Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling action
Using the 6DOF.dir movie to test the settings for a six-degrees-of-freedom joint
The 6DOF.dir movie is designed with a simple interface that gives you full control of only one type of motion at a time.
Note that many of the sliders in the movie have a logarithmic scale. This means that you can test a whole range of values
from very small to very large, but you cannot select precise values.
In your own projects, you can control all six types of motion independently. After you have learned enough to feel
comfortable with controlling a D6Joint, you can create custom settings for the test joint by typing commands in the
Message window. The custom settings will allow you both to set precise values for each motion, and to control multiple
motions simultaneously. Changes that you make in the Message window will not be reflected in the display in the
movie itself.
When you launch the movie, all six degrees of freedom are locked. You can start by freeing the motions one at a time,
and testing which direction of movement the joint allows for that motion.
Testing one degree of freedom at a time
Note that the main axis of a joint is its zAxis, so the controls for the zAxis have been placed at the top of each group of
controls.
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