Computer Graphics II

Picking
Object Picking

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Object Picking
 For many cases, we should be able to change the positions of objects with mouse
 The framework I provided have functions for object picking. You must know how to
use them
 These functions are not related to Physical Simulation directly. However, it is
required for interaction.

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Basic idea of Object Picking 2

 Object picking method press ctrl button

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 Numbering all objects in a scene (1,2,…) and dragging
 Shoot a ray at the mouse position and get the number when
the ray intersects one of the objects

 Object positon change

 Just picking and dragging of mouse changes the object’s just drag
positon on the plane (x,z)
 With pressing ctrl button and dragging of mouse changes the
object’s position on y axis

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step 1
 Numbering : in the draw(), provide a number for each object

if (!shadow)
glLoadName(1); (set the number 1)

 You must to give different numbers for different objects

for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_movers.size(); i++) {

if (!shadow)
glLoadName(i+1);
m_movers[i]->draw(shadow);
}

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step 2
 Call MyGlWindow::doPick(), when you click a left mouse button
 Go to MyGlWindow::handle()
 int MyGlWindow::handle(int e)
{
switch (e) {
case FL_SHOW:
show();
return 1;
case FL_PUSH: //mouse pushing event
{
m_pressedMouseButton = Fl::event_button(); //which button? 1(left), 2(middle), 3(rig
m_lastMouseX = Fl::event_x(); //mouse x pos
When you click m_lastMouseY = Fl::event_y(); //mouse y pos
}
damage(1);
return 1;
case FL_RELEASE: //mouse releasing event
When you release a button m_pressedMouseButton = -1;
damage(1);
return 1;
When you drag a mouse case FL_DRAG: // if the user drags the mouse
{
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step2
 Call doPick() on GL_PUSH event
case FL_PUSH:
{
m_pressedMouseButton = Fl::event_button();
m_lastMouseX = Fl::event_x();
m_lastMouseY = Fl::event_y();

if (m_pressedMouseButton == 1) { Right mouse click -> 3

doPick(); Left mouse click -> 1
Declare int selected
if (selected >= 0) {
std::cout << "picked" << std::endl;
for storing
}
selected object number
damage(1);
return 1;
(initial value = -1)
};
break;
}

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step3
 Modify doPick()
….
setProjection(false); set this value to false
GLuint buf[100];
glSelectBuffer(100, buf);
glRenderMode(GL_SELECT); Ex)
glInitNames(); 1. When there is only one object
glPushName(0); m_mover->draw(0);
Call draw() with (shadow = 0)
2. When there are several objects
//why shadow=0? Because object itself
//must be pickable (not its shadow) for(int i=0; i<movers.size(); i++)
{
movers[i]->draw(0);
int hits = glRenderMode(GL_RENDER); }
//note that each mover must have a different number
…

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step3
 Modify doPick()

int hits = glRenderMode(GL_RENDER);

if (hits) {
// warning; this just grabs the first object hit - if there
// are multiple objects, you really want to pick the closest
// one - see the OpenGL manual
// remember: we load names that are one more than the index
selected = buf[3] - 1;
} Assign picked object number to
else {// nothing hit, nothing selected
selected = -1;
selected
}

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step4
 Dragging Event processing : Choice between camera control and object moving
case FL_DRAG: // if the user drags the mouse
{

if (selected >= 0 && m_pressedMouseButton == 1) {// if we pick a some object

//When you pick up an object

damage(1);
}
else {

//Otherwise, change camera

damage(1);
}

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Step 4
 When an object is picked
if (selected >= 0 && m_pressedMouseButton == 1) {

double r1x, r1y, r1z, r2x, r2y, r2z;

getMouseLine(r1x, r1y, r1z, r2x, r2y, r2z);
object’s current position (input)
double rx, ry, rz;
mousePoleGo(r1x, r1y, r1z, r2x, r2y, r2z, input
static_cast<double>(x coordinate of object),
static_cast<double>(y coordinate of object), MousePoleGo
static_cast<double>(z coordinate of object),
output rx, ry, rz,
(Fl::event_state() & FL_CTRL) != 0);
object’s new position (output)
set object’s the new positon (rx, ry, rz)

damage(1);
}

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Step 4 Example
if (selected >= 0 && m_pressedMouseButton == 1) {

double r1x, r1y, r1z, r2x, r2y, r2z;

getMouseLine(r1x, r1y, r1z, r2x, r2y, r2z);

double rx, ry, rz;

mousePoleGo(r1x, r1y, r1z, r2x, r2y, r2z,
static_cast<double>(m_moverconnection->m_movers[selected]->m_particle->getPosition().x),
static_cast<double>(m_moverconnection->m_movers[selected]->m_particle->getPosition().y),
static_cast<double>(m_moverconnection->m_movers[selected]->m_particle->getPosition().z),
rx, ry, rz,
(Fl::event_state() & FL_CTRL) != 0);

m_moverconnection->m_movers[selected]->m_particle->setPosition(rx, ry, rz);

damage(1);
}

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Programming : Apply picking to bouncing ball example

Stop simulation before

you pick an object

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