You can also try using the properties pushfront and pushback to force an object into the foreground or background respectively. This works best for a single object which seems to be what you're after in this case anyway.
Cheers /R On Dec 5, 8:46 pm, Keno <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks > > I have a plane and on top of that plane there's some cubes, each cube > is an objectcontainer3d with mouse events, upon creation, they seem to > be stuck at certain z level, what I want to do is bump up their Z > order while dragging, and then return them to their original Z order. > I've tried screenZOffset, but it seems not to do anything,(also, I > have no idea how to trace their starting Z Order yet) heres the meaty > parts of my code: > > //this refers to a Custom Object that extends ObjectContainer3D > > this.ownCanvas = true; > this.filters = [new GlowFilter(0x000000,1,5,5,4,1)]; > this.useHandCursor = true; > this.mouseEnabled = true; > this.screenZOffset = -1000; > > //_mesh is the plane underneath > > private function _onMouseDown(ev : MouseEvent3D):void > { > this.screenZOffset = 1000; > _mesh.mouseEnabled = true; > _mesh.addEventListener(MouseEvent3D.MOUSE_MOVE, > _onMouseMove); > this.mouseEnabled = true; > } > > private function _onMouseMove(ev : MouseEvent3D) : void > { > this.alpha = 0.60; > drag3d.object3d = this; > drag3d.updateDrag(); > } > > private function _onMouseUp(ev : MouseEvent3D):void > { > this.screenZOffset = -1000; > this.alpha = 1; > _mesh.mouseEnabled = false; > _mesh.removeEventListener(MouseEvent3D.MOUSE_MOVE, > _onMouseMove); > } > > K > > On Dec 5, 4:31 am, richardolsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm guessing you want to force some objects to be on top of others? > > Either use ownCanvas = true on those objects that you want to render > > in a separate sprite (which will be on top of others) or use the > > screenZOffset property as an offset in the sorting algorithm. I.e. if > > an objects Z position in screen space is 100, and you have a > > screenZOffset of 100, it will be sorted as if it was at z=200. > > > Cheers > > /R > > > On Dec 5, 6:01 am, Keno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi: > > > > I am trying to convert/rewrite an app I was developing in papervision > > > to away3d, and was wondering what was the equivalent of z-index, if > > > any ? > > > > Thx
