Thanks Jerome and Michael, I will check out both possibilities. Frank
On Jun 14, 12:40 am, Michael Iv <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an example of IK (dragon model) in Away3D 3.6 branches.Just give it > a search.If you inspect the demo carefully you will find the implementation > is pretty easy. > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Jerome > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Does it needs to be fully interactive? If not you could use a pre- > > modeled animation and import that in Away3D. > > > Otherwise, you should investigate the AS3 port of Box2D. For a lot of > > simple physics, a 2D engine is enough. > > > Cheers, > > > J. > > > On Jun 13, 3:42 pm, FrankW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to find a way to implement a limited version of interactive > > > IK (object is a divider that folds accordion style, with the hinges of > > > the panels rotating through 180 degrees (alternating clockwise/ > > > counterclockwise) on the Y axis ONLY). > > > > So I don't really need a full IK system, just a way to parent > > > draggable 3D objects that will "follow" each other, with their pivots > > > constrained to rotate around Y only. > > > > Ideally I'd like to make this so that the user can click and drag any > > > of the "panels", making that one the target of the IK chain(s) > > > dynamically. > > > > Does this even seem like something that could be accomplished using > > > Away3D 3.6? > > > (I need to make this work for FP10 and cannot wait for any new > > > capabilities that might be available in FP11/Broomstick). > > > > I've located a couple of experiments people have done with IK, (though > > > some of them were using Papervision,) so it looks like it should be > > > possible, but information seems to be rather sparse on this topic (at > > > least through the Google searches I have done so far.) > > > > Also, if anybody has any good web resources that might point me down a > > > promising path of inquiry, any source code examples of solutions or > > > even partial solutions that might apply...any help is appreciated! > > > > Frank > > -- > Michael Ivanov ,Programmer > Neurotech Solutions Ltd. > Flex|Air |3D|Unity|www.neurotechresearch.comhttp://blog.alladvanced.net > Tel:054-4962254 > [email protected] > [email protected]
