OrthographicCamera

Represents a camera that uses orthographic projection.

In this projection mode an object's size in the rendered image stays constant regardless of its distance from the camera. This can be useful for rendering 2D scenes and UI elements, amongst other things.

Although multiple cameras can be added to the scene graph and inherit transformations from their parent objects, only one camera is rendered at a time, the one passed to Renderer::Render. Construct it directly and pass it into the render call each frame.

auto camera = vglx::OrthographicCamera::Create({
  .left = 0.0f,
  .right = 1280.0f,
  .top = 0.0f,
  .bottom = 720.0f,
  .near = 0.1f,
  .far = 100.0f
});

renderer.Render(scene.get(), camera.get());

INFO

Derives from Camera and inherits all public properties and methods.

Construction

Constructors

OrthographicCamera()

Constructs an orthographic camera.

OrthographicCamera::OrthographicCamera(const Parameters& params);

Parameter	Description
params	Initialization parameters for constructing the camera.

Factories preferred

OrthographicCamera::Create() std::unique_ptr<OrthographicCamera>

Creates an instance of OrthographicCamera with default parameters.

static std::unique_ptr<OrthographicCamera> OrthographicCamera::Create();

OrthographicCamera::Create() std::unique_ptr<OrthographicCamera>

Creates an instance of OrthographicCamera.

static std::unique_ptr<OrthographicCamera> OrthographicCamera::Create(const Parameters& params);

Parameter	Description
params	Initialization parameters for constructing the camera.

Types

OrthographicCamera::ResizePolicy enum

Defines how the orthographic projection should adapt on window resize.

Value	Description
PixelSpace	Projection matches framebuffer dimensions, preserving axis orientation.
FixedVertical	Vertical extent remains constant, horizontal adjusted.
FixedHorizontal	Horizontal extent remains constant, vertical adjusted.

OrthographicCamera::Parameters struct

Parameters for constructing an OrthographicCamera object.

Parameter	Description
left float	Left clipping plane.
right float	Right clipping plane.
top float	Top clipping plane.
bottom float	Bottom clipping plane.
near float	Near clipping plane.
far float	Far clipping plane.

Properties

resize_policy ResizePolicy

The current resize policy for this camera.

ResizePolicy resize_policy {ResizePolicy::PixelSpace};

Functions

SetLens() void

Configures orthographic projection parameters.

Replaces the camera's clipping planes and rebuilds the projection transform accordingly.

void OrthographicCamera::SetLens(const Parameters& params);

Parameter	Description
params	Projection parameters defining the new clipping planes.