MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-DIRECTOR SCRIPTING - Page 143

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See also
Group, Light, Model, Model Resource, Motion, Shader, Texture
Group
Represents a model that does not have a resource or any shaders.
A group is the most basic node, and is merely a point in space that is represented by a transform.
You can assign children and parents to this node in order to group models, lights, cameras, or
other groups.
The most basic group is called a world, which is essentially synonymous with a 3D cast member.
You can create a reference to a group by using the
group property of the 3D Member object. The
group property gets the group at a specified index position in the list of groups. In Lingo, you use
the
group property directly from the 3D Member object to create a reference. In JavaScript syntax,
you must use the
getPropRef() method to create a reference.
The following example creates a reference to the first group of the 3D cast member
space, and
assigns it to the variable
myGroup.
-- Lingo syntax
myGroup = member("space").group[1]
// JavaScript syntax
var myGroup = member("space").getPropRef("group", 1);
Method summary for the Group object
fog.color() projection
fog.decayMode rootNode
fog.enabled (fog) yon
Method
addChild pointAt
addToWorld registerScript()
clone removeFromWorld
cloneDeep rotate
getWorldTransform() scale (command)
isInWorld() translate
Property (continued)