# Flash API and Bones

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-api-and-bones/86726>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [April 15, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-api-and-bones/86726 "2005-04-15T04:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![cr125rider](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/cr125rider/32/534_2.png) [@cr125rider](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cr125rider)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-api-and-bones/86726/1 "2005-04-15T04:22:30Z")

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I have been working with the drawing API a little bit with MCs. I have been trying to draw an outline givin a set of “bones” which are just motion tweened MCs. The hard part is getting the absolute X and Y coordinates of the Point MC’s which are held within about 3 other MCs. Here is my progress so far:

NOTE: SWF uses 2 loops and might bog slower computers down, works very well on 1.5 ghz

Comments and help Welcome!