The View3D widget class provides a set of built-in editors that enable the
end-user to interactively edit the attributes of an object or a set of objects,
modify the light sources used to illuminate objects in the display and edit the
resources of a View3D widget. Most built-in editor menus can be activated using
a public function or an action sequence.
Material Editor
The material editor can be used to edit the attributes of selected objects. It
can be activated by calling functions XintView3DFrontMaterialEditor or
XintView3DBackMaterialEditor, or by invoking action View3DMaterialEditor.
Action View3DMaterialEditor is connected to key sequences Ctrl+F (front editor)
and Ctrl+B (back editor) in the default translation table.
Figure 20: Material Editor
Global Editor
The Global editor can be used to interactively edit some of the resources of
a View3D widget, such as background color, font, mouse sensitivity, etc. This
editor is activated by calling function XintView3DGlobalEditor or by invoking
action View3DGlobalEditor. Action View3DGlobalEditor is connected to key
sequence Ctrl+G in the default translation table.
Figure 21: Global Editor
Color Editor
The color editor can be used to edit the color of an object, the color used
to highlight selected objects, the viewer's background color, etc. This editor
cannot be activated directly from the application. It can only be activated
from another editor, such as the material editor or the global editor.
Figure 22: Color Editor
Light Editor
The light editor can be used to turn on, turn off, position and set the
intensity of the various light sources. This editor is activated by calling
function XintView3DLightEditor, or by invoking action View3DLightEditor. This
action is connected to key sequence Ctrl+L in the default translation table.
Figure 23: Light Editor
Clipping Plane Editor
The clipping plane editor can be used to turn on, turn off and position up to
six clipping planes to display a cutaway view of objects. This editor is activated
by calling function XintView3DClipPlaneEditor,
or by invoking action View3DClipPlaneEditor.
This action is connected to key sequence Ctrl+C in the default translation table
