`CameraComponent`

class

A 3D layer's camera, as a mote's component (its layer the 3D layer).

Name	`CameraComponent`
Kind	class
Script reaches it as	`import { CameraComponent } from "motion"`
Since	0.3

Syntax

class CameraComponent extends Component { … }

Name	Type	Description
`name`property	`readonly string`	Its name on its mote.
`layer`property	`readonly string`	Its layer's id.
`visible`property	`boolean`	Whether its layer shows.
`opacity`property	`number`	Its layer's opacity, 0 to 1.
`orbit`property	`readonly number`	How far round it is, degrees.
`height`property	`readonly number`	How high it looks down from, degrees.
`distance`property	`readonly number`	How far it is from what it looks at, in the layer's units.
`fov`property	`readonly number`	Its field of view, degrees.

Signature	Description
`new CameraComponent(name?: string, layer?: string): CameraComponent`constructor	Binds a layer to a mote by hand. A mote's components are made with it, from the layers it's given in Studio, so you rarely need this.
`set(key: string, value: SettingValue): void`method	Changes one of its layer's settings.
`animate(key: string, value: string \| number, seconds: number, options?: MotionAnimateOptions): Promise<boolean>`method	Moves one of its layer's settings.
`stopAnimating(key?: string): void`method	Stops its layer's moves.
`get(key: string): SettingValue \| undefined`method	One of its layer's settings, as scene.get.
`read(key: string): SettingValue \| undefined`method	One of its layer's settings as last drawn, as scene.read.
`show(visible?: boolean): void`method	Shows (or hides) its layer.
`hide(): void`method	Hides its layer.
`setOrbit(degrees: number, seconds?: number): Promise<boolean>`method	Turns it round.
`setHeight(degrees: number, seconds?: number): Promise<boolean>`method	Raises or lowers it.
`setDistance(distance: number, seconds?: number): Promise<boolean>`method	Moves it nearer or further.
`setFov(degrees: number, seconds?: number): Promise<boolean>`method	Widens or narrows its view.
`lookAt(target: [number, number, number] \| { x: number; y: number; z: number }, seconds?: number): Promise<boolean>`method	Turns it to face a point of its scene.