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This is what I was doing so I didn't see a difference. - The command “moveToward (target, getDistanceTo(target))” will produce the same results as moveTo(target). </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:33:45 AM<br>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">Jennifer,
<div class=""><b class="">moveTo</b> animates movement of the object, in the direction of the target object (a 3D Model) until the pivot point of the object and the pivot point of the target are exactly the same; the original orientation of the object is unchanged.</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">moveTowards</b> animates movement of the object, by the specified amount, in the direction of the target object (a 3D Model)… the original orientation of the object is unchanged.</div>
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<div class="">The command “moveToward (target, getDistanceTo(target))” will produce the same results as moveTo(target).</div>
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<div class="">I have attached an Alice 3 project which illustrates the differences…</div>
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<div class="">Let us know if you have any other questions…</div>
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<div class="">On Oct 10, 2018, at 11:12 AM, McLean, Jennifer <<a href="mailto:jmclean@klschools.org" class="">jmclean@klschools.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">I was reviewing the procedures with the class and I was unclear on how to explain the difference between the moveTo and the moveToward procedures. They seem to work the same way. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Thanks, Jennifer</div>
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