[osg-users] osgUtil::PolytopeIntersector finding the closest intersection

[Michele Bosi]

Hi all,
my program needs to select some lines, since
osgViewer->computeIntersections is unable to pick lines I switched to
osgUtil::PolytopeIntersector which is able to do so. Unfortunately
PolytopeIntersector seems unable to tell me the intersection
points/lines from which I would determine the closest object that I
actually picked (among all the other that intersect the picking
volume). Am I missing something? hope so.

To sum up, is there a way to determine the closest object picked by a
osgUtil::PolytopeIntersector (actually not the closest object but the
one which has the closest intersection)? Or, are there other ways to
pick a line object?

Regards,
Michele
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[Peter Hrenka]

Hi Michele,

Michele Bosi wrote:
> Hi all,
> my program needs to select some lines, since
> osgViewer->computeIntersections is unable to pick lines I switched to
> osgUtil::PolytopeIntersector which is able to do so. Unfortunately
> PolytopeIntersector seems unable to tell me the intersection
> points/lines from which I would determine the closest object that I
> actually picked (among all the other that intersect the picking
> volume). Am I missing something? hope so.

In the current state the PolytopeIntersector does not store intersection
points or primitive indices. I do have a version that does so, but it
needs some cleanup before I am willing to submit it. Right now I do not
have much time but I hope that can submit a version next week.

> To sum up, is there a way to determine the closest object picked by a
> osgUtil::PolytopeIntersector (actually not the closest object but the
> one which has the closest intersection)? Or, are there other ways to
> pick a line object?

That's exactly what my enhancement of the PolytopeIntersector does.
It uses a "reference plane" and sorts the intersections according
to the distance to that reference plane.

Of course there are other ways to pick lines: One could use cylinders
or cones which surround the pick-ray for intersecting lines but this is
not implemented within OpenSceneGraph (yet).

> Regards,
> Michele

Peter

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