[osg-users] Compass/Navigator Widget

Hi, I'm new to OSG and would like to know if there's a standard method/class to create an alpha-blended compass/navigator widget like the one in Google Earth. I'm an experienced OpenGL user and normally, I would simply map a few overlapping quads with alpha-blended textures and draw them last

[osg-users] osgDem & VirtualPlanetBuilder

Robert, So, should I follow the procedure outlined in osgDem's User guide or use VirtualPlanetBuilder instead? osgDem did not built as part of my OSG v2 project, so I assume it's only available in VirtualPlanetBuilder now? I'm sure this is all chrystall-clear to you guys, but for a newbie, it'

[osg-users] Building osgDem - vpb.lib

Robert, I tried compiling VirtualPlanetBuilder off the SVN source and I get a link error where "vpb.lib" is not found: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'vpb.lib' Does osgDem compile or should I wait until you're done moving it over to VirtualPlanetBuilder? Thanks, - Nick -

[osg-users] Help Building osgDem on Win32

Has anyone been successful at building osgDem in the past two weeks using VS 7.1 & CMake? If so, any way I could get an exe or a step-by-step tutorial? I need to evaluate this software for a proposal at my company and I'm running out of time. I am the only one pushing oss as it is ;) Thanks, -

Re: [osg-users] Building osgDem - vpb.lib

sts.openscenegraph.org >To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >Subject: Re: [osg-users] Building osgDem - vpb.lib >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:29:09 +0100 > >HI Nick, > >On 8/7/07, Nick Prudent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried compiling VirtualPlanetBuilder off th

Re: [osg-users] Compass/Navigator Widget

negraph.org Subject: Re: [osg-users] Compass/Navigator Widget Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 09:11:29 +0200 El Martes 07 Agosto 2007, Nick Prudent escribió: > Hi, > > I'm new to OSG and would like to know if there's a standard method/class to > create an alpha-blended compass/naviga

[osg-users] osgDB::readNodeFile Fails in DEBUG

Anybody knows if osgDB::readNodeFile() is supposed to fail in DEBUG mode? If so, what technique are you using to debug your OSG I/O? Thanks, - Nick - _ Share More On Messenger with a Windows Live Space http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=

Re: [osg-users] osgDB::readNodeFile Fails in DEBUG

ll searching (file) path is wrong, may some dlls from latest svn >version others >from elder version are taken. i don't know. > >otherwise remove whole OSG version, rebuild it. may this helps. i did a >rebuild form >the scratch this afternoon. everythings seems

[osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo

OK, I'm almost there... I'm trying to generate the PugetSound sample database as outlined in the osgDem user guide. Unfortunately, it seem that the system uses extentions that my graphic card cannot support. I have a 2002 nVidia Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go with 32MB ram. Here's the message I get from th

Re: [osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo

sts.openscenegraph.org >To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >Subject: Re: [osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo >Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:53:30 +0100 > >Hi Nick, > >On 8/9/07, Nick Prudent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It looks like everything is going fine until it tries

Re: [osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo

enegraph.org >To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >Subject: Re: [osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo >Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:53:30 +0100 > >Hi Nick, > >On 8/9/07, Nick Prudent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It looks like everything is going fine until it tries to create a pixel

Re: [osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo

Robert, Here it is again (verbatim between the dotted lines): - PixelBufferWin32::init(), Error: some wgl extensions not supported Failed to create pbuffer, failing back to normal graphics window. This application has requested the Runtime

Re: [osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo

pt answers. - Nick - >From: "Nick Prudent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >Subject: Re: [osg-users] osgDEM and PugetSound Demo >Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:47:41 -0400 > >Robert, > &g

[osg-users] osgSimplePager Example

The osgDem User guide (http://www.openscenegraph.org/osgwiki/pmwiki.php/UserGuides/Osgdem) refers to a example project called "osgsimplepager": "Simply load the database in your app (make sure it supports the osgDB::DatabasePager? - see osgsimplepager example for details)." I can see here (

