Constructor
section ...
Properties
<Section>.length Float default: 0.0 -- animatable
The length of the displayed section rectangle.
<Section>.width Float default: 0.0 -- animatable
The width of the displayed section rectangle.
Notes
The Section Parameters rollout item properties are not accessible to MAXScript in 3ds max 4.
A bug prevents a Section shape from being properly collapsed to a SplineShape in some cases. This only happens when a Section shape is created inside a loop and is being converted to a SplineShape. To collapse to a SplineShape, a viewport redraw must be performed after the Section shape is created. An example of creating contour lines from an object is:
Script
meshSelected = sphere() -- object to create contours of
minZ = meshSelected.min.z -- get min and max Z positions
maxZ = meshSelected.max.z
numLevels = 10 -- the number of contours
delta = (maxZ - minZ) / (numLevels + 1) -- the number of steps
for currentZ = minZ to maxZ by delta doùstart loop...
(
s = section pos:[0, 0, currentZ] -- create Section
max views redraw -- this line needed to get around bug
convertToSplineShape s -- convert Section to SplineShape
s.renderable = true -- set to renderable
)
See also
Spline Shape Common Properties, Operators, and Methods
Shape Common Properties, Operators, and Methods
Node Common Properties, Operators, and Methods