# [name]

Base class for scene graph objects

## Constructor

### [name]()

## Properties

### .[page:Integer id]

Unique number of this object instance.

### .[page:String name]

Optional name of the object (doesn't have to be unique).

### .[page:Object3D parent]

Object's parent in the scene graph.

### .[page:Object3D children]

Array with object's children.

### .[page:Vector3 position]

Object's local position.

### .[page:Vector3 rotation]

Object's local rotation (Euler angles).

### .[page:String eulerOrder]

Order of axis for Euler angles.

### .[page:Vector3 scale]

Object's local scale.

### .[page:Vector3 up]

Up direction.

### .[page:Matrix4 matrix]

Local transform.

### .[page:Matrix4 matrixRotationWorld]

Global rotation.

### .[page:Quaternion quaternion]

Global rotation.

### .[page:Boolean useQuaternion]

Use quaternion instead of Euler angles for specifying local rotation.

### .[page:Float boundRadius]

Default is 0.0.

### .[page:Float boundRadiusScale]

Maximum scale from x, y, z scale components.

### .[page:Float renderDepth]

Override depth-sorting order if non *null*.

### .[page:Boolean visible]

Object gets rendered if *true*.

### .[page:Boolean castShadow]

Gets rendered into shadow map.

### .[page:Boolean receiveShadow]

Material gets baked in shadow receiving.

### .[page:Boolean frustumCulled]

### .[page:Boolean matrixAutoUpdate]

### .[page:Boolean matrixWorldNeedsUpdate]

### .[page:Boolean rotationAutoUpdate]

## Methods

### .translate( [page:Float distance], [page:Vector3 axis] )

distance - Distance.
axis - Translation direction.
Translates object along arbitrary *axis* by *distance*.

### .translateX( [page:Float distance] )

Translates object along x axis by distance.

### .translateY( [page:Float distance] )

Translates object along y axis by distance.

### .translateZ( [page:Float distance] )

Translates object along z axis by distance.

### .lookAt( [page:Vector3 vector] )

Rotates object to face point in space.

### .add( [page:Object3D object] )

Adds *object* as child of this object.

### .remove( [page:Object3D object] )

Removes *object* as child of this object.

### .getChildByName( [page:String name], [page:Boolean recursive] )

name - Object name.
recursive - Whether check in the objects's children.
Gets first child with name matching the argument. Searches whole subgraph recursively if *recursive* is true.

### .getDescendants( [page:Array array] )

array - optional argument that returns the the array with descendants.
Searches whole subgraph recursively to add all objects in the array.

### .updateMatrix()

Updates local transform.

### .updateMatrixWorld( [page:Boolean force] )

Updates global transform of the object and its children.

## Source

[link:https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/src/[path].js src/[path].js]