Re: [osg-users] osgSimplePager Example

r don't need to >care about the pager anymore. > >may you would like to get some examples have we can do a paged database? is >that what you are looking for? > >/adegli > >2007/8/14, Nick Prudent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > The osgDem User guide

[osg-users] osgSimplePager Example + Newbie Comments

lepager. > As Adrian mentioned osgsimplepager was removed as it is now >redundent, one simply just uses osgViewer::Viewer or CompositeViewer >and they will handle all the paging for you - you don't need to lift a >finger. > >Robert. > >On 8/13/07, Nick Prudent <[EMAIL PR

Re: [osg-users] osgSimplePager Example + Newbie Comments

> > http://www.openscenegraph.org/osgwiki/pmwiki.php/UserGuides/Osgdem > >This is old Wiki. OK, so where is the new Wiki? While you're at, is it possible to remove the "transition" www.openscenegraph.com web site? This is the first thing Google sees and it's very confusing. That and the fac

Re: [osg-users] osgSimplePager Example + Newbie Comments

Robert, Last week I gave a call to one of the osg veteran who told me about all the recent changes and how to navigate the osg docs. Now it's OK, but imagine someone new coming in and not knowing where to look... The fact is, after less than two weeks, I have a running OSG/MFC/GDAL applicatio

[osg-users] osgDem Windows Front-End

Anyone knows of a Windows front-end for osgDem? I am writing one right now and would like to check out some examples first. Thanks, - Nick - _ Get Cultured With Arts & Culture Festivals On Live Maps http://local.live.com/?mkt=en-c

Re: [osg-users] osgDem Windows Front-End

Antoine, Thanks for the advice. Actually, I have already started saving osgDem parameters as XML to allow users to save their sessions. My clients have "Command-Line-O-Phobia", so they asked me to add a simple UI for executing osgDem. It's not difficult, but I was wondering if anyone had done

Re: [osg-users] osgDem Windows Front-End

Robert, Thanks for the update. No matter how it's implemented internally, there is still a need for my clients to not have to hack a command line or a text/xml file. They are not programmers (they don't even use Windows's CommandPrompt). When VPB is up and running, I'll just update the back-en

[osg-users] ECW Image Files - Secret Tricks?

After compiling osgdb_ecw.dll, I've sucessfully loaded an ECW image file using osgViewer --image option, yet the same file produces the following message in osgDem: ERROR 4: `ortho_image_ecw\_1_8_scale2.ecw' not recognised as a supported file format. Aren't osgDem and osgViewer using the s

Re: [osg-users] ECW Image Files - Secret Tricks?

ci pour le coup de pouce.) Thanks, - Nick - >From: Antoine Hue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >Subject: Re: [osg-users] ECW Image Files - Secret Tricks? >Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:40:57 +0200 > &

Re: [osg-users] ECW Image Files - Secret Tricks?

Antoine, You're right: the error is in GDAL. I tried GDAL_CONVERT.EXE and was greated with a similar error message. The GDAL.org page (http://www.gdal.org/frmt_ecw.html) mentions that ECW is an "option". So it looks like I'll have to compile my own version of GDAL and link with ERMapper's SDK

Re: [osg-users] ECW Image Files - Secret Tricks?

Antoine, So how do I make sure that the osgdb_ecw.dll plug-in gets called instead of GDAL? As it is, osgDem just stops (crashes actually...). I am not looking foward to recompiling GDAL ;( - Nick - I meant that OSG plugins are called in sequence, each plugin is trying to load the file and r

Re: [osg-users] ECW Image Files - Secret Tricks?

