Hi, you can import various 3D formats into Away3D. There are several supported right now.
However to create custom tanks you might want to try one of the extrusion tools in Away3D so that you can create whatever geometry you want for the tanks and pipes. Example of pipes: http://www.closier.nl/playground/pathextrude/path6.html Examples of the Lathe Class you can use for the tanks: http://www.closier.nl/blog/?p=63 More info about extrusions: http://www.closier.nl/blog/?p=73 hope it helps -Pete On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Tofuwarrior <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi, > > We have a client who builds large water storage tanks. > > They can be varied in size both height and diameter and different > tanks can have different fittings such as outlet pipes etc. > > They want to allow their clients to input various parameters, e.g. > width, height, number of pipes, position of each pipe etc etc using a > form and these values be translated into a representation of the tank > as it would look on receipt (doesn't need realistic textures or > anything. The shape and the position of the additional components is > the critical issue.) > > They would be happy with 2d representations of this but when we looked > into it it seems that to get the additional components to look correct > when on the side of a cylinder as opposed to facing the viewer is > essentially a 3d problem anyway so we are looking into how to achieve > this kind of interface using a 3d engine. > > Anyone any comments as to whether Away 3d and flash could be used to > achieve this. > > Additional: > They have their products in CAD, anyone know a way we could import the > models from CAD to AWAY 3d? > > Any help really very gratefully received as we are a bit blind on this > at the moment and need to get back to them. > > TW -- ___________________ Actionscript 3.0 Flash 3D Graphics Engine HTTP://AWAY3D.COM
