angle (BevelFilter.angle property) -- Version 8

The angle of the bevel. Valid values are from 0 to 360 degrees. The default value is 45.

The angle value represents the angle of the theoretical light source falling on the object and determines the placement of the effect relative to the object. If distance is set to 0, the effect is not offset from the object and, therefore, the angle property has no effect.

Example

The following example changes the angle property on an existing MovieClip instance (rect) when a user clicks it:

import flash.filters.BevelFilter;

var rect:MovieClip = createBevelRectangle("BevelDistance");
rect.onRelease = function() {
    var filter:BevelFilter = this.filters[0];
    filter.angle = 225;
    this.filters = new Array(filter);
}

function createBevelRectangle(name:String):MovieClip {
    var w:Number = 100;
    var h:Number = 100;
    var bgColor:Number = 0x00CC00;

    var rect:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name, this.getNextHighestDepth());
    rect.beginFill(bgColor);
    rect.lineTo(w, 0);
    rect.lineTo(w, h);
    rect.lineTo(0, h);
    rect.lineTo(0, 0);
    rect._x = 20;
    rect._y = 20;

    var filter:BevelFilter = new BevelFilter(5, 45, 0xFFFF00, .8, 0x0000FF, .8, 20, 20, 1, 3, "inner", false);
    rect.filters = new Array(filter);
    return rect;
}