On 8/19/07, Antoine Hue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nick Prudent wrote: > > Antoine, > > > > So how do I make sure that the osgdb_ecw.dll plug-in gets called > > instead of GDAL? As it is, osgDem just stops (crashes actually...). I > > am not looking foward

Re: [osg-users] Documentation

Hi, As a recent newbie myself, here what I suggest you read: 1) OpenSceneGraph Quick Start Guide http://www.osgbooks.com/the_books/openscenegraph_reference_ma_2.html After you're done reading this, you can write basic scene graphs and start reading the source code. Free as a PDF download, or 1

Re: [osg-users] Tutorials

I'm a newbie too and I disagree. I'm also starting from ground-zero and I find it very useful and well-written. The Quick Start Guide assumes that you already know the following: * OpenGL * C++ * STL Without this fundation, it's going to take longer. We all start from a different pla

Re: [osg-users] Tutorials

Paul, One way to do quick tutorials on the go without spending a lot are YouTube Screen Casts. I recently learned a few PHP programming tricks from this serie: >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5egpgAVxQI&mode=related&search= On the Mac, there are a few free solutions for doing this. I'm not

Re: [osg-users] Tutorials

written a lot of OpenGL, read the OpenInventor book, learned other 3D packages, and taken a graduate course in Computer Graphics. I still find myself having to guess at what a particular class or function is supposed to do or how a particular function is supposed to be called. I can imagine ho

Re: [osg-users] Tutorials

idea. - Nick - From: "Robert Osfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org Subject: Re: [osg-users] Tutorials Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:38:07 +0100 Hi Nick, On 8/22/07, Nick Prudent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [osg-users] Help !!! Exampe osgViewerMFC Problem of fresh men

Hi, The MFC example seem to have changed lately. I suggest you grab the latest version from SVN and compile that. I'm not usre this will fix your problem, but worth try anyway. - Nick - From: ÕÔÃ÷ΰ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org To: osg-users@lists.opensc

[osg-users] osgDem Options

Still working on my osgDem UI... The osg Dem Guide Page (http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Support/UserGuides/osgdem) lists a bunch of options. I now see that the -m (Load Model) is disabled, so I'm wondering about the state of the other flags. Does anyone know if any other flag

[osg-users] Switch Group Detection

Newbie question: How do you find out if a osg:Group node is a Switch? Node::asGroup() can be used to determine if thi is a osg::Group, but what about osg::Switch ? Thanks, - Nick - _ Put Your Face In Your Space with Windows Live S

Re: [osg-users] Tutorials

There *is* an OSG discussion forum:http://www.3drealtimesimulation.com/3dsceneBB/index.phpIt's just not very official (and not used much, from what I can see...). Email works great for me. This together with the Wiki makes for a great community. Friction? What friction? This mailing list is mo

Re: [osg-users] Switch Group Detection

/ is a switch > else > // is not a switch > > > Rafa. > > > On 8/27/07, Nick Prudent wrote: > > Newbie question: > > > > How do you find out if a osg:Group node is a Switch? Node::asGroup() can be > &g

Re: [osg-users] Switch Group Detection

Nick - > Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:16:26 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > Subject: Re: [osg-users] Switch Group Detection > > Nick Prudent wrote: > > >Thanks Rafa. That's what I'm already doing...I was hoping fo

[osg-users] Fitting Viewer's Camera To New Scene

How can I make sure an object fits inside a camera view after loading a new scene. All the examples load scenes and Viewer/Camera at startup. I want to add nodes to an existing scene; not create a new one.My OSG tree looks like this: + File 1

Re: [osg-users] parse 3d model not storaged in local file

David, Let me get this straight: you want to read models that are already in memory? What did you use to load them in memory in the first place? If you have a lot of models in formats supported by OSG, it should not be a problem. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but there's only one way to re

Re: [osg-users] Fitting Viewer's Camera To New Scene

OK, I've tried redefining the manipulator directly and I tried with the main camera. Both methods fail to actually update the trackball's center & radius. Ex: m_rpMainCamera->setViewMatrixAsLookAt( vnew_eye, vnew_center, vnew_up ); or... m_rpTerrainManipulator->setHomePosition( vnew_eye,

Re: [osg-users] Fitting Viewer's Camera To New Scene

puteHomePosition(); > > Or just set it manuual via: > >viewer.getCameraManipulator()->setHomePosition(...); > > > > On 8/28/07, Nick Prudent wrote: > > > > OK, > > > > I've tried redefining the manipulator directly and I tried with

