QPickingSettings

The QPickingSettings class specifies how entity picking is handled. More…

Synopsis

Functions

• def faceOrientationPickingMode ()

• def pickMethod ()

• def pickResultMode ()

• def worldSpaceTolerance ()

Slots

• def setFaceOrientationPickingMode (faceOrientationPickingMode)

• def setPickMethod (pickMethod)

• def setPickResultMode (pickResultMode)

• def setWorldSpaceTolerance (worldSpaceTolerance)

Signals

• def faceOrientationPickingModeChanged (faceOrientationPickingMode)

• def pickMethodChanged (pickMethod)

• def pickResultModeChanged (pickResult)

• def worldSpaceToleranceChanged (worldSpaceTolerance)

Detailed Description

The picking settings determine how the entity picking is handled. For more details about entity picking, see QObjectPicker and QRayCaster component documentation.

When using QObjectPicker components, picking is triggered by mouse events.

When using QRayCaster or QScreenRayCaster components, picking can be explicitly triggered by the application.

In both cases, a ray will be cast through the scene to find geometry intersecting the ray.

See also

QObjectPicker QPickEvent QPickTriangleEvent QRayCaster QScreenRayCaster

class PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings([parent=None])

Parameters

parent – PySide6.Qt3DCore.Qt3DCore.QNode

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.PickMethod

Specifies the picking method.

Constant	Description
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.BoundingVolumePicking	An entity is considered picked if the picking ray intersects the bounding volume of the entity (default).
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.TrianglePicking	An entity is considered picked if the picking ray intersects with any triangle of the entity’s mesh component.
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.LinePicking	An entity is considered picked if the picking ray intersects with any edge of the entity’s mesh component.
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.PointPicking	An entity is considered picked if the picking ray intersects with any point of the entity’s mesh component.
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.PrimitivePicking	An entity is considered picked if the picking ray intersects with any point, edge or triangle of the entity’s mesh component.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.PickResultMode

Specifies what is included into the picking results.

Constant	Description
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.NearestPick	Only the nearest entity to picking ray origin intersected by the picking ray is picked (default).
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.AllPicks	All entities that intersect the picking ray are picked.
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.NearestPriorityPick	Selects the entity whose object picker has the highest value. If several object pickers have the same priority, the closest one on the ray is selected.

See also

QPickEvent

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.FaceOrientationPickingMode

Specifies how face orientation affects triangle picking

Constant	Description
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.FrontFace	Only front-facing triangles will be picked (default).
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.BackFace	Only back-facing triangles will be picked.
Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.FrontAndBackFace	Both front- and back-facing triangles will be picked.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.faceOrientationPickingMode()

Return type

FaceOrientationPickingMode

Specifies how face orientation affects triangle picking

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.faceOrientationPickingModeChanged(faceOrientationPickingMode)

Parameters

faceOrientationPickingMode – FaceOrientationPickingMode

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.pickMethod()

Return type

PickMethod

Holds the current pick method.

By default, for performance reasons, ray casting will use bounding volume picking. This may however lead to unexpected results if a small object is englobed in the bounding sphere of a large object behind it.

Triangle picking will produce exact results but is computationally more expensive.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.pickMethodChanged(pickMethod)

Parameters

pickMethod – PickMethod

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.pickResultMode()

Return type

PickResultMode

Holds the current pick results mode.

By default, pick results will only be produced for the entity closest to the camera.

When setting the pick method to AllPicks , events will be triggered for all the entities with a QObjectPicker along the ray.

When setting the pick method to NearestPriorityPick , events will be triggered for the nearest highest priority picker. This can be used when a given element should always be selected even if others are in front of it.

If a QObjectPicker is assigned to an entity with multiple children, an event will be triggered for each child entity that intersects the ray.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.pickResultModeChanged(pickResult)

Parameters

pickResult – PickResultMode

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.setFaceOrientationPickingMode(faceOrientationPickingMode)

Parameters

faceOrientationPickingMode – FaceOrientationPickingMode

Specifies how face orientation affects triangle picking

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.setPickMethod(pickMethod)

Parameters

pickMethod – PickMethod

Holds the current pick method.

By default, for performance reasons, ray casting will use bounding volume picking. This may however lead to unexpected results if a small object is englobed in the bounding sphere of a large object behind it.

Triangle picking will produce exact results but is computationally more expensive.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.setPickResultMode(pickResultMode)

Parameters

pickResultMode – PickResultMode

Holds the current pick results mode.

By default, pick results will only be produced for the entity closest to the camera.

When setting the pick method to AllPicks , events will be triggered for all the entities with a QObjectPicker along the ray.

When setting the pick method to NearestPriorityPick , events will be triggered for the nearest highest priority picker. This can be used when a given element should always be selected even if others are in front of it.

If a QObjectPicker is assigned to an entity with multiple children, an event will be triggered for each child entity that intersects the ray.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.setWorldSpaceTolerance(worldSpaceTolerance)

Parameters

worldSpaceTolerance – float

Holds the threshold, in model space coordinates, used to evaluate line and point picking.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.worldSpaceTolerance()

Return type

float

Holds the threshold, in model space coordinates, used to evaluate line and point picking.

PySide6.Qt3DRender.Qt3DRender.QPickingSettings.worldSpaceToleranceChanged(worldSpaceTolerance)

Parameters

worldSpaceTolerance – float