad Tells if the quad defined by the vertices is inside the selection area defined by the edge list.  
    Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)ThroughTriangleScreenPolygonQuad Tells if the quad defined by the vertices is inside the selection area defined by the screen polygon.  
    Public MethodTransformBy Transforms all the entity's vertices by the specified transformation.  
    Public MethodTranslateOverloaded.  Translates the entity.  
    Public MethodUpdateBoundingBox Updates the entity's bounding box.  
    Public MethodUpdateOrientedBoundingBoxOverloaded.  Updates the entity's oriented bounding box or build it if not present.  
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    Protected Methods
     NameDescription
    Protected MethodAddVerticesToXElement For internal use only.  
    Protected Internal MethodAllVerticesInFrustum  
    Protected Internal MethodAllVerticesInScreenPolygon Tells if an entity is fully contained inside a polygon defined in screen coordinates.  
    Protected Internal MethodAnimate Gives a chance to derived classes to change the entity position/rotation at each timer tick. For maximum performances transformation of entity's visual representation only is recommended (using gl.Translate() or gl.Rotate() commands).  
    Protected Internal MethodCheckIsSmallArray Ensures that the IsSmall array is big enough to hold data for the specified number of viewports.  
    Protected Internal MethodCombineBoundingBox Combines the entity's bounding box with the given bounding box.  
    Protected MethodCompilePattern Compiles the graphics representation of the pattern of wireframe entities.  
    Protected MethodCompileWire Compiles the graphics representation of wireframe entities.  
    Protected Internal MethodComputeBoundingBoxOverloaded.  Computes the entity's bounding box.  
    Protected Internal MethodComputeOffsetOnCameraAxesOverloaded.  Computes the intersection of the lines passing from the vertices and oriented like the frustum planes with the X and Y axes of the camera.  
    Protected Internal MethodDraw Draws the entity.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawDirectionDraws a small arrow to show the entity direction if devDept.Eyeshot.ViewportLayout.DrawCurveDirection(devDept.Eyeshot.ViewportLayout.DrawEntitiesDirectionParams) is true.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawEdges Draws the entity's edges.  
    Protected MethodDrawEntity Internal method that draws the entity.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawFast Draws the entity in fast inaccurate transparency mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawFlatDraws entity in devDept.Eyeshot.displayType.FlatdevDept.Eyeshot.ViewportLayout.DisplayMode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawFlatFast Draws the entity in flat and fast inaccurate transparency mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawFlatSelectedDraws entity selected in devDept.Eyeshot.displayType.FlatdevDept.Eyeshot.ViewportLayout.DisplayMode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawForSelection Draws the entity without specifing any color.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawForSelectionEdges Draws the entity edges in false-colors (for some kinds of entities only).  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawForSelectionFaces Draws the entity faces in false-colors (for some kinds of entities only).  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawForSelectionVertices Draws the entity vertices in false-colors (for some kinds of entities only).  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawForSelectionWireframe Draws entity as wires without specifing any color.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawForShadow Draws the entity planar shadow.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawHiddenLinesDraw the entity in the devDept.Eyeshot.displayType.HiddenLines display mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawHiddenLinesFastDraw the entity in the devDept.Eyeshot.displayType.HiddenLines display mode in fast inaccurate transparency mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawHiddenLinesMaterial  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawHiddenLinesMaterialFast  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawIsocurves Draws the entity iso curves. For Mesh entities this method draws internal wires.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawIsocurvesForFlat Draws the isocurves in Flat display mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawNormals Draws entity's normal vectors.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawOnScreenOverloaded. Draws extra things on screen, like the vertex indices (if devDept.Eyeshot.Viewport.ShowVertexIndices is true).  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawOnScreenWireframeOverloaded. Draws extra things on screen, like the vertex Numbers (if devDept.Eyeshot.Viewport.ShowVertexIndices is true) in wireframe display mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawSelected Draws entity selected.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawSelectedVertices Draws the entity selected vertices.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawSilhouettes Draws Silhouettes.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawVertices Draws entity's vertices.  
    Protected MethodDrawWireDraws a wireframe entity, resolving the LineTypeName for LineTypeMethodcolorMethodType.byParent.  
    Protected MethodDrawWireEntity Draws the Wireframe entity.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawWireframe Draws entity as wires.  
    Protected Internal MethodDrawWireframeSelected Draws entity as selected wires.  
    Protected MethodDrawWithPattern  
    Protected MethodEvaluateIntersectEdges Tells if must evaluate the intersection of the edges with the frustum.  
    Protected MethodEvaluateIntersectTriangles Tells if must evaluate the intersection of the triangles with the frustum.  
    Protected Internal MethodFindClosestTriangleOverloaded. Finds the triangles intersecting the seg segment and puts them in the triList.  
    Protected Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)FrustumEdgesTriangleIntersection  
    Protected Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)GetClosestMainAxis  
    Protected MethodGetNormalLength Gets the entity normal length.  
    Protected Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)GetOffsetDistance Computes the offset distance for the extrude with draft angle methods.  
    Protected MethodGetXAttributes For internal use only.  
    Protected MethodInitGraphicsData Initialize the graphics data.  
    Protected Internal Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)InsideFrustumPoint  
    Protected Internal MethodInsideOrCrossingFrustum  
    Protected Internal Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)InsideOrCrossingFrustumInternal  
    Protected Internal MethodInsideOrCrossingScreenPolygon  
    Protected Internal Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)InsideOrCrossingScreenPolygonInternal  
    Protected Internal Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)InsideOrCrossingScreenPolygonPoint  
    Protected Internal MethodIntersects Checks if two entity intersect geometrically  
    Protected Internal MethodIntersects2D Checks if two 2D entity intersect geometrically on Plane XY  
    Protected Internal MethodIsCrossing Tells if the entity is inside or crossing the given planes and edges.  
    Protected Internal MethodIsCrossingScreenPolygon Tells if an entity is fully or partially contained inside a polygon defined in screen coordinates.  
    Protected Internal MethodIsVisible Check if the entity is visible for the selection.  
    Protected Internal MethodIsVisibleAndInFrustum Check if the entity is visible.  
    Protected Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)PropagateAttributes Propagates the attributes to the entity passed as parameter.  
    Protected Internal MethodRender Renders the entity.  
    Protected Internal MethodRenderFast Renders the entity in fast inaccurate transparency mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodResetIsSmallArray Resets the array of IsSmall flags.  
    Protected Internal MethodSelectedInternal Tells if the entity has internal parts selected  
    Protected Internal Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)SetEntityColorForFace Sets the entity color or material depending on the color mode.  
    Protected Internal Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)SetEntityColorForSelection Sets the entity color or material depending on the color mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodSetLineWeightForEdges  
    Protected Internal MethodSetLineWeightForSilhouettes  
    Protected Internal Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)SetSelectionColorForSelection Sets the selection color or material depending on the color mode.  
    Protected Internal MethodSetShader Sets a Shader before drawing the entity.  
    Protected Internal MethodThroughTriangle  
    Protected Internal MethodThroughTriangleScreenPolygonOverloaded.  Checks whether a triangle intersects or is inside a 2D screen polygon.  
    Protected MethodTransformAllVertices  
    Protected Internal MethodUpdateBoundingBoxSphere  
    Protected MethodWriteObjAsLines Write in Obj file format as set of lines connecting vertices.  
    Protected Internal MethodWriteUsemtlOverloaded.   
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    Reference

    Entity Class
    devDept.Eyeshot.Entities Namespace

     

     

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