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Posted by: mont Aug 21 2006, 09:57 AM

Hi Everyone,

I am analyzing SANDY for my new 3D project, but i have some doubts regarding the texture.first of all i want to know can't we apply the texture without importing the bmp or jpg file into the fla file.Second i am using MAYA for creating my complex 3d shapes, after i export the wrl file and use it in the project, it will not work however the same if i do in 3dsmax it will work,so is there any problem with MAYA.

Hope i get quick reply.

MOnt

Posted by: kiroukou Aug 21 2006, 10:58 AM

Hi,
Texture pictures do not need to be embeded in a fla file.

The wrl file format generated by Maya may be a bit different from the one I used to create the parser. However the ASe parser seems to be more robust, so you should try to use it instead of wrl.

And it would be better to say what is wrong with your test. It would help me to fix the problems...

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Posted by: mont Aug 21 2006, 11:41 AM

Hi kiroukou


Attached File(s)
 MotherBoard.zip ( 781.78k ) Number of downloads: 23
 WrlTest.fla ( 608.47k ) Number of downloads: 19

Posted by: kiroukou Aug 21 2006, 11:45 AM

There is a problem with the zip file you've attached

Posted by: mont Aug 21 2006, 12:29 PM

Hi Kiroukou,


Need to know the other way to apply texture without importing the picture file
also the ASE file is 72kb it gives problem in rendering also




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 Mother_Board.zip ( 10.09k ) Number of downloads: 25

Posted by: kiroukou Aug 21 2006, 01:42 PM

the technic to apply an external texture is very simple, and you can find it on the demos source files or in this board.

You just have to load the picture, and convert it to a BitmapData.
As it is more a flash problem, I'll let you search on the web (or the flash documentation).

Let me know if you have some problems...

Concerning the ASE file, 72kb should be good and easy to render.

Posted by: mont Aug 21 2006, 02:32 PM

Thanks kiroukou

I am applying texture in flash through SANDY texture class.
This is how I implementing texture on 3d object.

skin = new TextureSkin( BitmapData.loadBitmap( 'texture' ) );//linkage id
Object3D(_o).setSkin( skin );


But my question is that, can I export the .ASE file with the texture information in flash, do I need to save all the texture information in the .ASE file.

Posted by: kiroukou Aug 21 2006, 10:01 PM

Yes

Posted by: mont Aug 22 2006, 07:45 AM

Hi,

I am saving my all the texture information in .ASE file format. The file has a refrence of a jpg file like :::
*MAP_CLASS "Bitmap"
*MAP_SUBNO 1
*MAP_AMOUNT 1.00
*BITMAP "RAM_MAP.jpg"

The file also has a (*MATERIAL_LIST) tag.I am parsing the whole file through .ASE parser but it does not show anything after compilation.but if i import the "RAM_MAP.jpg" file into flash library and use it as an bitmap data, it gives the result.

My question is whether my .ASE file has information of the material or not, if yes then why it does not visible without importing the bitmap,and if not how can i store material information in the .ASE file(A link can be useful here)

Thanks

Posted by: kiroukou Aug 22 2006, 08:06 AM

Oh ok, I get it!

No the ASE parser doesn't read the BITMAP field directly! (But it's something I'll keep in mind!)

The ASE parser reads the vertex, texture coordinates, faces declarations, tags. that's all.

You have to load the picture RAM_MAP.jpg here into a movieclip (MovieClipLoader, etc..) and then simply convert this movieClip content into a BitmapData object, to pass into arguments to the TextureSkin object.

Look at the cubicPano demo sources, this technic is used there.

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Posted by: mont Aug 22 2006, 09:35 AM

Thanks kiroukou for your quick explanation

Kiroukou one solution for this is, we can read the bitmap entry from xml and pass it to the JSFL for importing the bitmap directly into flash, in this way user dose not need to import it manually.

I have two more questions for you (eah!!!).
First is I have a 80 kb ASE file and a 600 kb bitmap. When I am applying press event on the object, the object doest not rendered properly. Is this a problem of decimal precision as flash player can’t handle good mathematical calculation?

I have one more question here regarding the mouse event
I need to apply mouse event on 3d Object in my custom class, I could not found any event for that in the pixlib.

Can I use my own event broadcaster class here?

Posted by: kiroukou Aug 22 2006, 11:49 AM

Hey.
the JSFL solution can be a good idea, but doesn't have to be inside the sandy's package since it depends on the IDE, and most of sandy's users don't use flash (I don't )

Can you show me the example with the event problem? I can't understand what can happen there...

Pixlib has a great event system. Look at sandy's files to see how it works (as World3D.as in sandy.core package).
EventDispatcher as far as I remember

What kind of custom class have you created ?