MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004, Reference

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rotation (transform) 963
rotation (engraver shader)
Usage
member( whichCastmember ).shader( whichShader ).rotation
member( whichCastmember ).model( whichModel ).shader.rotation
member( whichCastmember ).model( whichModel ).shaderList[ index ].rotation
Description
3D shader engraver property; allows you to get or set an angle in degrees (as a floating-point
number) that describes a 2D rotational offset for engraved lines. The default value for this
property is 0.0.
Example
This statement rotates the lines used to draw the engraver shader for the model gbCyl3 by 1°:
member("scene").model("gbCyl3").shader.rotation = \
member("scene").model("gbCyl3").shader.ro 1
See also
transform (property)
rotation (transform)
Usage
member( whichCastmember ).node( whichNode ).transform.rotation
member( whichCastmember ).node( whichNode ).getWorldTransform().rotation
transform .rotation
Description
3D property; allows you to get or set the rotational component of a transform. A transform
defines a scale, position and rotation within a given frame of reference. The default value of this
property is
vector(0,0,0)
.
A node can be a camera, group, light or model object. Setting the
rotation
of a node’s transform
defines that object’s rotation within the transform’s frame of reference. Setting the
rotation
property of an object’s world relative transform using
getWorldTransform().rotation
defines
the object’s rotation relative to the world origin. Setting the
rotation
property of an object’s
parent relative transform using
transform.rotation
defines the object’s rotation relative to
its parent node.
If you wish to modify the orientation of a transform it is recommended that you use the
rotate
and
prerotate
methods instead of setting this property.
Example
This statement sets the parent-relative rotation of the first camera in the member to
vector(0,0,0)
:
member("Space").camera[1].transform.rotation = vector(0, 0, 0)