RenderableConstellationBounds

Inherits Renderable

Members

Name

Documentation

Type

Description

Optional

File

The file pointed to with this value contains the vertex locations of the constellations

File

Value of type ‘File’

No

Color

Specifies the color of the constellation lines. The lines are always drawn at full opacity

Color3

Value of type ‘Color3’

Yes

Inherited members from Renderable

Name

Documentation

Type

Description

Optional

DimInAtmosphere

Enables/Disables if the object should be dimmed when the camera is in the sunny part of an atmosphere

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

Enabled

This setting determines whether this object will be visible or not

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

Opacity

This value determines the opacity of this renderable. A value of 0 means completely transparent

Double

In range: ( 0,1 )

Yes

RenderBinMode

This value specifies if the renderable should be rendered in the Background,Opaque, Pre/PostDeferredTransparency, or Overlay rendering step

String

In list { Background, Opaque, PreDeferredTransparent, PostDeferredTransparent, Overlay }

Yes

Tag

A single tag or a list of tags that this renderable will respond to when setting properties

Table, or String

Value of type ‘Table’, or Value of type ‘String’

Yes

Type

This tells the type of the renderable

String

Value of type ‘String’

Yes

Asset Examples

 1local coreKernels = asset.require("spice/core")
 2
 3
 4
 5local data = asset.resource({
 6  Name = "Constellation Files",
 7  Type = "HttpSynchronization",
 8  Identifier = "digitaluniverse_constellations_data",
 9  Version = 1
10})
11
12
13local zodiacs = {
14  "CNC", "TAU", "PSC", "ARI", "LIB", "AQR", "CAP", "SCO", "VIR", "SGR", "GEM", "LEO"
15}
16
17local Object = {
18  Identifier = "ConstellationBounds",
19  Renderable = {
20    Type = "RenderableConstellationBounds",
21    Enabled = false,
22    File = data .. "bound_20.dat",
23    NamesFile = data .. "constellations.dat",
24    -- Selection = zodiacs
25  },
26  Transform = {
27    Rotation = {
28      Type = "SpiceRotation",
29      SourceFrame = coreKernels.Frame.J2000,
30      DestinationFrame = coreKernels.Frame.Galactic
31    },
32    Scale = {
33      Type = "StaticScale",
34      Scale = 10e17
35    }
36  },
37  GUI = {
38    Name = "Constellation Bounds",
39    Path = "/Milky Way/Constellations",
40    Description = [[A Spherical mesh dividing the sky into regions that fit the
41      constellations]]
42  }
43}
44
45
46asset.onInitialize(function()
47  openspace.addSceneGraphNode(Object)
48end)
49
50asset.onDeinitialize(function()
51  openspace.removeSceneGraphNode(Object)
52end)
53
54asset.export(Object)
55
56
57
58asset.meta = {
59  Name = "Constellation Bounds",
60  Version = "1.2",
61  Description = [[DU asset providing a Spherical mesh dividing the sky into regions that
62    fit the constellations]],
63  Author = "Brian Abbott (AMNH)",
64  URL = "https://www.amnh.org/research/hayden-planetarium/digital-universe",
65  License = "AMNH Digital Universe"
66}