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

[Branden Hall]

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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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:

    x�+y�=3� (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=x�+y�=3�, 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

x�+y�=3� 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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