UsdGeomBoundable#

Fully qualified name: usdrt::UsdGeomBoundable

class UsdGeomBoundable : public usdrt::UsdGeomXformable #

Boundable introduces the ability for a prim to persistently cache a rectilinear, local-space, extent.

Why Extent and not Bounds ?#

Boundable introduces the notion of “extent”, which is a cached computation of a prim’s local-space 3D range for its resolved attributes at the layer and time in which extent is authored. We have found that with composed scene description, attempting to cache pre-computed bounds at interior prims in a scene graph is very fragile, given the ease with which one can author a single attribute in a stronger layer that can invalidate many authored caches - or with which a re-published, referenced asset can do the same.

Therefore, we limit to precomputing (generally) leaf-prim extent, which avoids the need to read in large point arrays to compute bounds, and provides UsdGeomBBoxCache the means to efficiently compute and (session-only) cache intermediate bounds. You are free to compute and author intermediate bounds into your scenes, of course, which may work well if you have sufficient locks on your pipeline to guarantee that once authored, the geometry and transforms upon which they are based will remain unchanged, or if accuracy of the bounds is not an ironclad requisite.

When intermediate bounds are authored on Boundable parents, the child prims will be pruned from BBox computation; the authored extent is expected to incorporate all child bounds.

Subclassed by usdrt::UsdGeomGprim, usdrt::UsdGeomPointInstancer, usdrt::UsdLuxBoundableLightBase, usdrt::UsdSkelRoot, usdrt::UsdSkelSkeleton

Public Functions

inline explicit UsdGeomBoundable(const UsdPrim &prim = UsdPrim())#: Construct a UsdGeomBoundable on UsdPrim prim. Equivalent to UsdGeomBoundable::Get(prim.GetStage(), prim.GetPath()) for a valid prim , but will not immediately throw an error for an invalid prim.

inline explicit UsdGeomBoundable(const UsdSchemaBase &schemaObj)#: Construct a UsdGeomBoundable on the prim held by schemaObj . Should be preferred over UsdGeomBoundable(schemaObj.GetPrim()), as it preserves SchemaBase state.

inline virtual ~UsdGeomBoundable()#: Destructor.

inline UsdAttribute GetExtentAttr() const#

Extent is a three dimensional range measuring the geometric extent of the authored gprim in its own local space (i.e. its own transform not applied), without accounting for any shader-induced displacement. If any extent value has been authored for a given Boundable, then it should be authored at every timeSample at which geometry-affecting properties are authored, to ensure correct evaluation via ComputeExtent(). If no extent value has been authored, then ComputeExtent() will call the Boundable’s registered ComputeExtentFunction(), which may be expensive, which is why we strongly encourage proper authoring of extent.

An authored extent on a prim which has children is expected to include the extent of all children, as they will be pruned from BBox computation during traversal.

See also

ComputeExtent()

See also

Why Extent and not Bounds ?.


Declaration	`float3[] extent`
C++ Type	VtArray<GfVec3f>
Usd Type	SdfValueTypeNames->Float3Array

inline UsdAttribute CreateExtentAttr() const#: See GetExtentAttr(), and also Create vs Get Property Methods for when to use Get vs Create. If specified, author defaultValue as the attribute’s default, sparsely (when it makes sense to do so) if writeSparsely is true - the default for writeSparsely is false.

inline UsdAttribute GetXformOpOrderAttr() const#

Encodes the sequence of transformation operations in the order in which they should be pushed onto a transform stack while visiting a UsdStage’s prims in a graph traversal that will effect the desired positioning for this prim and its descendant prims.

You should rarely, if ever, need to manipulate this attribute directly. It is managed by the AddXformOp(), SetResetXformStack(), and SetXformOpOrder(), and consulted by GetOrderedXformOps() and GetLocalTransformation().


