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ThreeDFormat.PresetExtrusionDirection Property

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Returns an MsoPresetExtrusionDirection constant that represents the direction taken by the extrusion's sweep path leading away from the extruded shape (the front face of the extrusion). Read-only.

Syntax

expression.PresetExtrusionDirection

expression   A variable that represents a ThreeDFormat object.

Return Value
MsoPresetExtrusionDirection

Remarks

The PresetExtrusionDirection property value can be one of the MsoPresetExtrusionDirection constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table.

msoExtrusionBottom
msoExtrusionBottomLeft
msoExtrusionBottomRight
msoExtrusionLeft
msoExtrusionNone
msoExtrusionRight
msoExtrusionTop
msoExtrusionTopLeft
msoExtrusionTopRight
msoPresetExtrusionDirectionMixed

This property is read-only. To set the value of this property, use the SetExtrusionDirection method.

Example

This example changes the extrusion for the first shape on the first page of the active publication if the extrusion extends toward the upper-left corner of the extrusion's front face. For this example to work, the specified shape must be a 3-D shape.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub SetExtrusion()
    With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).ThreeD
        If .PresetExtrusionDirection = msoExtrusionTopLeft Then
           .SetExtrusionDirection msoExtrusionBottomRight
        End If
    End With
End Sub

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