SoLinearProfile(3IV)

NAME
     SoLinearProfile - Piecewise-linear profile curve

INHERITS FROM
     SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoNode > SoProfile > SoLinearProfile

SYNOPSIS
     #include <Inventor/nodes/SoLinearProfile.h>

          Fields from class SoProfile:

     SoMFInt32           index
     SoSFEnum            linkage

          Methods from class SoLinearProfile:

                         SoLinearProfile()
     static SoType       getClassTypeId()

          Methods from class SoNode:

     void                setOverride(SbBool state)
     SbBool              isOverride() const
     SoNode *            copy(SbBool copyConnections = FALSE) const
     virtual SbBool      affectsState() const
     static SoNode *     getByName(const SbName &name)
     static int          getByName(const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)

          Methods from class SoFieldContainer:

     void                setToDefaults()
     SbBool              hasDefaultValues() const
     SbBool              fieldsAreEqual(const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
     void                copyFieldValues(const SoFieldContainer *fc, SbBool
                              copyConnections = FALSE)
     SbBool              set(const char *fieldDataString)
     void                get(SbString &fieldDataString)
     virtual int         getFields(SoFieldList &resultList) const
     virtual SoField *   getField(const SbName &fieldName) const
     SbBool              getFieldName(const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName)
                              const
     SbBool              isNotifyEnabled() const
     SbBool              enableNotify(SbBool flag)

          Methods from class SoBase:

     void                ref()
     void                unref() const
     void                unrefNoDelete() const
     void                touch()
     virtual SoType      getTypeId() const
     SbBool              isOfType(SoType type) const
     virtual void        setName(const SbName &name)
     virtual SbName      getName() const


DESCRIPTION
     This node specifies a piecewise-linear curve that is used as a profile
     for either a trimming patch of a Nurbs surface or for the bevel of
     SoText3. The index field indexes into the current profile coordinates
     (specified in an SoProfileCoordinate2 or SoProfileCoordinate3 node). If
     the last value of the index field is
     SO_LINEAR_PROFILE_USE_REST_OF_VERTICES (-1), all remaining coordinates in
     the current coordinates will be used, starting with the coordinate after
     the previous index (all coordinates will be used if
     SO_LINEAR_PROFILE_USE_REST_OF_VERTICES is the only value in the index
     field). For example, if index contains the values [2,0,-1] and there are
     4 profile coordinates (0-3), it is as if the index field contains
     [2,0,1,2,3].

METHODS
                         SoLinearProfile()
          Creates a linear profile node with default settings.

     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
          Returns type identifier for this class.


ACTION BEHAVIOR
     SoGLRenderAction, SoRayPickAction, SoCallbackAction
          Adds a profile to the current state.


FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS
     LinearProfile {
          index    0
          linkage  START_FIRST
     }

SEE ALSO
     SoNurbsProfile, SoProfileCoordinate2, SoProfileCoordinate3