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center operation

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    Syntax

    • center(axes)

    Parameters

    1. axes—selector
      { x | y | z | xy | xz | yz | xyz }—Axes to include in center calculation.

    Description

    The center operation moves the scope of the current shape to the center of the previous shape's scope. 'Previous shape' means the previous shape on the shape stack.

    Related

    • pop/push operation
    • scope attribute

    Examples

    Positions of the axes selectors

    The colored small cubes show the positions of the axis selectors relative to the previous shape's (SelCube) scope.

    Lot-->
  primitiveCube()

   s(4,4,4)
   t(-2,-2,-2)
   SelCube
 
SelCube-->
   [ color("#ff0000") s(1,1,1) center(x)   X ]
   [ color("#00ff00") s(1,1,1) center(y)   X ]
   [ color("#0000ff") s(1,1,1) center(z)   X ]
   [ color("#ffff00") s(1,1,1) center(xy)  X ]
   [ color("#ff00ff") s(1,1,1) center(xz)  X ]
   [ color("#00ffff") s(1,1,1) center(yz)  X ]
   [ color("#ffffff") s(1,1,1) center(xyz) X ]
    		The colored small cubes show the positions of the axis selectors relative to the previous shape's (SelCube) scope.

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