Adding another movieClip (or setting it's index to be) above the "view" (which is a movieclip also), will make that HUD appear above your "view" movieclip :)
-Pete On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello hello, new to the group and glad to be here. > > I am currently working on a demo for a company using Away3D to make a > 3D interactive construction site where you pilot a crane from the > cockpit. My boss is currently suggesting I use a 2D HUD resembling > the crane's cab to navigate through the world. I've been looking into > using Movie Materials on a Plane set in front of the camera, so that > the bulk of the coding can be done separately and put in as a finished > file. The problem would be to alter the 3D world (the parent SWF) > from the interactions on the 2D HUD (the child SWF). Is this > possible? Can data be passed between the two SWFs? > > Alternatively, is there a better/simpler way of going about setting up > an interactive 2D HUD? I'm still getting the grasp of Away3D and > there isn't a whole lot explaining how to integrate in a way that I've > found usable. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! > > (I am using Away3D in a Flex Library in Flash Builder 4, by the by) -- ___________________ Actionscript 3.0 Flash 3D Graphics Engine HTTP://AWAY3D.COM
