Filters

Filters collect and reorganize scene objects in your Kanzi project. You can use them to determine which scene objects to render in different render passes. After you set one or more filters or objects sources, a filter collects and outputs a set of scene objects that match the requirements you define in the filter.

Use filters to adjust the rendering for the whole or parts of your Kanzi application. Set an object source for a specific render pass so that the render pass renders only objects passed to it by the object source. See Rendering and Composers.

For example, you can use filters to:

• Collect all objects in your project you want to render only once. See Using tag filters.
• Create reflections for objects. See Creating reflections.
• Render only transparent objects. See Rendering transparent objects.

Filters collect for rendering only 3D objects, and you cannot use them to collect, for example, layers.

These filters are available in Kanzi Studio:

• Contains property filter collects objects that contain, or do not contain a specific property. See Using contains property filters.
• Object type filter collects objects based on their type. See Using object type filters.
• Property is equal filter collects objects that contain, or do not contain a specific property the value of which matches a specific value. See Using property is equal filters.
• Sorting filter either orders objects by their position on the z axis or groups them by their material type. See Using sorting filters.
• Tag filter collects objects that have a specific tag assigned. See Using tag filters.

See also

Using contains property filters

Using object type filters

Using property is equal filters

Using sorting filters

Using tag filters

Creating reflections

Rendering transparent objects

Using object sources

Rendering

Composers

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