CuttingManager

class Communicator.CuttingManager(): Main interface into the cutting functionality of the viewer. The object manages a number of individual CuttingSections which can be activated individually.

Methods

activateCuttingSections

Communicator.CuttingManager.activateCuttingSections()

Activates all cutting sections, and restores any planes contained to the scene.

Return type: Promise[void]

clearAllCuttingSections

Communicator.CuttingManager.clearAllCuttingSections()

Clears all cutting sections. This causes all cutting sections to be deactivated and all their cutting planes removed.

Return type: Promise[void]

createReferenceGeometryFromAxis

Communicator.CuttingManager.createReferenceGeometryFromAxis(axis, modelBounding)

generates reference geometry for a cutting plane.

Arguments

axis (Communicator.Axis()) – axis for reference geometry.
modelBounding (Communicator.Box()) – modelBounding for geometry size.

Return type

[Communicator.Point3]

createReferenceGeometryFromFaceNormal

Communicator.CuttingManager.createReferenceGeometryFromFaceNormal(normal, position, modelBounding)

Uses a selection normal and position to create reference geometry for a cutting plane.

Arguments

normal (Communicator.Point3()) – face normal.
position (Communicator.Point3()) – face position.
modelBounding (Communicator.Box()) – model bounding for geometry size.

Return type

[Communicator.Point3]

deactivateAllCuttingSections

Communicator.CuttingManager.deactivateAllCuttingSections()

Deactivates all cutting sections. Cutting planes are not removed from section and can be restored using activateCuttingSections

Return type: Promise[void]

deactivateCuttingSections

Communicator.CuttingManager.deactivateCuttingSections(clearSections)

Removes all cutting planes and cutting plane geometry from the scene.

Note

deactivateCuttingSections is deprecated: Use deactivateAllCuttingSections or clearAllCuttingSections instead.

Arguments

clearSections ({ }()) – if true, removes all cutting planes contained in cutting sections.

Return type

Promise[void]

delayCapping

Communicator.CuttingManager.delayCapping()

Delays capping processing by a fixed time interval.

Return type: void

enableCappingIdleCallback

Communicator.CuttingManager.enableCappingIdleCallback(enable)

Enables or disables activation of “cappingIdle” callback event.

Arguments

enable (boolean()) – Enables or disables activation of “cappingIdle” callback event.

Return type

Promise[boolean]

Returns

A promise returning whether or not capping generation was idle when this call resolves.

forJson

Communicator.CuttingManager.forJson()

Note

forJson is deprecated: Use toJson instead.

Return type: Object

fromJson

Communicator.CuttingManager.fromJson(json)

Removes any cutting planes in the scene, and restores cutting planes from a json object.

Arguments

json (any()) –

Return type

Promise[void]

getActiveCuttingSectionCount

Communicator.CuttingManager.getActiveCuttingSectionCount()

Return type: number
Returns: the number of active cutting sections.

getCappingFaceColor

Communicator.CuttingManager.getCappingFaceColor()

Gets the color used for capping geometry faces.

Return type: { }
Returns: color used for capping geometry faces.

getCappingGeometryVisibility

Communicator.CuttingManager.getCappingGeometryVisibility()

Gets whether capping geometry will show

Return type: boolean
Returns: boolean value indicating whether capping geometry will show

getCappingLineColor

Communicator.CuttingManager.getCappingLineColor()

Gets the color used for capping geometry lines.

Return type: { }
Returns: color used for capping geometry lines.

getCuttingSection

Communicator.CuttingManager.getCuttingSection(index)

Gets a cutting section by index. Cutting sections are created automatically by the system and may be queried at any point during or after the sceneReady callback has been triggered.

Arguments

index (number()) –

Return type

{ }

Returns

the cutting section for the given index.

getCuttingSectionCapacity

Communicator.CuttingManager.getCuttingSectionCapacity()

Gets the total number of planes supported by each cutting section. Cutting planes contained in the same cutting section will work together (an object is only cut if all cutting planes in a section would cut it). Cutting planes in separate cutting sections do not work together when cutting (an object is cut if any one of the cutting sections would cut it).

Return type: number
Returns: the number of planes each cutting section may contain.

getCuttingSectionCount

Communicator.CuttingManager.getCuttingSectionCount()

Gets the total number of cutting sections supported by the system.

Return type: number
Returns: the number of cutting sections supported by the system.

getCuttingSectionFromNodeId

Communicator.CuttingManager.getCuttingSectionFromNodeId(nodeId)

Gets the cutting section containing the cutting plane with the given node ID. If the supplied node ID is not contained by any cutting section null will be returned.

Arguments

nodeId ({ }()) – a node ID for cutting plane stand-in geometry.

Return type

{ }

Returns

the CuttingSection that contains the plane with the given node id or null if none contain it.

getStandinGeometryPickable

Communicator.CuttingManager.getStandinGeometryPickable()

Gets whether stand-in geometry for cutting sections is pickable.

Return type: boolean
Returns: boolean value indicating whether stand-in geometry for cutting sections is pickable.

hasActiveCuttingSection

Communicator.CuttingManager.hasActiveCuttingSection()

Return type: boolean
Returns: true if there is an active cutting section.

refreshPlaneGeometry

Communicator.CuttingManager.refreshPlaneGeometry()

Updates all cutting plane geometry.

Return type: Promise[void]

setCappingDelay

Communicator.CuttingManager.setCappingDelay(delayInMilliseconds)

Sets the delay used by delayCapping() in milliseconds.

Arguments

delayInMilliseconds (number()) – The delay amount.

Return type

void

setCappingFaceColor

Communicator.CuttingManager.setCappingFaceColor(color)

Sets the color to be used for capping geometry faces. If null is passed in as the color object, no capping face will be shown.

Arguments

color ({ }()) – color to use for capping geometry faces.

Return type

Communicator.DeprecatedPromise

setCappingGeometryVisibility

Communicator.CuttingManager.setCappingGeometryVisibility(cappingGeometryVisibility)

Sets whether capping geometry will show. The default value is true.

Arguments

cappingGeometryVisibility (boolean()) –

Return type

Communicator.DeprecatedPromise

setCappingLineColor

Communicator.CuttingManager.setCappingLineColor(color)

Sets the color to be used for capping geometry lines. If null is passed in as the color object, no capping line will be shown.

Arguments

color ({ }()) – color to use for capping geometry lines.

Return type

Communicator.DeprecatedPromise

setCuttingPlaneColor

Communicator.CuttingManager.setCuttingPlaneColor(color)

Sets the color for all cutting plane reference geometry.

Arguments

color (Communicator.Color()) –

Return type

Communicator.DeprecatedPromise

setStandinGeometryPickable

Communicator.CuttingManager.setStandinGeometryPickable(pickable)

Sets whether stand-in geometry for cutting sections should be pickable. If this option is set to false, picking rays will pass though stand-in geometry for cutting planes. The default value is not pickable.

Arguments

pickable (boolean()) – boolean value indicating whether stand-in geometry should be pickable in the scene.

Return type

Communicator.DeprecatedPromise

toJson

Communicator.CuttingManager.toJson()

Creates an object ready for JSON serialization.

Return type: Object
Returns: The prepared object.

waitForCappingIdle

Communicator.CuttingManager.waitForCappingIdle()

Return type: Promise[void]