User Guide

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Object properties can be viewed by expanding an object in the Hierarchy palettes.
Tutorial: Making a Showroom Car Rotate
To cause an object to rotate in the scene, follow these steps.
1 Locate the Help\Tutorials\Showroom folder under the directory where Atmosphere was installed. It should be a
path similar to c:\Program Files\Adobe\Atmosphere\Help\Tutorials\Showroom. After navigating to your folder in
the open dialog, select the project fi le Showroom.atmo and press Open.
2 Select the Add Script Preset menu command in the palette menu of the Object Presets palette. This will open a fi le
dialog box.
3 In the fi le dialog box, locate and select the rotateContinuous.js script in the Extras\Scripts\Set_1_Basic directory
where Atmosphere is installed. Click the Open button to open the script preset.
4 Select the rotateContinuous script in the Object Presets palette and click in the Scene Editor to place the script
icon in the scene.
5 In the Inspector palette, click on the target property to select it. Notice that there is no value associated with this
property. Click on the Script Whip icon and drag it to the car object in the scene. The object will be highlighted
when you move the whip over it. When you release the mouse button, the object’s name will appear in the Value
fi eld for the target property.