Rotating

[Yohan webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

how do I rotate a primitive/model without rotating it's own axis system.
example -
When creating a cone, it is created with it's sharp end pointing up. I want the cone to face forward with its pointed end facing away from me. simple rotating changes the direction of the cone itself, if I try to move it according to it's own cordinates (,#self) I'll get new direction- movig the cone forward and back now, would seem to me like it's moving up and down.
in short, i want to rotate a node but rotate it relativly to it's own axis system, without rotating that axis system relativly to the 3dWorld. doable?

[Demonator webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Well, I think you can do this by manually rotating every vertex of the model accessed thru #meshdeform modifier. But definitelly better way is to do this in your 3D soft BEFORE your export the scene. What do you use ? 3DMax ?

[Yohan webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

well, rotating the pivot in max does work, but i need a way to do it on the fly. how do i approach the pivot via lingo?

b) have you got an idea how to draw a free line (3d line) in the 3d space, with lingo?

[Aldo Hoeben]

easiest solution is to put the model into a group and rotate the group.

[PEKA webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

i am trying to get a symbol do constant rotating but do not succeed. Is there anyone nice that can give me a hint how to do that?

Cheers

[ilti]

make your symbol movieclip and make sure the registration point is on the
center.

then you can pretty do this on that symbol timelin, first frame;

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._rotation += 1;
}

if this is what you want to achieve of course.

hth


"PEKA" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> i am trying to get a symbol do constant rotating but do not succeed. Is

there anyone nice that can give me a hint how to do that?

>
> Cheers
>
>

[Carl Fink webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

PEKA wrote:

>i am trying to get a symbol do constant rotating but do not succeed. Is there
>anyone nice that can give me a hint how to do that?

I'm not so nice, but I'll try to help.

You could do it with ActionScript (by using the mc_name._rotation property) but I would quite possibly put it in a MovieClip, put two KeyFrames on it, and rotate the symbol 180 degrees on the first keyFrame (and not at all on the second), then create Motion Tweens for bother intervals.
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[PEKA webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

thank you