...FBM
World with one function...............files
used for the world
1. What is it?
It is a black
box that generate mover(s) that you can use in your world.
It is defined in 'mfactory.wrl'
file.
There are several fields,
or let say parameters, that you can designate the values:
- initially_running:
decides whether mfactory should starts automatically or not.
- name:
name of the mfactory to be displayed on the screen.
- position:
place where you want the mfactory to be.
- howMany:
the number of movers to be generated.
- interval:
time between each generated movers.
- vizMode:
make the mover visible or not.
- viz:
use defined geometry which will be used for the mover.
2. How do we use it?
1) You
need the following files in your directory.
- mfactory.wrl : defines the
MFACTORY
PROTO.
- forms.wrl : defines the REDMAN
PROTO. You can define your own mover geometries here.
- label.wrl : defines the LABEL
PROTO.
2) Declare the EXTERNPROTO MFACTORY and the REDMAN PROTO in your world:
EXTERNPROTO MFACTORY
[
field SFBool
initially_running
field MFString name
field SFVec3f
position
field SFInt32
howMany
field SFTime
interval
field SFInt32
vizMode
field SFNode
viz
field SFInt32
basenum
field SFNode
vizprotostgnode
eventIn SFBool start
eventIn SFTime setMoverPace
eventOut SFNode aMover
eventOut SFBool stop
] "mfactory.wrl#MFACTORY"
EXTERNPROTO REDMAN
[
field SFVec3f toledo
] "forms.wrl#REDMAN"
3) Use it in your world as follows:
DEF mGenerator MFACTORY { initially_running FALSE
name ""
position -3.5 1 12
howMany 1
interval 1
vizMode 0
viz REDMAN {} }
...
ROUTE Switch.state_changed TO mGenerator.start
- Above code will generate a mover when a Boolean value is passed to the
eventIn start.
No name will be shown on the screen and the REDMAN PROTO is used for the
geometry of the mover.
.
- The vizMode value 0 is used to make the mover visible and 2 is used to make it invisible.
- If you want to make the mfactory to generate mover(s) automatically,
the value of the field
'initially_running' should be set to TRUE.
3. Sample worlds with the MFACTORY PROTO implemented.
Functional Block Model (FBM):
- ...FBM
World with one function...............files
used for the world
- 
...FBM
World with three functions........files
used for the world