User Guide

646 Chapter 14: Properties
Example
This statement sets the auto property of the lod modifier of the model named Spaceship to TRUE.
The modifier will automatically set the model’s level of detail.
member("3D World").model("Spaceship").lod.auto = TRUE
See also
lod (modifier), bias, level
autoblend
Usage
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).\
keyframePlayer.autoblend
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).bonesPlayer.autoblend
Description
3D keyframePlayer and bonesPlayer modifier property; indicates whether the modifier creates
a linear transition to the currently playing motion from the motion that preceded it
(TRUE) or
not
(FALSE). If autoBlend is TRUE, the length of the transition is set by the blendTime property
of the modifier. If
autoBlend is FALSE, the transition is controlled by the blendFactor property
of the modifier and
blendTime is ignored.
Motion blending is completely disabled when
blendTime is set to 0 and autoBlend is set
to
TRUE.
The default value of this property is
TRUE.
Example
This statement turns autoblend off for the model named Alien3. The model’s blendFactor
setting will be used for blending successive motions in the playlist.
member("newaliens").model("Alien3").keyframePlayer.\
autoblend = FALSE
See also
blendFactor, blendTime
autoCameraPosition
Usage
member(whichTextCastmember).autoCameraPosition
Description
3D camera property; indicates whether the camera of the 3D text cast member is automatically
positioned to show all of the text (
TRUE) or not (FALSE). This is useful when changing the text,
font, fontsize, and other properties of the cast member.
This property is not valid with other types of 3D cast members.