Surfaces

From H3D.org

The surface nodes are H3D-specific nodes. There are four surfaces currently implemented in H3D:

• SmoothSurface
• FrictionalSurface
• MagneticSurface
• DepthMapSurface

This example focuses on the first two. MagneticSurface and DepthMapSurface tutorials are found at the Magnetic lines and Depth map surface H3D demo tutorials.

Learning objective:

• Adding surfaces to geometries

Smooth surface

 
<Shape>
  <Appearance>
    <Material diffuseColor="0.5 0.7 0" />
    <SmoothSurface stiffness="0.6" damping="0.2" />
  </Appearance>
  <Box size="0.1 0.1 0.05"/>
</Shape>
 

As discussed in A simple scene, surface nodes define the surface properties of a geometry. The SmoothSurface node in this example defines a smooth surface, with two fields stiffness and damping, which determines the stiffness and velocity damping of the surface.

Frictional surface

 
<Shape>
  <Appearance>
    <Material diffuseColor="0.5 0.7 0" />
    <FrictionalSurface stiffness="1" damping="0" staticFriction="0.8" dynamicFriction="0.2" />
  </Appearance>
  <Box size="0.1 0.1 0.05"/>
</Shape>
 

FrictionalSurface actually inherits from SmoothSurface. FrictionalSurface has two additional fields to determine frictional properties: staticFriction defines the friction that is experienced upon initial movement when resting on the surface, while dynamicFriction defines the friction that is experienced when moving along the surface.

References

• H3D::SurfaceNode class reference