Simple 3D animation question

[David Bovill]

Thanks Rick - yes an icosahedrons wireframe is quite minimal. No opacity or shading needed at this stage. Livecode animation of the graphic object is certainly fast enough. It’s acceptable smooth enough - though not ideal due to lack of antialiasing (I think).

I could look around for some existing Javascriot based examples and look to control them through do as Javascriot calls to the browser widget - but I’d prefer more control over layering and blend modes.

Animation engine had some simple examples. I’m not sure about anything else?
On 18 Apr 2020, 15:08 +0100, Rick Harrison via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> How many wires in your wire animation?
>
> How fast and smooth does your rotation
> need to be?
>
> Is there going to be an image or writing
> on the side that shows up?
>
> Hmm, an icosahedron has 20 sides, so
> it’s like 20 sided dice!
>
> I just saw a web version that didn’t bother
> to rotate the image since only one side
> is up. The guy did a fade to white to
> simulate the roll and then just showed
> a new number on facing side.
>
> It’s a lot simpler! It would save you a
> lot of coding time. Especially since you
> clearly have a looming deadline.
>
> Anytime I have tried to do an animation
> with LiveCode I have found it to be too
> slow and jerky. Your mileage may vary.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> > On Apr 18, 2020, at 9:32 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > For Earth Day this Wendesday a few of us are working on an art piece that I want to use Livecode for.
> >
> > As part of this event I need to create an interactive presentation and wish to create an icosahedrons - so a 3 dimensional hexagon - that I need to rotate in different dimensions.
> >
> > I have seen and experimented with a few examples in the past in Livecode. It only needs to be a wireframe animation using the built in graphics object fir now.
> >
> > Doors anyone have any tips / suggestions?
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