[sldev] [VWR] prim type?

[Kelly Linden]

Anna Gulaev wrote:
> Though there are PCodes defined for everything I might be interested 
> in, all the objects of interest are of type volume. Surely there must 
> be more information available than that, and I figure it must be here-ish:
>
> object->getVolume()->getParams().???
>
> But I'll be darned if I can find any way to get the prim type (cube, 
> torus, etc). Hints, please?
>
There are at least 2 pieces of info that make up the prim shape:
The profile ( LLVolumeParams::LLProfileParams mProfileParams ) which 
describes the 2-D shape.  You can check the mCurveType against the 
LL_PCODE_PROFILE_* constants.

The path ( LLVolumeParams::LLPathParams    mPathParams ) which describes 
the path the profile is extruded along.  You can check the mCurveType 
here against the LL_PCODE_PATH_* constants.

So for example a basic box has 
object->getVolume()->getParams().mProfileParams.mCurveType == 
LL_PCODE_PROFILE_SQUARE and 
object->getVolume()->getParams().mProfileParams.mCurveType == 
LL_PCODE_PATH_LINE .

A tube is really a cube with a curved path, etc.

I'm a little rusty on this area of the code, so please forgive any 
mistakes or omissions, but I believe the above is the general idea.

 - Kelly