PxActor

Defined in include/PxActor.h

Inheritance Relationships

Base Type

• public PxBase (PxBase)

Derived Types

• public PxParticleSystem (PxParticleSystem)

• public PxRigidActor (PxRigidActor)

• public PxSoftBody (PxSoftBody)

class PxActor : public PxBase

PxActor is the base class for the main simulation objects in the physics SDK.

The actor is owned by and contained in a PxScene.

Subclassed by PxParticleSystem, PxRigidActor, PxSoftBody

Public Functions

virtual void release() = 0

Deletes the actor.

Do not keep a reference to the deleted instance.

If the actor belongs to a PxAggregate object, it is automatically removed from the aggregate.

See also

PxBase.release(), PxAggregate

virtual PxActorType::Enum getType() const = 0

Retrieves the type of actor.

See also

PxActorType

Returns

The actor type of the actor.

virtual PxScene *getScene() const = 0

Retrieves the scene which this actor belongs to.

See also

PxScene

Returns

Owner Scene. NULL if not part of a scene.

virtual void setName(const char *name) = 0

Sets a name string for the object that can be retrieved with getName().

This is for debugging and is not used by the SDK. The string is not copied by the SDK, only the pointer is stored.

Default: NULL

See also

getName()

Parameters

name – [in] String to set the objects name to.

virtual const char *getName() const = 0

Retrieves the name string set with setName().

See also

setName()

Returns

Name string associated with object.

virtual PxBounds3 getWorldBounds(float inflation = 1.01f) const = 0

Retrieves the axis aligned bounding box enclosing the actor.

See also

PxBounds3

Note

It is not allowed to use this method while the simulation is running (except during PxScene::collide(), in PxContactModifyCallback or in contact report callbacks).

Parameters

inflation – [in] Scale factor for computed world bounds. Box extents are multiplied by this value.

Returns

The actor’s bounding box.

virtual void setActorFlag(PxActorFlag::Enum flag, bool value) = 0

Raises or clears a particular actor flag.

See the list of flags PxActorFlag

Sleeping: Does NOT wake the actor up automatically.

See also

PxActorFlag getActorFlags()

Parameters

• flag – [in] The PxActor flag to raise(set) or clear. See PxActorFlag.

• value – [in] The boolean value to assign to the flag.

virtual void setActorFlags(PxActorFlags inFlags) = 0

Sets the actor flags.

See the list of flags PxActorFlag

See also

PxActorFlag setActorFlag()

virtual PxActorFlags getActorFlags() const = 0

Reads the PxActor flags.

See the list of flags PxActorFlag

See also

PxActorFlag setActorFlag()

Returns

The values of the PxActor flags.

virtual void setDominanceGroup(PxDominanceGroup dominanceGroup) = 0

Assigns dynamic actors a dominance group identifier.

PxDominanceGroup is a 5 bit group identifier (legal range from 0 to 31).

The PxScene::setDominanceGroupPair() lets you set certain behaviors for pairs of dominance groups. By default every dynamic actor is created in group 0.

Default: 0

Sleeping: Changing the dominance group does NOT wake the actor up automatically.

See also

getDominanceGroup() PxDominanceGroup PxScene::setDominanceGroupPair()

Parameters

dominanceGroup – [in] The dominance group identifier. Range: [0..31]

virtual PxDominanceGroup getDominanceGroup() const = 0

Retrieves the value set with setDominanceGroup().

See also

setDominanceGroup() PxDominanceGroup PxScene::setDominanceGroupPair()

Returns

The dominance group of this actor.

virtual void setOwnerClient(PxClientID inClient) = 0

Sets the owner client of an actor.

This cannot be done once the actor has been placed into a scene.

Default: PX_DEFAULT_CLIENT

See also

PxClientID PxScene::createClient()

virtual PxClientID getOwnerClient() const = 0

Returns the owner client that was specified at creation time.

This value cannot be changed once the object is placed into the scene.

See also

PxClientID PxScene::createClient()

virtual PxAggregate *getAggregate() const = 0

Retrieves the aggregate the actor might be a part of.

See also

PxAggregate

Returns

The aggregate the actor is a part of, or NULL if the actor does not belong to an aggregate.

virtual const char *getConcreteTypeName() const = 0

Returns string name of dynamic type.

Returns

Class name of most derived type of this object.

template<class T>
inline T *is()

template<class T>
inline const T *is() const

inline PxType getConcreteType() const

Returns concrete type of object.

See also

PxConcreteType

Returns

PxConcreteType::Enum of serialized object

inline void setBaseFlag(PxBaseFlag::Enum flag, bool value)

Set PxBaseFlag

Parameters

• flag – [in] The flag to be set

• value – [in] The flags new value

inline void setBaseFlags(PxBaseFlags inFlags)

Set PxBaseFlags

See also

PxBaseFlags

Parameters

inFlags – [in] The flags to be set

inline PxBaseFlags getBaseFlags() const

Returns PxBaseFlags.

See also

PxBaseFlags

Returns

PxBaseFlags

inline virtual bool isReleasable() const

Whether the object is subordinate.

A class is subordinate, if it can only be instantiated in the context of another class.

See also

PxSerialization::isSerializable

Returns

Whether the class is subordinate

Public Members

void *userData

user can assign this to whatever, usually to create a 1:1 relationship with a user object.

Protected Functions

inline PxActor(PxType concreteType, PxBaseFlags baseFlags)

inline PxActor(PxBaseFlags baseFlags)

inline virtual ~PxActor()

inline virtual bool isKindOf(const char *name) const

Returns whether a given type name matches with the type of this instance.

template<class T>
inline bool typeMatch() const

Protected Attributes

PxType mConcreteType

PxBaseFlags mBaseFlags

PxU32 mBuiltInRefCount