Attribute Types

Every attribute has a unique attribute type. QuickDraw 3D defines a large number of attribute types, and your application can define additional attribute types. Attribute types are defined by constants. Attribute type values greater than 0 are reserved for use by QuickDraw 3D. Your custom attribute types must have attribute type values that are less than 0. Here are the attribute types currently defined by QuickDraw 3D.

typedef enum TQ3AttributeTypes {
    kQ3AttributeTypeNone                                            = 0,
    kQ3AttributeTypeSurfaceUV                                       = 1,
    kQ3AttributeTypeShadingUV                                       = 2,
    kQ3AttributeTypeNormal                                          = 3,
    kQ3AttributeTypeAmbientCoefficient                              = 4,
    kQ3AttributeTypeDiffuseColor                                    = 5,
    kQ3AttributeTypeSpecularColor                                   = 6,
    kQ3AttributeTypeSpecularControl                                 = 7,
    kQ3AttributeTypeTransparencyColor                               = 8,
    kQ3AttributeTypeSurfaceTangent                                  = 9,
    kQ3AttributeTypeHighlightState                                  = 10,
    kQ3AttributeTypeSurfaceShader                                   = 11,
    kQ3AttributeTypeNumTypes
} TQ3AttributeTypes;

Constant descriptions

kQ3AttributeTypeNone
The attribute has no type. You can pass this constant to the Q3AttributeSet_GetNextAttributeType function to get the first attribute type in an attribute set. When there are no more attribute types in a set, Q3AttributeSet_GetNextAttributeType returns kQ3AttributeTypeNone .
kQ3AttributeTypeSurfaceUV
The attribute is a surface uv parameterization, of type TQ3Param2D .
kQ3AttributeTypeShadingUV
The attribute is a shading uv parameterization, of type TQ3Param2D . A shading uv parameterization is an alternative to the surface uv parameterization that is used for shading. See the chapter "Shader Objects" for more information about shading uv parameterizations.
kQ3AttributeTypeNormal
The attribute is a surface normal, of type TQ3Vector3D .
kQ3AttributeTypeAmbientCoefficient
The attribute is an ambient coefficient, of type float . An ambient coefficient determines the amount of ambient light reflected from an object's surface. An ambient coefficient should be between 0.0 (no reflection of ambient light) and 1.0 (complete reflection of ambient light).
kQ3AttributeTypeDiffuseColor
The attribute is a diffuse color, of type TQ3ColorRGB .
kQ3AttributeTypeSpecularColor
The attribute is a specular color, of type TQ3ColorRGB .
kQ3AttributeTypeSpecularControl
The attribute is a specular control, of type float .
kQ3AttributeTypeTransparencyColor
The attribute is a transparency color, of type TQ3ColorRGB . A transparency color determines the amount of light that can pass through a surface. The color (0, 0, 0) indicates complete transparency, and (1, 1, 1) indicates complete opacity. QuickDraw 3D multiplies an object's transparency color by its diffuse color when a transparency color attribute is attached to the object.
kQ3AttributeTypeSurfaceTangent
The attribute is a surface tangent, of type TQ3Tangent2D .
kQ3AttributeTypeHighlightState
The attribute is a highlight state, of type TQ3Boolean . A highlight state determines whether a highlight style overrides the material attributes of an object ( kQ3True ) or not ( kQ3False ).
kQ3AttributeTypeSurfaceShader
The attribute is a surface shader, of type TQ3SurfaceShaderObject . See the chapter "Shader Objects" for information on creating surface shaders and adding them to attribute sets. Note that when you include a surface shader in an attribute set, the reference count of the shader is incremented.
kQ3AttributeTypeNumTypes
The number of attribute types currently defined.
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