User Guide

Models 347
Node types
A model is one of four types of objects that share the same transform, parent, and child
properties. The others are cameras, lights, and groups. Models, cameras, lights, and groups are
generically referred to as node types or nodes. Nodes can be each other’s parents or children, so long
as any one node has exactly one parent. A node can have any number of children. A model, for
example, can be the child of a light and the parent of a group.
Model properties
The properties of a model determine its particular appearance and relationship to the rest of the
3D world.
Property Access Description Value
name Get Unique string name. Any string.
parent Get and set This model’s parent; either another object or
the 3D cast member itself.
An object or
cast member.
child.count Get Number of children (but not grandchildren) of
a given model.
An integer.
transform Get and set Transform object representing this model’s
position and orientation relative to its
parent’s position and orientation:
transform.position gives the relative
position.
transform.rotation gives the relative
rotation.
Set: a transform
object.
Get: reference
to a transform
object.
userData Get and set A property list containing all properties
assigned to the model. Users can
add, remove, get, and set properties on this
list.
The default list
includes the
properties
assigned in the
3D modeling
tool. Additional
properties may
also be added.
resource Get and set Model resource object defining
model’s geometry.
Model resource
object.
shaderList Get and set List of all shaders used by the model. Setting
this property to a single shader sets every
element of the
shaderList to that shader.
List.
shaderList.
count
Get Number of shaders the model uses. Positive integer.
shaderList.
[index]
Get and set Provides access to a particular shader used
in a specific region of the model.
List.
shader Get and set Provides access to the first shader in the
shader list.
Shader object.