SURFACE_LINK

This element connects a surface to another one. This means than whenever the 'from' surface changes, the 'to' surface takes the 'from' surface value.

Attributes brief detailed show all inherited

	Name	Description	Default
	from	Identifier of the origin surfaceMandatory	empty
	to	Identifier of the target surfaceMandatory	empty
	enabled	Enables or disables the link	'true'
Common attributes
	id	Identifier of the elementThe id of an element has to be globally unique. Don't start with a digit for AngelScript compatibility.	empty

	Name	Value type	Default	Description	Comment
	from	surface id	empty	Identifier of the origin surface	Mandatory
	to	surface id	empty	Identifier of the target surface	Mandatory
	enabled	boolean	'true'	Enables or disables the link
Common attributes
	id	identifier	empty	Identifier of the element	The id of an element has to be globally unique. Don't start with a digit for AngelScript compatibility.

Example

Here we create a new SURFACE and link it to another surface.

<FORMULA_SURFACE id="source_surface" formula="cos(y*x)*demo_param" x_min="-4" x_max="4" x_default="0" y_min="-4" y_max="4" y_default="0" z_min="-1" z_max="1" z_default="0"/>
<SURFACE id="target_surface" x_default="0" x_min="0" x_max="4" x_unit="" y_default="0" y_min="0" y_max="4" y_unit="" z_default="0" z_max="1" z_min="0" z_unit="" />
<SURFACE_LINK id="demo_surface_link" from="source_surface" to="target_surface" enabled="true" />
<VIEW_3D id="my_3d_view" width="400" height="200" x_ratio="1" y_ratio="1" z_ratio="0.5" transform.tx="0.0" transform.ty="0.1" transform.tz="-1.7" transform.rx="45" transform.ry="0" transform.rz="-30" cursor="system::open_hand" persistent_viewpoint="false">
<GRID_3D x_param_info_id="source_surface.x_info" y_param_info_id="source_surface.y_info" z_param_info_id="source_surface.z_info" y_positions_count="11" x_positions_count="11" z_positions_count="11" x_position="-1" y_position="-0.5" z_position="-0.5" opacity="0.3" />
<COLOR_SURFACE_3D surface_id="source_surface" visible="true" draw_style="solid" high_color="#ff0000" low_color="#000030" opacity=".8" x_positions_count="100" y_positions_count="100" x_position="-1" y_position="-.5" z_position="-.5"/>
<GRID_3D x_param_info_id="target_surface.x_info" y_param_info_id="target_surface.y_info" z_param_info_id="target_surface.z_info" y_positions_count="5" x_positions_count="5" z_positions_count="11" x_position=".2" y_position="-0.5" z_position="-0.5" opacity="0.3" />
<COLOR_SURFACE_3D surface_id="target_surface" visible="true" draw_style="solid" high_color="#ff0000" low_color="#000030" opacity=".8" x_positions_count="100" y_positions_count="100" x_position=".2" y_position="-.5" z_position="-.5"/>
</VIEW_3D>
<PARAM_TEXT_CONTROL param_id="demo_surface_link.enabled" content="Link: {text_value}" />
<PARAM id="demo_param" min="-3" max="5" default="0" />
<SCRIPT script="double delta = 0.01;" />
<TIMER id="forever_timer" refresh_time_ms="5" />
<ACTION_TRIGGER event_id="forever_timer.elapsed"
script="
demo_param += delta;
if (demo_param >=1 ) delta = -delta;
if (demo_param <=-1 ) delta = -delta;
" requires="demo_param;demo_param;" />

Related elements

Also see SURFACE, FORMULA_SURFACE, SURFACE_FROM_CURVE_OVER_TIME, VIEW_3D, GRID_3D, COLOR_SURFACE_3D, GL_OBJECT_3D.

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