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getElementBoundingBox

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This function returns the minimum and maximum coordinates of an element's bounding box.

Note

The element must be streamed in for this function to work.

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  • Method:element:getBoundingBox(...)

Syntax 

float,​ float,​ float,​ float,​ float,​ float getElementBoundingBox ( element theElement )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: the element whose bounding box we want to get.

Returns

  • float: value1
  • float: value2
  • float: value3
  • float: value4
  • float: value5
  • float: value6

This example outputs to chatbox the minimum and the maximum coordinates of an element.

Code Examples

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This example outputs to chatbox the minimum and the maximum coordinates of an element.

function minMaxOutput( theElement )
    local x0, y0, z0, x1, y1, z1 = getElementBoundingBox( theElement )


    if ( x0 ) then
        outputChatBox( "The coords are: " .. x0 .. ", " .. y0 .. ", " .. z0 .. ", " .. x1 .. ", " .. y1 .. ", " .. z1 )
    else
        outputChatBox( "Failed to retrieve bounding box" )
    end
end

See Also

Element Functions
Element Events
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