Particle3D:
Simple generic/ supertype particle for 3D Topology
visualisation
This is an implementation of a simple supertype particle for 3D
topology visualisation.
Example Usage
Subclass it and extend it by adding draw() method to render any shape
you want the particle to be.
How does it work?
This object subclasses Kamaelia.Support.Particles.Particle and adds 3D
elements.
At initialisation, provide a unique ID, a starting (x,y,z) position
tuple, and a name. The name is displayed as a label on top of the
particle. For other parameters, such as bgcolour and fgcolour, see its
doc string below.
If the particle becomes selected it changes its visual appearance to
reflect this.
There are two kinds of textures, i.e. text label and image textures.
When the 'image' argument is provided, it uses image textures;
otherwise, it uses text label textures in which particle name is used as
the caption of the label. Note, the value of the 'image' argument is the
uri of the image; it could be a path in local drive, a network address
or an internet address.
It only serves as a superclass of 3D particle and has no rendering
(draw) method, so it leaves the shape rendering to subclasses.
CuboidParticle3D:
cuboid rendering particle for 3D Topology visualisation
This is an implementation of a simple cuboid particle for 3D topology
visualisation.
Example Usage
A 3D topology viewer where particles of type "-" are rendered by
CuboidParticle3D instances:
TopologyViewer3D( particleTypes = {"-":CuboidParticle3D},
laws = Kamaelia.Support.Particles.SimpleLaws(bondLength=2),
).run()
SimpleLaws are used that apply the same simple physics laws for all
particle types.
How does it work?
This object subclasses
Kamaelia.Visualisation.PhysicsGraph3D.Particles3D.Particle3D and adds
methods to support rendering (draw).
SphereParticle3D:
sphere rendering particle for 3D Topology visualisation
This is an implementation of a simple sphere particle for 3D topology
visualisation.
Note: it would be much slower than CuboidParticle3D because it uses
GLU library.
Example Usage
A 3D topology viewer where particles of type "sphere" are rendered by
SphereParticle3D instances:
TopologyViewer3D( particleTypes = {"sphere":SphereParticle3D},
laws = Kamaelia.Support.Particles.SimpleLaws(bondLength=2),
).run()
SimpleLaws are used that apply the same simple physics laws for all
particle types.
How does it work?
This object subclasses
Kamaelia.Visualisation.PhysicsGraph3D.Particles3D.Particle3D and adds
methods to support rendering (draw).
TeapotParticle3D:
teapot rendering particle for 3D Topology visualisation
This is an implementation of a simple teapot particle for 3D topology
visualisation.
Note: it would be much slower than CuboidParticle3D and
SphereParticle3D because it uses GLUT library.
Example Usage
A 3D topology viewer where particles of type "teapot" are rendered by
CuboidParticle3D instances:
TopologyViewer3D( particleTypes = {"teapot":TeapotParticle3D},
laws = Kamaelia.Support.Particles.SimpleLaws(bondLength=2),
).run()
SimpleLaws are used that apply the same simple physics laws for all
particle types.
How does it work?
This object subclasses
Kamaelia.Visualisation.PhysicsGraph3D.Particles3D.Particle3D and adds
methods to support rendering (draw).
References: 1. Kamaelia.UI.OpenGL.Button 2. Kamaelia.UI.OpenGL.OpenGLComponent
