Thanks for the class Fabrice. For some reason, when I move the mouse the sphere I'm dragging doesn't stay under the mouse.
http://abowman.nozonenet.com/away3d/dragTest.swf http://abowman.nozonenet.com/away3d/DragTest.as What do I need to do to fix this? Thanks On May 21, 4:49 am, Fabrice3D <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I get many requests about this and I keep sending code... > > So I've added a new class dedicated to this particular functionality. > Drag3D. in tools.utils package > > you can use it to drag an object or just to get the intersection back. > > here an example of implementation > > import away3d.tools.utils.Drag3D > [... usual away code...] > private var drag3d:Drag3D; > > private function setUp():void > { > //the object you want to drag > var _debugPrimitive:Sphere = new Sphere({radius:50, > material:null}); > this.scene.addChild(_debugPrimitive); > > //declare instance > drag3d = new Drag3D(this.view); > //which plane do you want to drag on > // note here that plane != Plane primitive!! > drag3d.plane = "xz"; > // in case you want to check what you are doing > //drag3d.debug = true; > // to assign an object to be dragged > drag3d.object3d = _debugPrimitive; > } > > private function myEnterFrame(event:Event = null):void > { > //will update the object automatically on mouse moves > drag3d.updateDrag(); // its is of course handy to > couple this with mouseEvents, like "if mouseisdown --> drag" > > // in case you want only the positionintersectback > varintersect:Number3D = drag3d.getIntersect(); > > this.view.render(); > } > > next to 0,0,0 default, there are also options for custom positions of plane, > in case of AABB tests and even support for rotated planes > if you want object aligned calcs... > > here a little tech demohttp://www.closier.nl/playground/drag/drag3d.swf > > cheers, > > Fabrice
