---
name: "SoNodeKitDetail"
section: "3iv"
platform: "linux"
package: "inventor-doc"
version: "2.1.6+ds-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SoNodeKitDetail/3iv"
---

# SoNodeKitDetail(3iv)

stores detail information about a nodekit

## NAME

SoNodeKitDetail — stores detail information about a nodekit

## INHERITS FROM

SoDetail \> SoNodeKitDetail

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<Inventor/details/SoNodeKitDetail.h\>**

Methods from class SoNodeKitDetail:

	**SoNodeKitDetail()**\
 **virtual** 	**~SoNodeKitDetail()**\
 **SoBaseKit \***	**getNodeKit() const**\
 **SoNode \***	**getPart() const**\
 **const SbName &**	**getPartName() const**

Methods from class SoDetail:

**SoDetail \***	**copy() const**\
 **static SoType**	**getClassTypeId()**\
 **virtual SoType**	**getTypeId() const**\
 **SbBool**	**isOfType(SoType type) const**

## DESCRIPTION

**This class contains detail information about a nodekit. This consists of a pointer to the nodekit, a pointer to the child part within the nodekit, and the name of the child part.**

**During a pick action,** **each nodekit along the picked path creates its own SoNodeKitDetail**. Together, the full set of details gives you complete picture of the pickpath.

Since nodekits have hidden children (See the reference page for **SoBaseKit**), a regular **SoPath** ends at the topmost nodekit in the path. If you cast the pickpath from an **SoPath** pointer to an **SoNodeKitPath** pointer, you can then retrieve all nodekits along the path and examine their corresponding details.

## METHODS

	**SoNodeKitDetail()**\
 **virtual** 	**~SoNodeKitDetail()**\
 Constructor and destructor.

**SoBaseKit \***	**getNodeKit() const**\
 Returns a pointer to the nodekit that created this detail.

**SoNode \***	**getPart() const**\
 Returns a pointer to the part selected within the nodekit that created this detail.

**const SbName &**	**getPartName() const**\
 Returns the name of the part selected within the nodekit that created this detail. (See **SoRayPickAction** in the ACTIONS section of the **SoBaseKit** reference page for more information).

## SEE ALSO

**SoBaseKit, SoNodeKitPath, SoDetail, SoPickedPoint**