IndexedLineSet
IndexedLineSet is a geometry node that can contain a Coordinate|CoordinateDouble node and an (optional) Color|ColorRGBA node. Color values or a sibling Material emissiveColor is used to draw lines and points. Lines are not lit, are not texture-mapped, and do not participate in collision detection.
The IndexedLineSet node belongs to the Rendering component and its container field is geometry. It is available since X3D version 3.0 or later.
Fields
SFNode [in, out] metadata NULL [X3DMetadataObject]
Metadata are not part of the X3D world and not interpreted by the X3D browser, but they can be accessed via the ECMAScript interface.
SFBool [ ] colorPerVertex TRUE
Whether Color node color values are applied to each vertex (true) or per polyline (false).
See Also
MFInt32 [in, out] colorIndex [ ] [0,∞) or -1
ColorIndex indices provide order in which colors are applied.
Hints
If colorPerVertex='false' then one index is provided for each polygon defined by the coordIndex array. No sentinel -1 values are included. If colorPerVertex='true' then a matching set of indices is provided, each separated by sentinel -1, that exactly corresponds to individual values in the coordIndex array polygon definitions. If rendering Coordinate points originally defined for an IndexedFaceSet, index values may need to repeat initial each initial vertex to close the polygons.
MFInt32 [in, out] coordIndex [ ] [0,∞) or -1
CoordIndex indices provide the order in which coordinates are applied to construct each polygon face. Order starts at index 0, commas are optional between sets, use -1 to separate indices for each polyline.
Hint
If rendering Coordinate points originally defined for an IndexedFaceSet, index values may need to repeat initial each initial vertex to close the polygons.
MFNode [in, out] attrib [ ] [X3DVertexAttributeNode]
Input/Output field attrib.
SFNode [in, out] fogCoord NULL [FogCoordinate]
Input/Output field fogCoord.
SFNode [in, out] color NULL [X3DColorNode]
Input/Output field color.
SFNode [in, out] coord NULL [X3DCoordinateNode]
Input/Output field coord.
Description
Hints
- Use a different color (or emissiveColor) than the background color.
- If rendering Coordinate points originally defined for an IndexedFaceSet, index values may need to repeat each initial vertex to close each polygon outline. Step-wise colors or linear interpolation of colors can be used as a good scientific visualization technique to map arbitrary function values to a color map.
- Insert a Shape node before adding geometry or Appearance.
- You can also substitute a type-matched ProtoInstance node for contained content.
- Consider including Fog to provide further depth cueing for IndexedLineSet (ILS).
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