Re: [osg-users] Fitting Viewer's Camera To New Scene

Found this recent thread on changing the camera position: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.openscenegraph.user/15567/match=change+camera+position The solution mentionned goes like this: --- From: Matteo Campana Subject: Re: Change camera position Ne

Re: [osg-users] Fitting Viewer's Camera To New Scene

Thanks Robert, * Using setHomePosition(...) + home() did the trick. Yes! * Using computeHomePosition() + home() pointed somewhere in space... I'm wondering if I can move from one place to the next on my terrain data using this technique...Trying it right now... Regards, - Nick -

Re: [osg-users] osgviewerMFC example crash in 2.1.8

I'm a newbie too and have had the same problem applying the MFC example to my own app. The problem was that wasn't giving a complete path. Use szPathName instead of szFilename from the MFC file dialog. Another way is to have the directory containning your data in your PATH environment variabl

[osg-users] CMake COLLADA Parameters

I've used Collada-DOM before for another project but for some reason cannot seem to provide the correct include directories for building the COLLADA plugin. I develop on Windows. Does OSG expect any special directory structure or environment variable? What parameters should be put in CMake t

Re: [osg-users] CMake COLLADA Parameters

More speciffically: what entry is expected under COLLADA_LIBRARY? Thanks, - Nick - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:17:27 -0400> Subject: [osg-users] CMake COLLADA Parameters>>> I've used Coll

Re: [osg-users] CMake COLLADA Parameters + TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES trouble...

another plugin... I changed it to add the library to both optimized and debug specifically instead of specifying none and then it worked... Not sure if the collada-plugin would have worked if I had done this change before instead...> Modified files attached...> /Daniel> On 8/30/07, Nick Prudent

Re: [osg-users] CMake COLLADA Parameters + TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES trouble...

Thanks Daniel, This will save a lot of collective hair pulling ;) - Nick - _ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE ___ osg-

[osg-users] osgDem UI

For those interested. I finally finished my little osgDem UI and it turned out pretty good. My clients are happy because they don’t have to deal with the command line. Actually, I find it easier to use too since it automatically validates long and complicated argument strings. You can see a s

Re: [osg-users] billboard

Speaking of billboards...other than OSG/IVE is there an existing file format that can save billboards with transparencies so they appear correct once loaded in a osgViewer-based app? I'm new to terrain viz and would like to use the billboards for doing trees, but they always appear opaque once

[osg-users] Renaming Nodes In Property Sheet

I'm currently designing a property sheet system for selected Nodes so users can change their drawing states and rename them. My question: Is it adviseable to rename nodes via the osg::Object::setName() function or is this something that should be avoided? I'm just asking to be sure that I'm no

[osg-users] Direct VertexArray Modification

Inside my render loop, I'm updating some geometry based on external events. When I change a transform (rotation + translate), everything updates fines. However, if I change vertices directly, nothing happend. Is there a flag that I need to reset to force the system to recompute the render grap

[osg-users] Two Manipulators at The Same Time

I'm wondering how to go about "layering" manipulators so that by default the terrain manipulator is used except for a small corner of the screen where I want a custom manipulator (like Google Earth's compass manipulator). Is there already a mechanism for doing something like this? Thanks,

Re: [osg-users] Two Manipulators at The Same Time

tor ( to be> created also ) and forwarding the handle() callback to the right> manipulator regarding the mouse position.>> Nick Prudent a écrit :>> I'm wondering how to go about "layering" manipulators so that by default the terrain manipulator is used except for a sma

Re: [osg-users] Two Manipulators at The Same Time

tor ( to be> created also ) and forwarding the handle() callback to the right> manipulator regarding the mouse position.>> Nick Prudent a écrit :>> I'm wondering how to go about "layering" manipulators so that by default the terrain manipulator is used except for a sma

[osg-users] Tree Creation Workflow

For those who deal with terrain in OSG, what tool do you use to create trees as textured transparent billboard to be loaded by OSG? I'm just wondering what's the best native format for creating the trees. Examples: FLT --> OSG --> IVE or 3DS --> OSG --> IVE or VRML --> OSG --> IVE ... Thank