Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D basics
3D Method for Text members
member("text member").
extrude3d(member("3D member"))
Adding a text model to a 3D cast member
To add 3D text to a 3D cast member, you can use the textMember.extrude3D() method. This creates an extruder model
resource inside the 3D cast member of your choice. Each character in the text member is converted to a separate mesh
inside the extrude resource. This means that you can apply a different shader to each letter.
Note: You have to apply different shaders manually.
To see an example of this, download the movie 3dExtruder.dir, , and launch it.
The extruder3d() command creates an extruded text model inside a 3D world
The extruder model resource possesses the same properties as the text in a 3D text member. See “Lingo and JavaScript
syntax script for 3D text” on page 62for the full list.
Text in overlays and backdrops
If you want to display 2D text in a 3D sprite, you can create a texture from a bitmap or a text member, and display that
as an overlay or backdrop of a camera. The process for doing this is quite different from the process for creating models
in the shape of 3D text.
See “Text in overlays and backdrops” on page 116 for more information.
Sources of 3D content
Primitives
Creates a new model resource in member "3D world" by extruding
the text in member "text member".
Models are the objects you see in the 3D world. You can create models within Director. Spheres, boxes, planes,
cylinders, and particle systems can be created either with Lingo or JavaScript syntax or with Director behaviors. These
simple shapes are called primitives. They are the basic shapes from which more complicated models are built.
Last updated 8/26/2011
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