---
name: "ctrlModelVectorSide"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["GUI Control - Object"]
arma3_since: "2.18"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlModelVectorSide
revid: 377877
updated: 2026-01-04T13:26:46Z
---

# ctrlModelVectorSide

*Command · GUI Control - Object · Arma 3 v2.18*

## Description

Get the provided control model's [vectorSide](../commands/vectorSide.md) in 3D-Dialogs.

## Syntax

```sqf
ctrlModelVectorSide control
```

**Parameters:**

- `control` : [Control](../topics/Control.md) - 3D control

**Returns:** [Vector3D](../topics/Vector3D.md) - [vectorSide](../commands/vectorSide.md) of the model or empty array if *control* is null

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _vectorSide = ctrlModelVectorSide _control3D;
```

## See also

[ctrlModelDirAndUp](../commands/ctrlModelDirAndUp.md) · [ctrlCreate](../commands/ctrlCreate.md) · [ctrlDelete](../commands/ctrlDelete.md) · [ctrlSetModelDirAndUp](../commands/ctrlSetModelDirAndUp.md) · [ctrlModel](../commands/ctrlModel.md) · [ctrlSetModel](../commands/ctrlSetModel.md) · [ctrlSetModelScale](../commands/ctrlSetModelScale.md) · [ctrlModelScale](../commands/ctrlModelScale.md) · [ctrlPosition](../commands/ctrlPosition.md) · [ctrlSetPosition](../commands/ctrlSetPosition.md) · [ctrlClassName](../commands/ctrlClassName.md) · [displayCtrl](../commands/displayCtrl.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — ctrlModelVectorSide](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlModelVectorSide) (revision 377877).</sub>