de.rico.engine.geometry.billboard
Class Billboard

java.lang.Object
  de.rico.engine.geometry.AbstractMesh
      de.rico.engine.geometry.MeshDL
          de.rico.engine.geometry.billboard.Billboard

Direct Known Subclasses:

BillboardedPlant

public class Billboard
extends MeshDL

This class can be used to draw a billboarded rectangle.

Author:

Frank Bruns

Constructor Summary

Billboard(float width, float height)
Creates a new billboard.

Method Summary

float	getHeight() Returns the height of the billboard.
float	getWidth() Returns the width of the billboard.
void	specializedDraw(javax.media.opengl.GL gl) This method contains only the drawing operation fitting to the special kind of mesh.

Methods inherited from class de.rico.engine.geometry.MeshDL

addFace, destroy, draw, finishModel, getDisplayListId, getFaces, getFacesTransformed, update

Methods inherited from class de.rico.engine.geometry.AbstractMesh

addShader, drawShaders, getBoundingVolume, getHeightOffset, getMaterial, getMouseOverMesh, getName, getPosition, getPosX, getPosY, getPosZ, getRotation, getRotX, getRotY, getRotZ, getScaleX, getScaleY, getScaleZ, getTex0Path, getTex1Path, getText0XMovement, getText0YMovement, getText1XMovement, getText1YMovement, getTexUnit0, getTexUnit1, isCollidable, isDrawingEnabled, isEnabledOcclusionCulling, isMouseOverMesh, isOccluded, isPickable, isShadowEnabled, isSmoothShaded, isTex0Flipped, isTex0MipMapped, isTex0Rotated, isTex1Flipped, isTex1MipMapped, isTex1Rotated, moveBackwardsGlobal, moveBackwardsLocal, moveDownGlobal, moveForwardGlobal, moveForwardLocal, moveLeftGlobal, moveLeftLocal, moveRightGlobal, moveRightLocal, moveTo, moveUpGlobal, performTransformations, rotateDown, rotateLeft, rotateRight, rotateUp, scale, setAttachedGround, setBlendDestFactor, setBlendFunction, setBlendSourceFactor, setCollidable, setDrawingEnabled, setEnabledOcclusionCulling, setEnvironmentMap, setMaterial, setName, setPickable, setPosition, setPosition, setPosX, setPosY, setPosZ, setRotation, setRotation, setRotX, setRotY, setRotZ, setScaleX, setScaleY, setScaleZ, setShadowEnabled, setShowBoundingVolume, setTex0Movement, setTex0TexEnvirMode, setTex0XMovement, setTex0YMovement, setTex1Movement, setTex1TexEnvirMode, setTex1XMovement, setTex1YMovement, setTexUnit0, setTexUnit0, setTexUnit1, setTexUnit1, setTransparency, showWireFrame, translateX, translateY, translateZ

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Billboard

public Billboard(float width,
                 float height)

Creates a new billboard. In order to archive parts of the texture image to be invisible, please use png images with tranparent parts in it.

Parameters:

width - width of the billboard

height - height of the billboard

Method Detail

getWidth

public float getWidth()

Returns the width of the billboard.

Returns:

width of the billboard

getHeight

public float getHeight()

Returns the height of the billboard.

Returns:

height of the billboard

specializedDraw

public void specializedDraw(javax.media.opengl.GL gl)

Description copied from class: AbstractMesh

This method contains only the drawing operation fitting to the special kind of mesh. It is useful for drawing shadows, too.

Overrides:

specializedDraw in class MeshDL