class QAbstractRayCaster

An abstract base class for ray casting in 3d scenes. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster

Inherited by: QScreenRayCaster, QRayCaster

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Properties

Methods

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Detailed Description

QAbstractRayCaster is an abstract base class for casting rays into a 3d scene. QAbstractRayCaster can not be directly instantiated, but rather through its subclasses. QAbstractRayCaster specifies common properties for all ray casters, such as run mode and layer handling, while leaving the actual ray casting details to the subclasses.

Ray castings differs from picking (using QObjectPicker ) in that it does not require mouse events to trigger.

By default, the instances of QAbstractRayCaster are disabled. When enabled, the specified ray will be tested for intersecting objects at every frame. The hits property will be updated with the results of the ray casting, even if no objects are found.

The QPickingSettings can be used to control the ray casting, such as which primitives are tested and how the results are returned.

Furthermore, QLayer components can be used to control how entities, or entity sub-graphs, react to ray casting.

Note

Components derived from QAbstractRayCaster should not be shared amount multiple entities.

See also

QRayCaster QScreenRayCaster QObjectPicker QPickingSettings QNoPicking

class RunMode

This enumeration specifies how often ray casting is performed

Constant

Description

Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.Continuous

Ray casting is performed at every frame as long as the component is enabled.

Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.SingleShot

Ray casting is done once then the component disables itself. This is the default

class FilterMode

Specifies the rules for selecting entities to test for raycasting.

Constant

Description

Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.AcceptAnyMatchingLayers

Accept entities that reference one or more QLayer objects added to this QAbstractRayCaster . This is the default

Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.AcceptAllMatchingLayers

Accept entities that reference all the QLayer objects added to this QAbstractRayCaster

Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.DiscardAnyMatchingLayers

Discard entities that reference one or more QLayer objects added to this QAbstractRayCaster

Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.DiscardAllMatchingLayers

Discard entities that reference all QLayer objects added to this QAbstractRayCaster

Note

Properties can be used directly when from __feature__ import true_property is used or via accessor functions otherwise.

property filterModeᅟ: Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.FilterMode

Holds the filter mode specifying the entities to select for ray casting tests.

The default value is AcceptMatchingLayers.

Access functions:
property runModeᅟ: Qt3DRender.QAbstractRayCaster.RunMode

Holds the run mode controlling how often ray casting tests are performed.

If set to SingleShot (the default), when the component is enabled, a single ray casting test will be performed and the component will automatically disable itself.

If set to Continuous, ray casting tests will be performed at every frame as long as the component is enabled.

Access functions:
__init__([parent=None])
Parameters:

parentQNode

addLayer(layer)
Parameters:

layerQLayer

Add layer to the current list of layers

filterMode()
Return type:

FilterMode

See also

setFilterMode()

Getter of property filterModeᅟ .

filterModeChanged(filterMode)
Parameters:

filterModeFilterMode

Notification signal of property filterModeᅟ .

hits()
Return type:

.list of Qt3DRender.QRayCasterHit

hitsChanged(hits)
Parameters:

hits – .list of Qt3DRender.QRayCasterHit

layers()
Return type:

.list of Qt3DRender.QLayer

Returns the current list of layers

removeLayer(layer)
Parameters:

layerQLayer

Remove layer from the current list of layers

runMode()
Return type:

RunMode

See also

setRunMode()

Getter of property runModeᅟ .

runModeChanged(runMode)
Parameters:

runModeRunMode

Notification signal of property runModeᅟ .

setFilterMode(filterMode)
Parameters:

filterModeFilterMode

See also

filterMode()

Setter of property filterModeᅟ .

setRunMode(runMode)
Parameters:

runModeRunMode

See also

runMode()

Setter of property runModeᅟ .