User Guide

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User Guide
The Script Whip tool will draw a line from the tool to the target object.
You can also drag the Script Whip tool to the objects in the Scene or Object Hierarchy palettes.
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Because script objects can only be selected in the Scene Editor, you cannot whip to a Solid Object sub-part. You can,
however, whip to a Solid Object part using the Object Hierarchy palette.
Viewing Object Properties
The Script Whip tool enters the selected object’s name followed by a period and the word ‘this’ into the target Value
fi eld. ‘this’ is a keyword in JavaScript that identifi es the object. All objects in the scene have properties associated with
them that can be accessed by clicking the arrow icon to the left of the object name in either Hierarchy palette. Solid
Object properties include this, position, orientation, minBounds and maxBounds. To the right of the property name
is the property type in brackets. For example, position is a vector type. All of these properties can be referenced in
JavaScript.
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If you expand a script object in the Scene Hierarchy palette, all of its properties that are listed in the Scripting tab of
the Inspector palette are visible. Double clicking on any of these properties will open the script in a text editor.