From: Gordon Tomlinson (gordon++at++paradigmsim.com)
Date: 03/22/2000 21:40:16
Hi
Larry is correct for a Perfomer built switch
You could also use an open flight file frome Creator/MultiGen II) to
create your
pfSwitch
The Open Flight uses a switch Mask which allows you to switch more than
one child on at the same time, so setVal selects which mask to use not
child
while PFSWITCH[ON/OFF] still work work the same.
The masks can also catch you out some times :-) if you have not used
them before.
Gordon.
Larry Lachman wrote:
> christopher.g.dorosky++at++lmco.com wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Imagine you have a pfswitch with 10 children.
>>
>> To turn them all on, do pfswitch->setVal(PFSWITCH_ON);
>> all off is PFSWITCH_OFF
>> to turn on number 5 is setVal(4) or maybe five, whatever.
>>
>> How do you turn on numbers 5 and 7?
>>
>> I had wanted to turn on children one by one, but setting the val
>> seems to
>> absolutely set it, not "or" it.
>
>
> This is correct; each child being enabled is mutually exclusive of the
> other children, unless you enable them all. In order to turn on
> numbers 5 and 7 you must restructure your pfSwitch node. In your
> example with 10 children, one of the children must be another pfSwitch
> node. Underneath this child switch node is children 5 and 7. Suppose
> this new pfSwitch resides at index 4 of the parent pfSwitch (still
> child 5). You can then enable either one of the new switch's
> children, or simply use PFSWITCH_ON to enable both of them - as you
> have requested to do.
>
> Larry
>
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--Gordon.
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