Using a PositionAttitudeTransform to manipulate the Camera

[bkeys]

Hi,
It's pretty easy to manipulate a Transform using the PositionAttitudeTransform class and it I would like to use it to manipulate the cameras positon and transform; when I try to do this with a dynamic cast it ends up seg faulting. What would be the best way to do this?
NOTE: My goal really is to rotate the camera and translate it independent of eachother and by what I have learned so far the PositionAttitutudeTransform is the easiest way for me to do that. But I'd be happy to rotate and translate the camera using any method.

[robertosfield]

Do you mean PositionAttitudeTransform?

You can't just use dynamic_cast<> on objects within testing the result, if the object isn't of that type then C++ will return a NULL pointer which will of course cause a seg fault. This is basic C++ and really not OSG so I have to recommend you read up about how dynamic_cast<> works.

PositionAttitudeTransform is a transform node in it's own right, you can't use it in place/as vsg::Camera. The vsg::Camera::setViewMatrix() methods are what you'll need to use to control it.

[bkeys]

Do you mean PositionAttitudeTransform?

You can't just use dynamic_cast<> on objects within testing the result, if the object isn't of that type then C++ will return a NULL pointer which will of course cause a seg fault. This is basic C++ and really not OSG so I have to recommend you read up about how dynamic_cast<> works.

What I was asking is because the Camera is a Transform and so is a PositionAttitudeTransform, so I thought I could use dynamic_cast to treat a Camera like a PositionAttitudeTransform; but that is evidently not the case given your answer and my experience.

PositionAttitudeTransform is a transform node in it's own right, you can't use it in place/as vsg::Camera. The vsg::Camera::setViewMatrix() methods are what you'll need to use to control it.

Okay, I will use those then.

Sorry about reopening the discussion, but how would I then rotate the Camera in place, after translating it so that it rotates like in this image after being translated:
local rotation