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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
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// .NAME vtkFollower - a subclass of actor that always faces the camera
// .SECTION Description
// vtkFollower is a subclass of vtkActor that always follows its specified 
// camera. More specifically it will not change its position or scale,
// but it will continually update its orientation so that it is right side
// up and facing the camera. This is typically used for text labels in a
// scene. All of the adjustments that can be made to an actor also will
// take effect with a follower.  So, if you change the orientation of the
// follower by 90 degrees, then it will follow the camera, but be off by 
// 90 degrees.

// .SECTION see also
// vtkActor vtkCamera

#ifndef __vtkFollower_h
#define __vtkFollower_h

#include "vtkActor.h"
class vtkCamera;

class VTK_EXPORT vtkFollower : public vtkActor
{
 public:
  vtkFollower();
  ~vtkFollower();
  char *GetClassName() {return "vtkFollower";};
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  virtual void GetMatrix(vtkMatrix4x4& m);

  // Description:
  // Set/Get the camera to follow. If this is not set, then the follower
  // won't know who to follow.
  vtkSetObjectMacro(Camera,vtkCamera);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(Camera,vtkCamera);

protected:
  vtkCamera *Camera; 
};

#endif

