API Panel.Position.SetCoords

<sidebar>API contents</sidebar> Sets an objects coordinates based on a position

Parameters

HANDLE Dest

The position or component to update

HANDLE Source

The position or component to read from

Return value

This call does not return a value

Detailed description

This is equivalent to the call to Set, except that the scale and rotation of the position are omitted.

This call is useful for building up a position from multiple sources.

Examples

Calling in a calculation

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  ::Panel.Position.SetCoords(dest, source)

Flowcode example file

Download File:SIMAPI Panel Position SetCoords.fcf and open it in Flowcode v6. In this example there are two spheres (sourceball & destinationball) and a LCD showing the coordinates of each sphere. Every two seconds the program will move the red sphere to the coordinates of the yellow sphere, and then return the red sphere to its original position. The red sphere is slightly larger than the yellow sphere. This is purely to illustrate the red sphere moves to its correct destination (if the spheres are the exact same size then you may or may not see the red sphere properly as the program is rendering two spheres of exact dimensions in exactly the same coordinates)

The screenshots below show the effect and also highlight the code used by the example.