center operation

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 ]