User Guide

322 APPENDIX E

loaded

Returns true once the object has ﬁ nished loading.

if (myObject.loaded) { ... }

parent

A reference to the SceneGroup containing the SurfaceObject

objectParent = SurfaceObject.parent;

attachedToParent

A ﬂ ag that is set to true when a SurfaceObject is attached to a SceneGroup using the addTo() method. A

SurfaceObject that is attached to it’s parent will be transformed with the parent. If this ﬂ ag is then set to false, the

child SurfaceObject will act as an independant SceneGroup.

box1 = SceneGroup(“./box.aer”);

box2 = theWorld.getSurfaceObject(“mySurfaceObject”);

loader = new Object()

loader.timestep = function()

{

if (!box1.loaded && !box2.loaded) { return; }

box1.add();

box2.addTo(box1);

box1.physicalModel = box1.createPhysicalModel(5);

box2.physicalModel = box2.createPhysicalModel(10);

box2.attachedToParent = false;

removeAnimator(this);

}

addAnimator(loader);

position

The position as a Vector.

SurfaceObject.position = Vector (10, 5, -25);

orientation

The rotational orientation of the SurfaceObject (as a Rotation).

SurfaceObject.orientation = anchor3.orientation;

transform

The Transform object representing the combined position and orientation.

// Smoothly animate between two EntryPoints

// (including their orientations) over 100 frames: