Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling appearance
You cannot create a new modelResource of the type #fromFile from within Director. However, you can duplicate the
modelResource of an existing model, using the node.cloneDeep() function. If you require, you can then modify the
structure of the cloned modelResource by adding the #meshDeform modifier to the cloned model. For more details,
see “Manipulating a mesh resource” on page 182.
While creating a new modelResource, provide a unique name for the modelResource. A unique name means that no
other modelResource with the given name already exists.
Note: If you try to create a new modelResource with the same name as an existing modelResource, a script error occurs:
“Object with duplicate name already exists”.
See “3D namespace” on page 85 for more details. A model can, however, have the same name as a modelResource.
Deleting model resources
To delete a model, use the member3D.deleteModel() function. You can identify the model either by its name or its
index number. When you delete a model, the index number of other models may change. If you attempt to delete a
non-existent model, no error occurs.
-- Lingo
put member("3D").deleteModelResource("NoLongerRequired")
-- 1
put member("3D").deleteModelResource("NoLongerRequired")
-- 0
put member("3D").deleteModelResource(2)
-- 1
// JavaScript
trace(member("3D").deleteModelResource("NoLongerRequired"));
// 1
member("3D").deleteModelResource("NoLongerRequired");
0
member("3D").deleteModelResource(2);
1
Primitives
Director provides seven types of Primitive resources that can be generated on the fly at runtime in Director.
#sphere: Sphere properties
#plane: Plane properties
#cylinder: Cylinder properties
#box: Box properties
#extruder: “Creating an extruder resource” on page 166
#mesh: “Creating a mesh resource” on page 170
#particle: “Particles” on page 197
Extruder, mesh, and particle resources are more complex than #sphere, #plane, #cylinder, and #box resources. This
section explains the first four geometrical types.
Creating a regular primitive resource
To create a new modelResource of the type #sphere, #plane, #cylinder or #box, use the
member3D.newModelResource() function.
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