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Subject: Re: FLASH: Possible?: Import math formular in Flash to draw in 3D...
From: Marc Pidoux
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:10:59 GMT

Great!!!

Does anybody have .fla file to share to see how it is possible?

This will help a lot.

Thanks

Marc

Branden Hall a écrit :

> EH... its kinda possible... check out the 3D menu recently shown in the list
> or the chemical modeler one I made a while back. As for how Flash actually
> creates curves... its not quite as simple as you portrayed it... Flash uses
> mostly bezier curves defined by 3 points (JD if I'm wrong here, correct me)
> instead of the usual 4. This is what allows for the "vector clay" effect in
> Flash. I do not know if circles are defined differently, but if everything
> is beziers, then its not formulaic like that.. its just 3 points per curve
> segment.
>
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> Pidoux
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> Subject: FLASH: Possible?: Import math formular in Flash to draw in
> 3D...
>
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to figurate out something which could be nice, according that:
>
> 1. Flash is a programm base on vector,
> 2. Vectors are based on Formular,
> 3. Formular are Math.
>
> After this, to "draw" a circle with a math formular is equal to:
> x²+y²=3² (where the raduis is 3 and the origine point a 0,0)
>
> When I draw a circle in Flash, all what Flash is doing, probably, is to save
> this formular with other informations.
> If might look like something like this:
>
> background="000000" width="550" height="400" rate="12"
> object1=(name="circle", shape=x²+y²=3², position=100/100, color="FFFFFF")
>
> If this is what happend realy, this is why flash files are so small. Then
> the
> flash player just read this text file and generat it again.
> If you create a flash animation including a black circle and save it as
> "Generator Template" and open it with Editor, you will see some text
> character.
> They will not all be readeble but you will see at least : width="550"
> height="400" rate="12", BINGO...
>
> The question now is, is it possible to "send" to Flash a formular such as
> x²+y²=3² and Flash will generate the proper shape.
> If yes, this will be very nice because we will be able to draw in Flash very
> complexe shapes and to put a variable on one or more of the arguments to be
> able
> to interact with this shape to create 3D movements for exemple...
>
> Sounds nice, isn't it!?
>
> Cheers
>
> Marc
>
> (n.b.: I am not very good in math, so excuse possible mistakes...)
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