[Closed] why I can have bendAngle and can't have boxHeight?

where do you find bendAngle and boxHeight ?
normally they are not in the documentation…

Are you trying to create your own commands ? :drool:

well boxHeight I didn’t find but I was trying to use it when I saw bendAngle in CGAcademy Fundamentials video tutorial.

the properties of a bend modifier shows these:

  .BendAngle (Angle) : float
  .BendDir (Direction) : float
  .BendAxis (Axis) : integer
  .FromTo (Limit) : boolean
  .BendFrom (LowerLimit) : float
  .BendTo (UpperLimit) : float
  .center : point3
  .gizmo : transform

so it shows that you could either use BendAngle or Angle to acces the parameter.

hope this helps.

galagast where did you find it in help?

I got only this

 

[left][b][b]Bend - superclass: modifier; super-superclass:MAXWrapper - classID: #(16, 0)[/b][/b]
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[left][b][b]Constructor[/b][/b]
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[left][b][b]Bend[/b][/b] ...
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[left][b][b]BendMod[/b][/b] ...
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[left][b][b]Properties[/b][/b]
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]angle[/b][/b] Float default: 0.0 -- animatable
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[left]The angle to bend from the vertical plane. 
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]direction[/b][/b] Float default: 0.0 -- animatable
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[left]The direction of the bend relative to the horizontal plane. 
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]axis[/b][/b] Integer default: 2
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[left]Specifies the axis to be bent. Note that this axis is local to the Bend gizmo and not related to the selected entity:
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[left]0- X
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[left]1- Y
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[left]2- Z
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]limit[/b][/b] Boolean default: false
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[left]When on, applies limit constraints to the bend effect. 
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]upperlimit[/b][/b] Float default: 0.0 -- animatable, alias: Upper_Limit
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[left]The upper boundary in world units from the bend center point beyond which the bend no longer affects geometry. 
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]lowerlimit[/b][/b] Float default: 0.0 -- animatable, alias: Lower_Limit
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[left]The lower boundary in world units from the bend center point beyond which the bend no longer affects geometry. 
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]center[/b][/b] Point3 default: [0,0,0] -- animatable
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[left]You can translate and animate the center, altering the Bend gizmo’s shape, and thus the shape of the bent object. 
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[left]<Bend>.[b][b]gizmo[/b][/b] SubAnim
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[left]You can transform and animate the gizmo like any other object, altering the effect of the Bend modifier. 
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[left]<Bend.gizmo>.[b][b]position[/b][/b] Point3 default: [0,0,0] -- animatable
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[left]The position of the gizmo object. Translating the gizmo translates its center an equal distance. 
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[left]<Bend.gizmo>.[b][b]rotation[/b][/b] Quat default: (quat 0 0 0 1) -- animatable
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[left]The rotation of the gizmo object. Rotating the gizmo takes place with respect to its center. 
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[left]<Bend.gizmo>.[b][b]scale[/b][/b] Point3 default: [1,1,1] -- animatable
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[left]The scaling of the gizmo object. Scaling the gizmo takes place with respect to its center. 
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That’s a bit strange that showproperties $.modifiers[1] don’t return the “.angle” property like in the help file…
That’s maybe better to use the properties of showproperties ?

“boxHeight” is a mystery because showproperties don’t return this property

but this command also works
mybox=box width:200 radius:50
and there are no radius property for a box… I think that “radius” is just ignored.

galagast where did you find it in help?

hmm… its not in the help file…

create a sphere (sphere01)

type this in the listener:

show $sphere01
 
-- or select the sphere
show $

it would return the base properties of the sphere. (this doesnt include the common properties)