Object Types and Names

QuickDraw 3D adheres to various typing and naming schemes for its object system:

For each unique TQX3ObjectClass , there is a unique TQ3ObjectType and a unique object name embodied in a C string. No two object classes can have the same type or the same name.
Elements and attributes have additional naming conventions, used in calls that take parameters of type TQ3ElementType or TQ3AttributeType . The TQ3ElementType and TQ3AttributeType values are used solely to access attributes and elements from applications. An element class or attribute class also has a TQ3ObjectType and object name, used when reading and writing QuickDraw 3D metafiles.
For internal element and attribute types, the TQ3ElementType and its corresponding TQ3ObjectType are generally different. For example, the attribute kQ3AttributeTypeDiffuseColor has an element type of 5, an object type of 'kdif' , and an object name of DiffuseColor .
For external element and attribute types, the TQ3ElementType is currently identical to the TQ3ObjectType .

Thus, each unique TQX3ObjectClass of type kQ3ObjectTypeElement has a unique TQ3ElementType . However, each name space is unique only within itself; for example, there can be a TQ3ObjectType and TQ3ElementType that are identical for a particular object. You can even name an object identically to the object type, if you wish. For example, you could register an element class with TQ3ObjectType 'foob' , object name foob , and element type 'foob' .

The public object types in the unextended QuickDraw 3D hierarchy are shown in Listing 5 .

Listing 5 QuickDraw 3D object types



 
kQ3ObjectTypeInvalid        0

kQ3ObjectTypeView               

kQ3ObjectTypeElement        

    kQ3ElementTypeAttribute 

kQ3ObjectTypePick               

    kQ3PickTypeWindowPoint  

    kQ3PickTypeWindowRect   

kQ3ObjectTypeShared             

    kQ3SharedTypeRenderer   

        kQ3RendererTypeWireFrame

        kQ3RendererTypeGeneric

        kQ3RendererTypeInteractive

    kQ3SharedTypeShape          

        kQ3ShapeTypeGeometry

            kQ3GeometryTypeBox  

            kQ3GeometryTypeGeneralPolygon

            kQ3GeometryTypeLine 

            kQ3GeometryTypeMarker

            kQ3GeometryTypePixmapMarker

            kQ3GeometryTypeMesh 

            kQ3GeometryTypeNURBCurve

            kQ3GeometryTypeNURBPatch

            kQ3GeometryTypePoint

            kQ3GeometryTypePolygon

            kQ3GeometryTypePolyLine

            kQ3GeometryTypeTriangle

            kQ3GeometryTypeTriGrid

            kQ3GeometryTypeCone 

            kQ3GeometryTypeCylinder

            kQ3GeometryTypeDisk 

            kQ3GeometryTypeEllipse

            kQ3GeometryTypeEllipsoid

            kQ3GeometryTypePolyhedron

            kQ3GeometryTypeTorus

            kQ3GeometryTypeTriMesh

        kQ3ShapeTypeShader      

            kQ3ShaderTypeSurface

                kQ3SurfaceShaderTypeTexture

            kQ3ShaderTypeIllumination

                kQ3IlluminationTypePhong

                kQ3IlluminationTypeLambert

                kQ3IlluminationTypeNULL

        kQ3ShapeTypeStyle       

            kQ3StyleTypeBackfacing

            kQ3StyleTypeInterpolation

            kQ3StyleTypeFill    

            kQ3StyleTypePickID  

            kQ3StyleTypeReceiveShadows

            kQ3StyleTypeHighlight

            kQ3StyleTypeSubdivision

            kQ3StyleTypeOrientation

            kQ3StyleTypePickParts

            kQ3StyleTypeZCompare

            kQ3StyleTypeAntiAlias

        kQ3ShapeTypeTransform

            kQ3TransformTypeMatrix

            kQ3TransformTypeScale

            kQ3TransformTypeTranslate

            kQ3TransformTypeRotate

            kQ3TransformTypeRotateAboutPoint 

            kQ3TransformTypeRotateAboutAxis 

            kQ3TransformTypeQuaternion

            kQ3TransformTypeReset



 
        kQ3ShapeTypeLight       

            kQ3LightTypeAmbient 

            kQ3LightTypeDirectional

            kQ3LightTypePoint   

            kQ3LightTypeSpot    

        kQ3ShapeTypeCamera      

            kQ3CameraTypeOrthographic

            kQ3CameraTypeViewPlane

            kQ3CameraTypeViewAngleAspect

        kQ3ShapeTypeGroup           

            kQ3GroupTypeDisplay     

                kQ3DisplayGroupTypeOrdered

                kQ3DisplayGroupTypeIOProxy

            kQ3GroupTypeLight       

            kQ3GroupTypeInfo        

        kQ3ShapeTypeUnknown     

            kQ3UnknownTypeText  

            kQ3UnknownTypeBinary

        kQ3ShapeTypeReference

    kQ3SharedTypeSet            

        kQ3SetTypeAttribute     

    kQ3SharedTypeDrawContext

        kQ3DrawContextTypePixmap

        kQ3DrawContextTypeMacintosh

        kQ3DrawContextTypeWin32DC

        kQ3DrawContextTypeDDSurface

    kQ3SharedTypeTexture    

        kQ3TextureTypePixmap

        kQ3TextureTypeMipmap

    kQ3SharedTypeFile           

    kQ3SharedTypeStorage    

        kQ3StorageTypeMemory

            kQ3MemoryStorageTypeHandle

        kQ3StorageTypeUnix      

            kQ3UnixStorageTypePath

        kQ3StorageTypeMacintosh

            kQ3MacintoshStorageTypeFSSpec

    kQ3SharedTypeString         

        kQ3StringTypeCString

    kQ3SharedTypeShapePart



 
        kQ3ShapePartTypeMeshPart

            kQ3MeshPartTypeMeshFacePart

            kQ3MeshPartTypeMeshEdgePart

            kQ3MeshPartTypeMeshVertexPart

    kQ3SharedTypeControllerState

    kQ3SharedTypeTracker    

    kQ3SharedTypeViewHints  

kQ3ObjectTypeEndGroup

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