This post is mainly to cover some of the questions often asked and give a simple download to try out.

The Papervision examples here were compiled using the Flex SDK and FlashDevelop so there are no .fla’s used. But as the examples are AS3 classes the conversion to using in Flash can be made so here is one download with a few usage ideas.

It was made in Flash CS4 and can be viewed here and the source can be downloaded here. It uses the very simple PlaneDemo class without editing it and the recent Papervision classes Papervision3D_2.0.883.zip from here are included in the zip.

Some things to note:
- The first line of the PlaneDemo class is
package com.dehash.pv3d.examples.basic
so the PlaneDemo class is stored in the following location
com/dehash/pv3d/examples/basic/PlaneDemo.as

- PlaneDemo.as is used as the document class and set in the Publish Properties pane which is one of the ways to use the class in Flash because PlaneDemo extends BasicView which extends AbstractView which extends Sprite.

- the Papervision classes are stored in the libs folder and that directory is added to the Source path using the Publish Settings > Flash tab path > Settings dialogue.

PlaneDemo.as includes the following Metadata
[SWF(width="800", height="600", backgroundColor="0xffffff")]
Flash CS4 is able to read this and implement it whereas the CS3 IDE was not. There is an article that covers this here

At some point I shall put up a more interesting example than PlaneDemo but it does cover many of the essentials despite being quite basic. The pop up view of the swf is displayed using shadowbox.

Added some more Papervision 3D examples with source code.

There are now over 30 and all examples use current Papervision3D GreatWhite from SVN and so far all use BasicView also

• InteractivePlanesBoard

A board of clickable Planes using InteractiveScene3DEvent





• Thunderstorm

Scaling PV3D planes using SoundMixer.computeSpectrum data





• VectorVisionClock

VectorVision Demo – Simple Clock





• InteractiveTwoSided

Interactive two sided plane





• Torus Tweener

Tweening to position of planes set using vertices of a Torus





• Sphere outline

Setting position of planes using vertices of a Sphere





• SwapCubeMaterial

Swapping a cube material at runtime





• PlaneXYZ

Changing the XYZ of a Plane at runtime





• An idea for a Fish

A first try at a fish using AS3DMod





• DAE EnvMapMaterial

Embedded Blender Collada DAE with EnvMapMaterial





• CompositeMaterial example

Simple CompositeMaterial example





• Tweener Demo

Using Tweener to change rotation of a Cylinder





• AS3DMod Sandbox

AS3DMod sandbox using BasicView

Interested to see this appear yesterday at everydayflash.com and made a quick start on a sandbox for it to get ideas on how to use it with Papervision.

A first example of AS3DMod which is a sandbox to experiment with can be found here.

Updates: Some usage tips noted for the initial version of the library using pv3d

* Seems to work fine with current SVN build of PV3D

* in com.as3dmod.modifiers.Noise.as comment out line 9:
import alternativa.types.Matrix3D; (the import is not used but will error if you only have pv3d library)

* Grab com.carlcalderon.arthropod.Debug.as from here and put it in your path as it is used in several of the files.

* Added simplfied usage code to the example here

* Added examples below using svn build.

Noise – sandpaper to mountain range: AS3DModNoise.as

Taper- rip and shrink: AS3DModTaper.as

An idea for a Fish

Added some more Papervision 3D examples with source code.
All examples use current Papervision3D GreatWhite from SVN and so far all use BasicView also. **Update:** added four more examples to the top of the list to make 18 in total:

• InteractiveScene3DEvent example

A clickable Plane with a swapped material that rotates using Tweener

• Layers Demo

Setting the layer order of objects to try to control which is on top

• Simple Wow Engine Demo

Spheres contained in a Cube

• Rotation Demo

Shows three rotation axes

• BitmapFileMaterial example
  

Using BitmapFileMaterial to load a jpg and provide texture for a Plane

• Two Sided Plane

Extended DisplayObject3D to create a Plane with Wireframe one side and MovieMaterial on the other

• Video Cube Demo

Displaying a flv on the inside walls of a Cube

• VideoStreamMaterial demo

Using VideoStreamMaterial to provide a texture for a Plane

• Sphere BitmapMaterial

Using BitmapMaterial to display a jpg on a Sphere

• Blender Collada DAE

Loading a Collada DAE file exported from Blender

• Blur effect

Simple example using the newly integrated Effects branch

• Curved lines

Using an external class to create curved lines

• Lines3D

Using the built in Line3D class to create straight lines

• Particle field demo

Simple ParticleField example

• Bitmap material demo

Basic BitmapMaterial example using an embedded jpg


• Rotating cylinder

Cylinder with FlatShadeMaterial

• Shaded cube

Cube with FlatShadeMaterial

• Plane wireframe

Simplest Wireframe Plane

Here are some Papervision3D SVN GreatWhite examples with source code.

More to be added soon.

[EDIT] For a more up to date post click here http://www.dehash.com/?p=152

Below is an example using Papervision3D AS3 engine using Flex2 SDK and FlashDevelop3 Beta 2. Look here for a fantastic Shark Demo
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