Rhythm of Lines source code released
May 14, 2008 by C4RL05Following their presentation at OFFF, our friends from GT London have released the source code for Rhythm of Lines.
Read the full story and download the code in the GT Labs blog.
3D Drawing Demo
May 14, 2008 by C4RL05John has posted a really cool demo that shows how to get XY texture coordinates from a 3D object using the InteractiveScene3DEvent object.
Check it out here.
New Papervision cylinder primitive and destroy methods
May 6, 2008 by sebstar55A couple of really great examples of contributions from the Papervision3D development community come in the form of a new cylinder primitive from Paul Neave and some nifty destroy methods from Jonathan Pace from Unwrong.
ColladaMaya plugin for Mac OS Leopard / Nvidia CG 2.0
May 2, 2008 by C4RL05Derek from etherealDesign comes to the rescue of those desperately trying to install Feeling Software’s ColladaMaya plugin on a Mac with Leopard.
He has recompiled the plugin for Maya 2008/CG 2.0, which you can get here.
You also have the option of using the COLLADA export option of the FBX library that comes with Maya.
Job: AS3 Expert at DNBmedia
May 2, 2008 by C4RL05DNBmedia is looking for an Actionscript 3 expert with good Papervision3D skills to join their team in Amsterdam.
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April 28, 2008 by C4RL05We’ve got great news for our French readers because Thibault Imbert has released his book Pratique d’ActionScript 3 for free.
In 21 chapters and over 1000 pages, Thibault covers almost every aspect of practical AS3 programming, from What’s ActionScript 3? to Final Application.
Full story here.
Getting Started with PV3D in Flash or Flex
April 26, 2008 by C4RL05Fabian Vercuiel has written a very detailed tutorial on Installing Papervision3D on Flash and Flex.
He’s also posted Introduction to Maya: The User Interface, another great tutorial for those starting with Maya.
Flex CoverFlow
April 26, 2008 by C4RL05One of my favourite PV3D components is this is great CoverFlow Flex component by Doug McCune.
He’s also got a vertical version and a Carousel in case you feel a bit retro. An easy way to add some 3D to your Flex work.
Blender Exporter
April 25, 2008 by C4RL05Dennis Ippel from rozengain.com has just submitted his exporter for Blender.
It exports geometries to PV3D 1.7 and Great White classes, so you can embed your Blender objects as classes inside your swf, instead of loading or parsing them from COLLADA.
