SimpleGUI - A simplified GUI for Sofa

This plugin proposes a simple API to include Sofa in a graphics interface:

• The SofaScene class provides a callback-level API: init, draw, animate.
• The SofaGL class allows drawing and picking in OpenGL viewers.
• A choice of Interactor objects allow the user to manipulate the simulation.

The main differences with the standard Sofa GUI are:

• The main loop is controled by the user application
• No viewer nor camera are provided, but helpers are available in SofaGL
• Picking simply returns basic information about the particle under the cursor: PickedPoint. Based on this, it is the application's job to create, manage and delete Interactor objects.

Examples

• glutOnePick: A Sofa simulation within a basic Glut interface. The user can click and drag one point at a time to interact with the simulaton.
• qtSofa: A Sofa simulation within a basic Qt interface. The user can click and drag multiple points.
• qtSofa/qtSofa.pro: Project file for the same application, built as an application which is not a sub-project of Sofa. See comments inside.
• qtQuickSofa: A Sofa simulation within a QtQuick interface. Not yet mature, may be temporarily disabled.

Dependencies

• Qt > 5.0 is necessary for qtQuickSofa

Issues

• Currently there is no way to create interactors in plugins. They are created by the user application.
• The application built using qtSofa/qtSofa.pro crashes at scene creation time, while the same code running as a Sofa sub-project works fine.