Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling appearance
Note: Ensure that the name you provide for the new resource and the modelResource type is unique.
The following code creates a new modelResource of the type #sphere in the member “3D”, and then creates a model
from the resource:
-- Lingo syntax
v3DMember = member("3D")
vName = "Sphere"
vResource = v3DMember.newModelResource(vName, #sphere)
vModel = v3DMember.newModel(vName, vResource)
// JavaScript syntax
vName = "Sphere";
vResource = v3DMember.newModelResource(vName, symbol("sphere"));
vModel = v3DMember.newModel(vName, vResource);
Geometry of a regular primitive resource
The origin point of a regular primitive resource is at its center. The default dimensions of the #sphere, #box, and
#cylinder primitives give them a width, height, and length of 50 world units.
The default size of the #plane primitive gives it a width and a length of 1 unit. The #plane resource's length property
actually determines its height. The #plane primitive is rotated so that it is visible from the default camera position. To
create a horizontal plane, rotate the model -90° around the world's x-axis.
Modifying the mesh of a primitive resource
You can obtain a wide variety of shapes by modifying the various properties of the regular primitives. For example,
you can create hemispheres, cones, tubes, rectangular fences, and other shapes. You cannot set the position of a
particular vertex point in a primitive modelResource directly, but you can apply the #meshDeform modifier to a model
created from a primitive modelResource, and use the meshDeform modifier to move vertex points around. See
“MeshDeform modifier” on page 186 for details.
Creating an extruder resource
The extrude3d() function is designed to create an #extruder resource from a text cast member. However, you can
change the vertexList property of an #extruder resource after it has been created.
Extruding text
To see an example of using an extruder to create three-dimensional text in a 3D cast member, download and launch
the movie 3dExtruder.dir.
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