RE: FLASH: Possible?: Import math formular in Flash to draw in 3D...

[Branden Hall]

For doing Bezier curves check out my bezier wizard...

www.figleaf.com/development/flash4/bezierWizard.swf


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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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>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Marc

> Pidoux

> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 2:00 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> 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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