Tripod Constructor (Object, TripodStyle, CameraQuadrant, Single)

public Tripod(
	Object tag = null,
	TripodStyle style = TripodStyle.Tripod3D,
	CameraQuadrant location = CameraQuadrant.BottomLeftFront,
	float size = 0,3333f
)

Public Sub New ( 
	Optional tag As Object = Nothing,
	Optional style As TripodStyle = TripodStyle.Tripod3D,
	Optional location As CameraQuadrant = CameraQuadrant.BottomLeftFront,
	Optional size As Single = 0,3333F
)

Dim tag As Object
Dim style As TripodStyle
Dim location As CameraQuadrant
Dim size As Single

Dim instance As New Tripod(tag, style, 
	location, size)

Parameters

tag (Optional)

Type: SystemObject
[Optional] Tag used to identify the tripod object in a scene.

style (Optional)

Type: ILNumerics.DrawingTripodStyle
[Optional] The tripod style. Default: TripodStyle.Tripod3D

location (Optional)

Type: ILNumerics.DrawingCameraQuadrant
[Optional] Determines where to place the tripod. One of the 8 quadrants from the CameraQuadrant enumeration. Default: BottomLeftFront

size (Optional)

Type: SystemSingle
[Optional] the size in relative viewport units occupied by the tripod. Default: 1/3

This constructor creates a new tripod object which is ready to be added to any camera in the scene. It will follow its rotation then.

The style parameter determines the visual style for the tripod. Available styles are: Simple - a tripod which is made out of 3 lines as X,Y and Z axis and 3 corresponding labels; 'Tripod3D' renders a tripod which shows individually colored 3D arrows for the X, Y and Z axis along with the labels X, Y and Z. 'Empty' allows one to use Tripod as starting point for own custom tripod implementations. No content for the axes will be added but the tripod group will keep its functionality: Any content which is manually added will be rotated according to the parent camera transformation.

The location parameter places the tripod in any of the 8 quadrants of the scene: top/bottom/right/left. The third dimension is back/front: front will make the tripod to always stay on top of the main content. 'Back' will embed the tripod into the scene and allow the scene content to hide the tripod.

The size of the tripod will be specified by the size parameter. It computes the area the tripod is using from the corresponding camera viewport. A value of 1 would occupy the whole viewport. Default is one third.

It is possible to give the tripod a custom location and size by configuring the ScreenRect parameter for the tripod. This gives full flexibility on where to place the tripod and its size. Keep in mind, tripods are derived from Camera, hence provide the full set of configuration options a regular camera brings.

[ILNumerics Visualization Engine]

Reference