User Guide

830 Chapter 14: Properties

The length of a vector is its distance in world units from vector(0, 0, 0). This is the same as

the magnitude of the vector.

Example

This statement sets the variable myBoxLength to the length of the model resource named

GiftBox.

myBoxLength = member("3D World").modelResource("GiftBox").length

See also

height (3D), width (3D), magnitude

lengthVertices

Usage

member(whichCastmember).modelResource(whichModelResource).\

lengthVertices

Description

3D #box and #plane model resource property; indicates the number of mesh vertices along the

length of the box or plane. Increasing this value increases the number of faces, and therefore the

fineness, of the mesh.

The length of a box is measured along its Z axis. The length of a plane is measured along its

Y axis.

Set the

renderStyle property of a model’s shader to #wire to see the faces of the mesh of the

model’s resource. Set the

renderStyle property to #point to see just the vertices of the mesh.

The value of this property must be greater than or equal to 2. The default value is 4.

Example

The following statement sets the lengthVertices property of the model resource named Tower

to 10. Nine triangles will be used to define the geometry of the model resource along its Y axis;

therefore, there will be ten vertices.

member("3D World").modelResource("Tower").lengthVertices = 10