MetaObject.cpp File Reference

A MetaObject exerts a positive or negative 'charge' in a scalar field, whose isocontours (level sets) define blobby surfaces with different threshold values corresponding to the contour level. MetaObjects positively or negatively affect their neighboring MetaObjects depending on their 'strength' and 'negative' attributes. 'strength' defines the initial charge of the object, and 'negative' is a boolean which defaults to false, denoting whether or not this MetaObject has a positive or a negative impact on surrounding MetaObjects. MetaObject is an abstract class, and specific implementations define how its initial charge dissipates throughout the field. More...

#include "MetaObject.h"

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Detailed Description

A MetaObject exerts a positive or negative 'charge' in a scalar field, whose isocontours (level sets) define blobby surfaces with different threshold values corresponding to the contour level. MetaObjects positively or negatively affect their neighboring MetaObjects depending on their 'strength' and 'negative' attributes. 'strength' defines the initial charge of the object, and 'negative' is a boolean which defaults to false, denoting whether or not this MetaObject has a positive or a negative impact on surrounding MetaObjects. MetaObject is an abstract class, and specific implementations define how its initial charge dissipates throughout the field.

Author:

Travis Fischer (fisch0920@gmail.com)

Matthew Jacobs (jacobs.mh@gmail.com)

Date:

Spring 2008

Parameters:

	strength	- initial charge of object (defaults to 1.0)
	negative	- whether or not this metaobject has a positive or negative impact on surrounding MetaObjects (defaults to false)

See also:

also Blob

also MetaBall

Definition in file MetaObject.cpp.