The export script for Blender has been updated. It is now compatible with the latest versions of Papervision3D (2.0) and Away3D (2.1.0). It also contains a bugfix that solves an annoying problem with the “choose engine” dropdown menu. Download the script here.

This comes in quite handy when you want to keep track of which version of your swf file resides on the server. You can trace it out and use Flashtracer or other tools like Flash Inspector. In short, this is what you have to do: Make sure you have the latest Subversion Create a template [...]

Here’s a little trick/hack to get the hand cursor to appear on the up and down arrows of a standard Flex scrollbar. In order to do this you need to create a class that subclasses a class that has a scrollbar attached to it. In this case a TextArea: public class CustomTextArea extends TextArea The [...]

Quick note on a Flex problem: when using Fade effects on background images in conjunction with a ToggleButtonBar it often happened that the event handler for the EffectEvent.EFFECT_END event was never called. This usually happened when the buttons were clicked in a rapid fashion. Adding a call to endEffectsStarted() just after attaching the event listener [...]

Flex Builder, as opposed to Visual Studio, doesn’t have post-build scripts that allow you to easily copy assets to the build folder. If you need to do this Ant is a good alternative. There can be problems connecting the Ant build process to the debugger though. The solution to this problem is to add a [...]

It’s out! Finally! Sandy 3.0, the ActionScript 3.0 version of this great 3D engine is here. Read more about the new release on the Sandy blog. Also check out the new demos (the first two on the page are made by yours truly . There’s already a lot of work being done on the next [...]

This small demo shows you how you can integrate Sandy objects into a Flex application. Actually, it’s quite simple. All you need to do is create a UIComponent and use the addChild() method with your Sandy Sprite. This demo takes it a tiny bit further and shows you how you can communicate between a 3D [...]

In this small demo you can see how you can add interactivity to Shape3D objects. Every Shape3D object has a property called container which is a native Flash Sprite. This means you can add event listeners and apply filters the same way as you’re used to with Sprites. I added event listeners for the mouse [...]

So don’t wait, go to the Sandy site and check it out!

Sandy 3D on acid … Created with 3ds Max combined with Dreammania’s AS3 Geom Class Exporter. Sandy 3.0 will be released in a few weeks, so the wait is almost over!! I’ve included the main class so you can see what’s going on here … Turn on, tune in, drop out Here are all the [...]