VS:Create2DObjShadow

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Description

Create a shadow representation of the given 2D object at the specified offset vector.

FUNCTION Create2DObjShadow(
              h           :HANDLE;
              offsetVec   :REAL) : HANDLE;

def vs.Create2DObjShadow(h, offsetVec):
    return HANDLE

Parameters

h		HANDLE		Handle to a 2D object.
offsetVec		REAL		Shadow direction and length.

Example

Python

h = vs.FSActLayer()

x = 1
y = 0.5

h_shadow = vs.Create2DObjShadow(h, (x, y))    

# The shadow is not placed on the layer of h.
# This can be fixed with set parent.
vs.SetParent(h_shadow, h.parent)

vs.SetFillBack(h_shadow, (0,0,65000))
vs.SetOpacity(h_shadow, 30)

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2014