ParametricMeshLayer Object

app.project.item(index).layer(index)

This functionality was added in After Effects 26.3.

Description

The ParametricMeshLayer object represents a Parametric Mesh layer within a composition.

ParametricMeshLayer is a subclass of AVLayer object. It inherits the following properties and property groups from AVLayer object:

Marker
Time Remap
Transform
- Anchor Point
- Position
- Scale
- Orientation
- X Rotation
- Y Rotation
- Rotation
- Opacity
Layer Styles
Audio
- AudioLevels

Example

If the first item in the project is a CompItem, and the first layer of that CompItem is a ParametricMeshLayer, the following checks its type.

var layer = app.project.item(1).layer(1);
if (layer instanceof ParametricMeshLayer) {
	// do something
}

Attributes

ParametricMeshLayer.parametricMeshType

app.project.item(index).layer(index).parametricMeshType

This functionality was added in After Effects 26.3.

Description

For a parametric mesh layer, its mesh type. Trying to set this attribute for a non-parametric mesh layer produces an error.

Type

A ParametricMeshType enumerated value; read/write. One of:

ParametricMeshType.SPHERE
ParametricMeshType.PLANE
ParametricMeshType.CYLINDER
ParametricMeshType.CONE
ParametricMeshType.TORUS
ParametricMeshType.CUBE

ParametricMeshLayer.parametricMeshOptions

app.project.item(index).layer(index).parametricMeshOptions

This functionality was added in After Effects 26.3.

Description

Gets/sets details about the structure of the parametric mesh.

Type

ParametricMeshOptions based on the ParametricMeshType of the layer, as follows.

For ParametricMeshType.CUBE

parametricMeshOptions.width
parametricMeshOptions.height
parametricMeshOptions.depth
parametricMeshOptions.smoothingAngle

For ParametricMeshType.SPHERE

parametricMeshOptions.radius
parametricMeshOptions.sides
parametricMeshOptions.sliceCaps
parametricMeshOptions.sliceStart
parametricMeshOptions.sliceEnd
parametricMeshOptions.smoothingAngle

For ParametricMeshType.PLANE

parametricMeshOptions.width
parametricMeshOptions.length
parametricMeshOptions.cornerRadius
parametricMeshOptions.cornerSides

For ParametricMeshType.TORUS

parametricMeshOptions.ringRadius
parametricMeshOptions.pipeRadius
parametricMeshOptions.ringSides
parametricMeshOptions.pipeSides
parametricMeshOptions.caps
parametricMeshOptions.sliceStart
parametricMeshOptions.sliceEnd
parametricMeshOptions.smoothingAngle

For ParametricMeshType.CONE

parametricMeshOptions.topRadius
parametricMeshOptions.bottomRadius
parametricMeshOptions.height
parametricMeshOptions.sides
parametricMeshOptions.topCap
parametricMeshOptions.bottomCap
parametricMeshOptions.sliceCaps
parametricMeshOptions.sliceStart
parametricMeshOptions.sliceEnd
parametricMeshOptions.smoothingAngle

For ParametricMeshType.CYLINDER

parametricMeshOptions.radius
parametricMeshOptions.height
parametricMeshOptions.sides
parametricMeshOptions.topCap
parametricMeshOptions.bottomCap
parametricMeshOptions.sliceCaps
parametricMeshOptions.sliceStart
parametricMeshOptions.sliceEnd
parametricMeshOptions.smoothingAngle

ParametricMeshLayer.parametricBevelOptions

app.project.item(index).layer(index).parametricBevelOptions

This functionality was added in After Effects 26.3.

Description

Gets/sets details about the beveling of the parametric mesh.

Only Parametric Mesh Layers with ParametricMeshType.CUBE, ParametricMeshType.CONE, and ParametricMeshType.CYLINDER have parametricBevelOptions.

Type

ParametricBevelOptions based on the ParametricMeshType of the layer, as follows.

For ParametricMeshType.CUBE

parametricBevelOptions.radius
parametricBevelOptions.sides

For ParametricMeshType.CONE

parametricBevelOptions.topRadius
parametricBevelOptions.topSides
parametricBevelOptions.bottomRadius
parametricBevelOptions.bottomSides

For ParametricMeshType.CYLINDER

parametricBevelOptions.radius
parametricBevelOptions.sides

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