_rotation and dimensions

[sebs]

Ok, this is really making me go crazy !!

I create a circle, convert it to an MC and then rotate it by increments of 15, after each increments I output the _width of the object and it's not always the same, it's like if flash is rotating the bouding box and get the dimension from it.

Thanks

[gparis]

convert the circle inside the MC that you rotate, and check for that inside movieclip's _width:

this._rotation+=15;
trace(this.circle_mc._width);

[sebs]

Thanks,

But wouldn't the circle always be the same width ?

Ok, maybe my circle example is too simple, I was using this because it's easy to know that after each rotation, it sould always be the same width.

But let's take an oval for example, if I rotate it's parent mc, the oval would always be the same width, I would like to have the bounding box, but flash seems to rotate the bounding box also, so it's not the true bounding box.

I hope this makes sense ?

[braxius]

flash always resizes bounding box around mc, as bounding box is based on _x,_y and _width,_height.

[sebs]

flash always resizes bounding box around mc, as bounding box is based on _x,_y and _width,_height.

So are you saying that it should work or that it is a normal behavior ?

I mean why would a circle's width be different when it is rotated at 15 degree than when it is not, too me it doesn't make any sense

The getBounds function should at least treat it properly !

[braxius]

sorry bout last post, looks like flash rotates bounding box together with mc and so changes mc's its width

[gparis]

AS i was saying before, you will have the REAL size of the circle/oval/whatever shape of the mc INSIDE the rotating one.

gparis