User Guide

Working with Models and Model Resources 483
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 Lingo 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.
bounding
Sphere
Get A list containing a vector and a floating-point value.
The vector represents the world position and the
value represents the radius of a bounding sphere
surrounding the model and all its children.
[vector
(0,0,0),
0.0]
world
Position
Get and set Position of the model in world coordinates.
Shortcut for the command
node.getWorldTransform
()position
.
Vector object.