making a dice

[dantehavenaar]

I have followed the manual to make a cube.
Now I will make a dice on the same way, is it possible to make a dice with nice round corners?
When I use the draw shape tool and make a rectangle then I can't round the corners.

[muffysb]

I don't believe there is any way to actually make the corners round, because shapes in AS are strictly two-dimensional...you cannot make a single shape which curves in three dimensions, you can only draw objects on an X-Y plane.

The cube example shows that you can take a LAYER and position it in 3D space, but the layer is still two-dimensional...it's like a flat screen with a 2D drawing on it.

To round your corners, you'd need to create a convex 3D shape on a layer, or create a convex 3D layer...but shapes must be 2D and layers must be flat.

I think you could create flat triangular corners that would bisect the "side" layers of the cube, but I don't think you could create enough of them to give an acceptable rounded corner. IMHO you'd be much better off importing a shape from a 3D modeling program...or carefully animating a rolling die with traditional 2D methods.

Cheers,
Muffy.

[dantehavenaar]

Thanks Muffy.

I found the way to do it.
Create the images (1 - 6) with Paint shop.
Import the images in the layers.
Make the cube.
Animate them.
Export to PNG
Edit the spaces in Paint Shop.
Done...

[sbtamu]

I do not see a way to do rounded edges easly but here is one way to attack the problem, but as Muffysb has said, its prolly best to use a program that lets u make rounded corners and import it into AS

Or u can try this.

Use a circle as a template to add points to each corner to keep everything even.

[dantehavenaar]

Hi sbtamu,

I will give it a try on that way, (tomorrow, it's late in the Netherlands now)
Thanks for the info.