<node3d>.getBoundingSphere

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<node3d>.getBoundingSphere

Returns bounding sphere

<node3d>.getBoundingSphere(
mode = viz.ABS_PARENT
node = ''
)

mode = viz.ABS_PARENT

One of the following transform modes:

Transform modes
viz.ABS_PARENT viz.REL_PARENT	Return the bounding sphere in the parents coordinate system.
viz.ABS_GLOBAL viz.REL_GLOBAL	Return the bounding sphere in global coordinates.
viz.ABS_LOCAL viz.REL_LOCAL	Return the bounding sphere in the objects local coordinate system.

node = ''

Name of subchild to retrive bounding sphere of

Remarks

This command will return the bounding sphere of the node.

Return Value

A BoundingSphere object with the following properties:

<BoundingSphere >.radius= The radius of the bounding sphere
<BoundingSphere >.center= The center point of the bounding sphere

Example

ball = viz.add('ball.wrl')
sphere = ball.getBoundingSphere()
radius = sphere.radius