# 3d and depth

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-and-depth/30879>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 15, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-and-depth/30879 "2003-09-15T17:59:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@jtax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jtax)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-and-depth/30879/1 "2003-09-15T17:59:13Z")

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I’m trying to have a 3d text revolve around an object.

suppose the object’s depth is 0 and the text revolve 100 units around the object which means that each individual letters ( which duplicated clips from a dynamic text animation ) changes depth at every frame from 100 to -100.

The problem is that i can’t make the letters go around the object.

I checked every letters depths and they are correct. What i’m assuming is that the original text animation is on a different depth than the object ( say 1 ) and each individual letters are on different sub-depths, not related directly to the root, so it would be something like:

\_root.text\_mc.letter.getDetph() \> \_root.object.getDepth()

even though,

\_root.text\_mc.letter.getDepth() = -100

and

\_root.object.getDepth() = 0

Have any experienced that kinda problem? How were you able to get around that?

Thanks,  
jtax