Simplygon 10.3.500.0
class NormalCasterSettings
NormalCasterSettings is the interface used to manage settings for a normal caster
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| CalculateBitangentPerFragment | If set, the normal caster calculates the bitangent used for encoding per-fragment using the normal, tangent and bitangent sign instead of interpolating the actual bitangent vertex data. This needs to match the behavior of the renderer to not produce rendering artifacts. |
| Dilation | The Dilation value. Where applicable, such as colors and normals, the caster will fill empty pixels surrounding filled pixels with values mixed from the filled ones. This setting sets how many pixels to fill outside the original filled pixels. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| DitherType | The type of dithering to use when creating the output object. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| FillMode | The fill mode determines what to do with the pixels that remain unfilled after both the casting and dilation has been performed. Options are: NoFill = Do not fill remaining pixels Interpolate = linearly interpolate the closest samples NearestNeighbor = use the closest available pixel value without interpolation. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| FlipBackfacingMode | If FlipBackfacingNormals is on, this decides which source normal we should compare the destination normal with when deciding if the normal is back-facing or not. Changing this to FaceNormal can be beneficial for two-sided assets like leaves that can get weirdly flipped pixel normals with the default setting. When using the FaceNormal option together with transparency the front-most layer with an opacity of above 50% will be used. |
| FlipBackfacingNormals | If set, then normals will be flipped if they are back facing, i.e. pointing into the surface. This may introduce artifacts on geometries that have correctly facing normals, so only use for geometries with known back-facing normals. |
| FlipGreen | If set, the green channel is assumed to point along the negative bitangent instead of the positive. This is roughly equivalent to switching between left- and righthanded, but some rounding may differ. |
| GenerateTangentSpaceNormals | If set, then the generated normal map will be in tangent space. Please note that the geometry casted to must contain tangent space fields. |
| MaterialChannel | The name of the input material channel to cast. Existing user channels of any arbitrary name in the input materials can be cast. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| Name | The name of the NormalCasterSettings object. (Inherited from Object) |
| NormalizeInterpolatedTangentSpace | If set, the normal caster normalizes the normal and tangent data used for encoding after interpolation. This needs to match the behavior of the renderer to not produce rendering artifacts. |
| OpacityChannel | The name of the input opacity channel to use for combining layers in most casters and casting opacity in the opacitycaster. User channels of any arbitrary name can be used. If the caster is run through a Pipeline object, the OpacityChannel set here will also be set as the output materials OpacityChannel property. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| OpacityChannelComponent | The component in the opacity channel to use as opacity value. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| OutputDDSCompressionType | DDS compression if output format is DDS. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| OutputImageFileFormat | File format for output texture. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| OutputPixelFormat | The output pixel format (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
| UseMultisampling | Enable or disable multisampling. (Inherited from MaterialCasterSettings) |
Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| AddObserver | Adds a user-defined observer object to the interface, that will receive events from the interface. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetBoolParameter | Get a named parameter boolean value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetClass | Get the name of the NormalCasterSettings class. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetDoubleParameter | Get a named parameter floating point value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetErrorString | Returns a string describing the error that was found the last time ValidateSettings was performed. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetIntParameter | Get a named parameter integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetStringParameter | Get a named parameter string value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetUIntParameter | Get a named parameter unsigned integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| IsA | Returns true if NormalCasterSettings is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object) |
| IsNull | Returns true if the NormalCasterSettings object is invalid. (Inherited from Object) |
| IsSameObjectAs | Returns true if the NormalCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object) |
| NonNull | Returns true if the NormalCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object) |
| PrintInfo | Prints the content/info of the NormalCasterSettings object to the log. (Inherited from Object) |
| RemoveObserver | Removes a previously added observer object. (Inherited from Object) |
| SetBoolParameter | Set a named parameter boolean value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetDoubleParameter | Set a named parameter floating point value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetIntParameter | Set a named parameter integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetStringParameter | Set a named parameter string value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetUIntParameter | Set a named parameter unsigned integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetValidateParameterNames | Set if parameter names should be validated or not. Parameters that previously do not exist will generate and error if validation is enabled and be allowed if validation is disabled. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| ToJSON | Get settings as JSON for debugging purposes. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| ValidateSettings | Validates the current settings values. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
Static methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| IsClassA | Returns true if the class is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object) |
| SafeCast | SafeCast makes sure the input object is of a class that can be cast into spNormalCasterSettings, and if this is the case, returns the object cast into spNormalCasterSettings. (Inherited from Object) |
Properties details
CalculateBitangentPerFragment
If set, the normal caster calculates the bitangent used for encoding per-fragment using the normal, tangent and bitangent sign instead of interpolating the actual bitangent vertex data. This needs to match the behavior of the renderer to not produce rendering artifacts.
