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.SH NAME
coin_manips \- Manipulator Classes
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 \- Manipulators are objects you can swap back and forth into a scene graph at locations where you have an \fBSoTransform\fP node\&.  

.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SS "Classes"

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.RI "class \fBSoClipPlaneManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoClipPlaneManip\fP class is used to manipulate clip planes\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoDirectionalLightManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoDirectionalLightManip\fP class is used to manipulate \fBSoDirectionalLight\fP nodes\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoPointLightManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoPointLightManip\fP class is used to manipulate point light nodes\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoSpotLightManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoSpotLightManip\fP class is used to manipulate spot light nodes\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoTransformManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoTransformManip\fP class is used to manipulate transformations\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoCenterballManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoCenterballManip\fP wraps an \fBSoCenterballDragger\fP for convenience\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoHandleBoxManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoHandleBoxManip\fP class wraps an \fBSoHandleBoxDragger\fP for manipulating a transformation\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoJackManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoJackManip\fP wraps an \fBSoJackDragger\fP for convenience\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoTabBoxManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoTabBoxManip\fP class wraps an \fBSoTabBoxDragger\fP\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoTrackballManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoTrackballManip\fP wraps an \fBSoTrackballDragger\fP for convenience\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoTransformBoxManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoTransformBoxManip\fP wraps an \fBSoTransformBoxDragger\fP for convenience\&. "
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.RI "class \fBSoTransformerManip\fP"
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.RI "The \fBSoTransformerManip\fP wraps an \fBSoTransformerDragger\fP for convenience\&. "
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.SH "Detailed Description"
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Manipulators are objects you can swap back and forth into a scene graph at locations where you have an \fBSoTransform\fP node\&. 

They take the place of the \fBSoTransform\fP, continue to act like the \fBSoTransform\fP, but in addition give the user a 3D user interface, using draggers, for controlling the transform\&. When the user is done manipulating, the manipulator can swap itself back out, replacing itself with an \fBSoTransform\fP that represent the new transform value\&.

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Manipulators is one of the concepts that really made Open Inventor stand out against the alternatives when it came out\&.

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\fBSee also\fP
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\fBDragger Classes\fP 
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