<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<view:BasicView 
	xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" 
	xmlns:view="org.papervision3d.view.*" 
	xmlns:scenes="org.papervision3d.scenes.*" 
	xmlns:primitives="org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.*" 
	xmlns:materials="org.papervision3d.materials.*" 
	opaqueBackground="#ffffff"
	added="startRendering();"
	>
	<view:scene>
		<scenes:Scene3D>
			<scenes:objects>
				<primitives:Sphere x="300">
					<primitives:material>
						<materials:ColorMaterial fillColor="0xcc0000"/>
					</primitives:material>
				</primitives:Sphere>
			</scenes:objects>
		</scenes:Scene3D>
	</view:scene>
</view:BasicView>

package {
	import flash.events.Event;
	import flash.geom.Point;
 
	import org.casalib.math.geom.Ellipse;
	import org.papervision3d.materials.ColorMaterial;
	import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Plane;
	import org.papervision3d.view.BasicView;
 
	[SWF(width="900", height="480", backgroundColor="#ffffff", frameRate="60")]
	public class CarouselWithForwardPlanes extends BasicView
	{
		private static const NUM_PLANES:int = 10;
		private static const RADIUS:Number = 600;
		private var diameter:Number = RADIUS * 2;
		//defines the carousel (thanks to CASA)
		private var circle:Ellipse = new Ellipse(-RADIUS, -RADIUS, diameter, diameter); 
		private var planes:Array = [];
 
		public function CarouselWithForwardPlanes()
		{
			for(var i:int = 0; i < NUM_PLANES; i++)
			{
				var color:Number = Math.random() * 0xffffff;
				var colorMaterial:ColorMaterial = new ColorMaterial(color);
				var plane:Plane = new Plane(colorMaterial, 150, 150);
				//get the x and y (or z) point based on the current index
				var point:Point = circle.getPointOfDegree(360 / NUM_PLANES * i); 
 
				plane.x = point.x;
				plane.z = point.y;
				planes.push(plane);
 
				scene.addChild(plane);
			}
 
			startRendering();
		}
 
		override protected function onRenderTick(event:Event = null):void
		{
			var n:int = 0;	
			for each(var plane:Plane in planes)
			{
				var degrees:Number = 360 / NUM_PLANES * n;
				var mouseDegrees:Number = viewport.containerSprite.mouseX / 2;
				var totalDegrees:Number = degrees + mouseDegrees;
 
				var point:Point = circle.getPointOfDegree(totalDegrees);
				plane.x = point.x;
				plane.z = point.y;
 
				n++; 
			}			
 
			super.onRenderTick(event);			
		}
	}
}