faq

Q: How do I use the source?
A: Download the .zip, open Flex, File->Import->Flex Project. If that’s not 100% clear, watch this:

Importing a Flex Project

Q: Where can I download just Papervision3D
A: I include the source to Papervision3D with each project, but if you want to download the .zip or .swc for yourself you can find it here:

http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/downloads/list

Q: What version of flash player do these require?
A: Flash Player 9.

Q: What if I don’t use Flex?
A: These examples are made with Flex so importing back into Flex will always be the easiest approach. That being said, these examples will work with Flash, FlashDevelop, and FDT as it’s just ActionScript 3 referencing the Papervision3D library. Just copy and paste the code and set up your library. If I get around to it, I’ll make tutorials showing the fastest ways to do just that.

Q: What version of Papervision3D are these examples?
A: 2.0. Most likely, the latest version.

Q: What is a .swc?
A: I use a Papervision3D.swc and header.swc (and sometimes others) in all of the project .zips. In Flex, look under Project -> Properties -> ActionScript Build Path -> Library Path and you’ll see that “lib” is a “swc folder”. So any .swcs you drop in there are available to be used in the project. More info on .swcs:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=compilers_30.html

Q: What is that headerContainer() I see everywhere?
A: It’s part of the header.swc in the lib folder. All it does is let me add the header text you see in some of the examples.

Q: What is BasicView?
A: http://pv3d.org/2008/12/06/what-is-basicview/

Q: Does this work with the new 3d features in Flash CS4/flash player 10?
A: Papervision3D is based on ActionScript 3 targeted for Flash Player 9. All the examples will still work in Flash Player 10. A new version of Papervision3D utilizing the updated features in Flash Player 10 is in the very early stages of development, but we have no estimate and make no guarantees as to when it will be ready and available to the public.

Relo-lan

I have purchased your 3D Globe width 3D Grid Flash Gallery from Flashmint. It is a wonderful template but since there are very few instructions on how to use it I was wondering if you could help me with a couple of issues. First of all I want to include the 3D Globe in my personal webpage as page 7.index if I change the current "index.html" which now opens your template to 7.index will the template still function correctly. I know that I need to upload all of the files that came with my template. Second, the map locations are not correct even though I have gone to the www.findlatitudeandlongitude.c... site which you give. The locations are wrong and they move all over the map. Finally, the instructions say that you need flashCS3 to work with the template which is what I have BUT when I put all of the 3D Globe files into my original webpage files which by the way were also produced on Flash CS3, I get a message that says I need to have flash to see the template.

Does that mean that when and if I upload it to the internet ONLY people with FlashCS3 will be able to view it???? Do I need to have some special code from Papervision so that my 3D Globe will work and be able to be seen on the internet? I would appreciate any help you can give me.

johnlindquist

I am not the author of that template.

Relo-lan

I have purchased your 3D Globe width 3D Grid Flash Gallery from Flashmint. It is a wonderful template but since there are very few instructions on how to use it I was wondering if you could help me with a couple of issues. First of all I want to include the 3D Globe in my personal webpage as page 7.index if I change the current "index.html" which now opens your template to 7.index will the template still function correctly. I know that I need to upload all of the files that came with my template. Second, the map locations are not correct even though I have gone to the www.findlatitudeandlongitude.c... site which you give. The locations are wrong and they move all over the map. Finally, the instructions say that you need flashCS3 to work with the template which is what I have BUT when I put all of the 3D Globe files into my original webpage files which by the way were also produced on Flash CS3, I get a message that says I need to have flash to see the template.

Does that mean that when and if I upload it to the internet ONLY people with FlashCS3 will be able to view it???? Do I need to have some special code from Papervision so that my 3D Globe will work and be able to be seen on the internet? I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Babasaheb Ladhane

how to rotate PV3D cube smoothly. On enterframe I have increased rotationX, rotationY and rotationZ by 0.5 but it is not rotating smoothly.

any suggestion!

3DHomeDesign

Job Posting? We are looking for a developer (employee or contractor) to implement a 3D Home Design Applicaiton. Where's a good place to post the job?

bambii7

Nice FAQ! Not quite what I googled for but thanks.

P.S how'd you set up Flex on eclipse? I tried on Ubuntu but failed with setting up the Java librarys

Rajiv

sir i have made one augmented reality demo using flartoolkit n papervision3d in Flash cs4 actionscript 3.0.
can u plz tell me how to make my demo live on a webpage so tht users can view it using their own webcams?

thanks

Arindam Mojumder

http://www.citroen.co.uk/home/...

see the above links
how can I create this kind of slider? If there is different sizes images? I have tried carousel method but facing problem to x,yrotation and z axis problem.

Here is my demo link :http://www.demo.talash.net/~de...
Here is my source code:http://www.demo.talash.net/~de...

ayoo

A cheap Q:
How can i use enterframe in a new sphere class

alex

Hi,
I get an error message everytime I try to run a tutorial:
file not found:
file:/C:/.../DynamicText/Bin-Debug/DynamicText.swf.
I´m new to papervision3D.

cero

Hola para todos, soy un principiante en AS3 y solo hace unos meses llevo trabajando con papervision3D el problema en que me encuentro consiste:

Estoy importando un fichero DAE (Blender) lo cual funciona perfectamente excepto cuando lo convierto en una animación con huesos ( Error: Couldn't find the joint id = Bone.001 ), estoy atento a opciones.

Muchas gracias.

diego

Hi John, Great stuff!

Dummy question:
Any clue to use TweenLite with moveForward?

txs a lot
cheers!

sharat

A very nice site, looking forward to PV3D !
Un till now used the basic concept of magnification and focal length to create the 3D effect, would love learn PV3D but don't know where to start from !

zszen

now i know how to get 2d pos of plane , use InteractiveScene3DEvent.

zszen

how can i get position at a plane instead global.

i use mouse3d can only get position of global 3d space. but i only want get it from a object , the object have a stable value no matter what camera rotate or the object rotate.

gunnars

Hi
Av very nice and inspiring site.
I'm a 3Der thats not so into Flash and definitely not to Flex.
I need to figure out how to get the code into Flash.
Is there somewhere a guide to that or is there tutorial coming?
Thank you for a awesome site