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* [[View manager|View]] to use. This could be one of the "main" ones (i.e. the ones on the main property tree), or a locally-defined one that is only known to this Canvas Element (think FLIR).

* [[View manager|View]] to use. This could be one of the "main" ones (i.e. the ones on the main property tree), or a locally-defined one that is only known to this Canvas Element (think FLIR).

* Scene graph to use. By default the main scene graph would be used, but an arbitrary XML file can be loaded to [[Howto:Extending Canvas to support rendering 3D models|render a custom model]]. A typical use-case would be instruments that need to [[Shuttle ADI ball|manipulate/render a 3D object]] (for which we have working code, too)

* Scene graph to use. By default the main scene graph would be used, but an arbitrary XML file can be loaded to [[Howto:Extending Canvas to support rendering 3D models|render a custom model]]. A typical use-case would be instruments that need to [[Shuttle ADI ball|manipulate/render a 3D object]] (for which we have working code, too)

* Several optimization/miscellaneous parameters like framerate cap, etc.

* Several optimization/miscellaneous parameters like framerate cap, node masks, LOD etc. <ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=32845&p=318027&hilit=canvas+draw+masks#p318028</ref>

Simplifying a lot, this Canvas Element would be an aggregation of a Compositor instance, a View and a pointer to a <tt>osg::Group</tt> representing the scene graph to render. This setup could be replicated in {{flightgear file|src/Viewer/fg_os_osgviewer.cxx}}, with the difference of ignoring Canvas and using native windowing features from OSG.

Simplifying a lot, this Canvas Element would be an aggregation of a Compositor instance, a View and a pointer to a <tt>osg::Group</tt> representing the scene graph to render. This setup could be replicated in {{flightgear file|src/Viewer/fg_os_osgviewer.cxx}}, with the difference of ignoring Canvas and using native windowing features from OSG.