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Version 3.14 | Published October 30, 2020 ©

Bounding Actions

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The Bounding Actions plug-in enables you to run Viz Artist/Engine actions depending on the size of the bounding box.

Note: This plug-in is located in: Built Ins -> Container plug-ins -> Tools

This page contains the following topics and procedures:

Bounding Actions Properties

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  • Text box: Executes the command every time the bounding box changes.

  • Scale X, Y and Z: Applies a scaling to the values %dx %dy %dz.

  • Offset X, Y and Z: Adds an offset to the values %dx %dy %dz.

Syntax:

  • %dx: Substitutes the width of the bounding box.

  • %dy: Substitutes the height of the bounding box.

  • %dz: Substitutes the depth of the bounding box.

  • %xbool: 0 if dx <= 0 else 1.

  • %ybool: 0 if dy <= 0 else 1.

  • %zbool: 0 if dz <= 0 else 1.

  • %container: Path of the container the bounding action is applied to.

  • %container[path]: Relative path of the container the bounding action is applied to.

Example:

THIS_SCENE*TREE*#297*TRANSFORMATION*POSITION SET %dx %dy %dz

Example:

%container[$textnode1$textnode2]*GEOM*TEXT SET %xbool

To Use Bounding Actions

  1. Drag the plug-in onto a container.

  2. Insert a command in the Text box (see examples above). Now every time the bounding box changes (a Sub-Container is moved outside the current bounding box or the bounding box plug-in is used to modify it), this command is executed.