MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual page 528

Property
y axis
z axis
Transform commands
Use these commands to work with transforms:
Command
rotate
(
xAngle,
)
yAngle, zAngle
preRotate
(
xAngle,
)
yAngle, zAngle
rotate
(
point,
)
vector, angle
preRotate
(
point,
)
vector, angle
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Access Description
Get and set A vector representing the transform's
canonical y axis in transform space. Example:
transform.identity()
transform.rotate(90,0,0)
put transform.yaxis
--vector(0,0,1)
Get and set A vector representing the transform's
canonical z axis in transform space. Example:
transform.identity()
transform.rotate(0,90,0)
put transform.zaxis
--vector(1,0,0)
Description
Applies a rotation transformation after the current transformation:
model.transform.identity()
model.transform.translate(100,0,0)
model.transform.rotate(0,0,90)
After this series of transformations, performed in this order, the model's
(0,100,0)
local origin will be at
the world.
Applies a rotation transformation before the current transformation:
model.transform.identity()
model.transform.translate(100,0,0)
model.transform.preRotate(0,0,90)
After this series of transformations, performed in this order, the model's
(100,0,0)
local origin will be at
the world.
Similar to transform.rotate(xAngle, yAngle, zAngle)
except that the arguments are two vectors specifying an axis of rotation
as a point and a vector, plus an angle specifying the clockwise rotation
around that axis:
model.transform.identity()
model.transform.translate(-50,0,0)
model.transform.rotate(vector(100,0,0)
vector(0,1,0))
After this series of transformations, performed in this order, the model's
(250,0,0)
local origin will be at
the world.
transform.preRotate(xAngle, yAngle,
Similar to
zAngle)
, except that the arguments are two vectors specifying an axis
of rotation as a point and a vector, plus an angle specifying the
clockwise rotation around that axis.
model.transform.identity()
model.transform.translate(-50,0,0)
model.transform.preRotate(vector(100,0,0)
vector(0,1,0))
After this series of transformations, performed in this order, the model's
(150,0,0)
local origin will be at
the world.
, assuming the model's parent is
, assuming the model's parent is
, assuming the model's parent is
, assuming the model's parent is
Default
vector
(0,1,0)
vector
(0,0,1)
Returns
Nothing
Nothing
, Nothing
Nothing