Declaration	`uniform token[] xformOpOrder`
C++ Type	VtArray<TfToken>
Usd Type	SdfValueTypeNames->TokenArray
Variability	SdfVariabilityUniform

inline UsdAttribute CreateXformOpOrderAttr() const#: See GetXformOpOrderAttr(), and also Create vs Get Property Methods for when to use Get vs Create. If specified, author defaultValue as the attribute’s default, sparsely (when it makes sense to do so) if writeSparsely is true - the default for writeSparsely is false.

inline UsdAttribute GetVisibilityAttr() const#

Visibility is meant to be the simplest form of “pruning” visibility that is supported by most DCC apps. Visibility is animatable, allowing a sub-tree of geometry to be present for some segment of a shot, and absent from others; unlike the action of deactivating geometry prims, invisible geometry is still available for inspection, for positioning, for defining volumes, etc.


Declaration	`token visibility = "inherited"`
C++ Type	TfToken
Usd Type	SdfValueTypeNames->Token
Allowed Values	inherited, invisible

inline UsdAttribute CreateVisibilityAttr() const#: See GetVisibilityAttr(), and also Create vs Get Property Methods for when to use Get vs Create. If specified, author defaultValue as the attribute’s default, sparsely (when it makes sense to do so) if writeSparsely is true - the default for writeSparsely is false.

inline UsdAttribute GetPurposeAttr() const#

Purpose is a classification of geometry into categories that can each be independently included or excluded from traversals of prims on a stage, such as rendering or bounding-box computation traversals.

See UsdGeom_ImageablePurpose for more detail about how purpose is computed and used.


Declaration	`uniform token purpose = "default"`
C++ Type	TfToken
Usd Type	SdfValueTypeNames->Token
Variability	SdfVariabilityUniform
Allowed Values	default, render, proxy, guide

inline UsdAttribute CreatePurposeAttr() const#: See GetPurposeAttr(), and also Create vs Get Property Methods for when to use Get vs Create. If specified, author defaultValue as the attribute’s default, sparsely (when it makes sense to do so) if writeSparsely is true - the default for writeSparsely is false.

inline UsdRelationship GetProxyPrimRel() const#

The proxyPrim relationship allows us to link a prim whose purpose is “render” to its (single target) purpose=”proxy” prim. This is entirely optional, but can be useful in several scenarios:

In a pipeline that does pruning (for complexity management) by deactivating prims composed from asset references, when we deactivate a purpose=”render” prim, we will be able to discover and additionally deactivate its associated purpose=”proxy” prim, so that preview renders reflect the pruning accurately.

DCC importers may be able to make more aggressive optimizations for interactive processing and display if they can discover the proxy for a given render prim.

With a little more work, a Hydra-based application will be able to map a picked proxy prim back to its render geometry for selection.

Note

It is only valid to author the proxyPrim relationship on prims whose purpose is “render”.

inline UsdRelationship CreateProxyPrimRel() const#: See GetProxyPrimRel(), and also Create vs Get Property Methods for when to use Get vs Create.

UsdPrim GetPrim() const#: Return this schema object’s held prim.

SdfPath GetPath() const#: Return the SdfPath to this schema object’s held prim.

inline explicit operator bool() const#

Check if this schema object is compatible with it’s held prim and that the prim is valid.

A typed schema object is compatible if the held prim’s type is or is a subtype of the schema’s type. Based on prim.IsA().

An API schema object is compatible if the API is of type SingleApplyAPI or UsdSchemaType::MultipleApplyAPI, and the schema has been applied to the prim. Based on prim.HasAPI.

This method invokes polymorphic behaviour.

See also

UsdSchemaBase::_IsCompatible()

Returns:: True if the help prim is valid, and the schema object is compatible with its held prim.

Public Static Attributes

static const UsdSchemaType schemaType = UsdSchemaType::AbstractTyped #

Compile time constant representing what kind of schema this class is.

See also

UsdSchemaType

Protected Functions

inline virtual bool _IsCompatible() const#

Helper for subclasses to do specific compatibility checking with the given prim. Subclassess may override _isCompatible to for example check type compatibility or value compatibility on the prim.

Overrides exist for UsdTyped and UsdAPISchemaBase.

This check is called when clients invoke the bool operator.

Returns:: True if the schema object is compatible with its held prim.

inline const TfToken _GetType() const#

Helper for subclasses to get this schema’s type token.

Note

This diverges from Usd and returns a TfToken, since we don’t implements TfType.

Returns:: The token representing the schema’s TfType.