Re: FLASH: Adobe Dimensions export question...

[John Foust]

At 08:41 PM 5/24/99 +0000, Nigel Randsley-Pena wrote:

>> When I export... to Flash format...does it perform a true

polygon-to-polygon > object-space clip?

>No it does not. Export from Adobe Dimensions is done in .ai format not

>swf format and no p2p object-space clipping occurs. What you get is a

>grouped object that can at times be quite complex. Basic shapes are ok

>but results of boolean operations are quite heavy. A good thing is that

>with a bit more work you can easily optimize after import into Flash


Are you saying that if I model a cube in Dimensions, then export

to AI, all six polygons are present in the drawing?  


What about the pathological cases with concave or overlapping polygons, 

like a bar through the center of a 'C' that's under the lower part but 

above the upper part?  Does Dimensions break apart any of the original 

polygons so this AI drawing looks "right"?


- John



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