Assuming PaperVision3D or Away3D don't do what you need, there is some great source code samples you can download from here. http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590597915 Must have book btw.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Jer Brand <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, so I'm taking my first little steps into 3d in actionscript > (simulated > with x/yscale for now) and needed a version of Point.polar() (thanks Jason) > to play around with in 3 dimensions. I came up with the code below, but my > math skills are weak enough that I'm not sure it's functioning correctly. > Anyone care to school me on this or confirm the math is correct? > > > public static function polarToCartesian3D(distance:Number, degrees1:Number, > degrees2:Number ):Point3D > { > var a1:Number = (degrees1 * Math.PI) / 180 ; > var a2:Number = (degrees2 * Math.PI) / 180 ; > var x:Number = distance * Math.sin(a1) * Math.cos(a2) ; > var y:Number = distance * Math.sin(a1) * Math.sin(a2) ; > var z:Number = distance * Math.cos(a1) ; > return new Point3D(x, y, z) ; > } > > > Thanks in advance for the assist. > > Jer > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
