Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling appearance
LOD properties
The #lod modifier adds three properties to a model:
model.lod.auto: If TRUE, the model obeys the lod.bias setting. If FALSE, it obeys the lod.level setting.
model.lod.bias: Floating point value from 0.0 to +100.0. If set to 0.0, the LOD modifier removes all polygons, even
when the model is immediately in front of the camera. If it is set to 100.0, it does not start to remove polygons until
the model appears very small in the distance. The precise distance at which the bias setting starts to take effect
depends on the camera's projection angle. The default setting is 100.0.
model.lod.level indicates the amount of detail removed by the modifier when its auto property is set to FALSE. The
range of this property is 0.0 to 100.00. When the modifier’s auto property is set to TRUE, the value of the level
property is dynamically updated. If you set the value manually, it will not have any effect.
With lod.bias at 100.0, the auto setting starts to take effect when the model appears small in the distance
See also targetFrameRate.
Subdivision surfaces (SDS) modifier
The #sds modifier adds geometric detail to models and synthesizes additional details to smooth out curves as the model
moves closer to the camera. The #sds modifier directly affects the model resource. All models that use the same
resource will be affected. To see the effect of the #sds modifier, download the movie SDS.dir, and launch it.
Note: The #sds modifier and the #lod modifier behave in contrasting ways. Before adding the sds modifier, it is
recommended that you set the lod.auto modifier property to FALSE and set the lod.level modifier property to the
required resolution, as follows:
vModel = member("3D").model("myModel")
vModel.lod.auto = 0
vModel.lod.level = 100
vModel.addmodifier(#sds)
The #sds modifier is best used on models that were created in a third-party 3D design application. If used with models
created from Shockwave 3D primitives, the modifier affects the model resource, and all the models that share that
resource.
Adding the SDS modifier to a model
The following command adds the #sds modifier to model 2, named "MakeMeSmooth" of the member "3D".
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