Dilation
The Dilation value. Where applicable, such as colors and normals, the caster will fill empty pixels surrounding filled pixels with values mixed from the filled ones. This setting sets how many pixels to fill outside the original filled pixels.
DitherType
The type of dithering to use when creating the output object.
FillMode
The fill mode determines what to do with the pixels that remain unfilled after both the casting and dilation has been performed. Options are: NoFill = Do not fill remaining pixels Interpolate = linearly interpolate the closest samples NearestNeighbor = use the closest available pixel value without interpolation.
FlipBackfacingMode
If FlipBackfacingNormals is on, this decides which source normal we should compare the destination normal with when deciding if the normal is back-facing or not. Changing this to FaceNormal can be beneficial for two-sided assets like leaves that can get weirdly flipped pixel normals with the default setting. When using the FaceNormal option together with transparency the front-most layer with an opacity of above 50% will be used.
FlipBackfacingNormals
If set, then normals will be flipped if they are back facing, i.e. pointing into the surface. This may introduce artifacts on geometries that have correctly facing normals, so only use for geometries with known back-facing normals.
FlipGreen
If set, the green channel is assumed to point along the negative bitangent instead of the positive. This is roughly equivalent to switching between left- and righthanded, but some rounding may differ.
GenerateTangentSpaceNormals
If set, then the generated normal map will be in tangent space. Please note that the geometry casted to must contain tangent space fields.
MaterialChannel
The name of the input material channel to cast. Existing user channels of any arbitrary name in the input materials can be cast.
Name
The name of the NormalCasterSettings object. (Inherited from Object)
NormalizeInterpolatedTangentSpace
If set, the normal caster normalizes the normal and tangent data used for encoding after interpolation. This needs to match the behavior of the renderer to not produce rendering artifacts.
OpacityChannel
The name of the input opacity channel to use for combining layers in most casters and casting opacity in the opacitycaster. User channels of any arbitrary name can be used. If the caster is run through a Pipeline object, the OpacityChannel set here will also be set as the output materials OpacityChannel property.
OpacityChannelComponent
The component in the opacity channel to use as opacity value.
OutputDDSCompressionType
DDS compression if output format is DDS.
OutputImageFileFormat
File format for output texture.
OutputPixelFormat
The output pixel format
UseMultisampling
Enable or disable multisampling.
Methods details
AddObserver
Adds a user-defined observer object to the interface, that will receive events from the interface. (Inherited from Object)
GetBoolParameter
Get a named parameter boolean value.
GetClass
Get the name of the NormalCasterSettings class. (Inherited from Object)
GetDoubleParameter
Get a named parameter floating point value.
GetErrorString
Returns a string describing the error that was found the last time ValidateSettings was performed.
GetIntParameter
Get a named parameter integer value.
GetStringParameter
Get a named parameter string value.
GetUIntParameter
Get a named parameter unsigned integer value.
IsA
Returns true if NormalCasterSettings is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)
IsNull
Returns true if the NormalCasterSettings object is invalid. (Inherited from Object)
IsSameObjectAs
Returns true if the NormalCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)
NonNull
Returns true if the NormalCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)
PrintInfo
Prints the content/info of the NormalCasterSettings object to the log. (Inherited from Object)
RemoveObserver
Removes a previously added observer object. (Inherited from Object)
SetBoolParameter
Set a named parameter boolean value.
SetDoubleParameter
Set a named parameter floating point value.
SetIntParameter
Set a named parameter integer value.
SetStringParameter
Set a named parameter string value.
SetUIntParameter
Set a named parameter unsigned integer value.
SetValidateParameterNames
Set if parameter names should be validated or not. Parameters that previously do not exist will generate and error if validation is enabled and be allowed if validation is disabled.
ToJSON
Get settings as JSON for debugging purposes.
ValidateSettings
Validates the current settings values.
Static methods details
IsClassA
Returns true if the class is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)
SafeCast
SafeCast makes sure the input object is of a class that can be cast into spNormalCasterSettings, and if this is the case, returns the object cast into spNormalCasterSettings. (Inherited from Object)