Thanks Tom,

and sorry for not having replied earlier. I wanted to try out your
suggestion before replying, but I didn't have/still don't have the time to
do so. But thanks anyway!

Michael

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Gesendet: Montag, 6. Juni 2005 23:09
An: Lingo programming discussion list
Betreff: RE: <lingo-l> width of text modelResource


Michael,

> I created a text modelResource in a 3D world like this:
>
> textModelResource = member("textSample").extrude3d(member("3D"))
>
> Now I want the width of that textModelResource, which obviously
> depends on the width of the text in the text member. How do I get
> that? textModelResource.width won't work.

Apply the meshDeform modifier, then walk the meshes and their vertices
looking for the min/max values along the various axes and from those
compute the width, depth and height as needed.

Cheers,
Tom Higgins - Technical Product Manager
Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player
http://www.markme.com/thiggins/

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