What's New in Director 8.5 > Working with Models and Model Resources > Groups > Group properties |
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Group properties
The properties of the group determine its particular appearance and relationship to the rest of the 3D world.
Use these properties to work with groups:
Property |
Access |
Description |
Value |
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Get |
Unique string name. |
Any string. |
|
Get and set |
This group's parent; either another object or the 3D cast member itself. |
An object or cast member. |
|
Get |
Number of children (but not grandchildren) of a given group. |
An integer. |
|
Get and set |
Lingo transform object representing this group's position and orientation relative to its parent's position and orientation.
|
Set: a transform object. Get: reference to a transform object. |
|
Get and set |
A property list containing all properties assigned to the group. Users can add, remove, get, and set properties on this list. |
The default list includes the properties assigned in the 3D modeling tool. User properties are then added. |
|
Get |
A list containing a vector and a floating-point value. The vector represents the position of the group in world space. The floating-point value represents the radius of the bounding sphere that contains the group and its children. |
A list, with the default value of |
|
Get |
Position of the group in world coordinates. A quick shortcut for |
A vector object. |
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Get and set |
A list of two orthogonal vectors, |
A vector list. |
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