A new tutorial on resizing a theme for the 3D Rotate Tool is available here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/tutorials/blackDiamondResize.html
It is created using the great tool Wink: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
June 8, 2009
May 28, 2009
3D Rotate Tool v. 4.5.3 released
Version 4.5.3 of the tool was released. There are some minor new features:
- zoomBarClickable : if this option is enabled in config.xml, clicking on the zoom bar will zoom. The clickable bar in the zoomBar movieClip must have the instance name “bar” assigned.
- option to show toggleRotateButton and togglePanButton only when zoomed
- rotateZoom option – if enabled the app zooms back to 0% after zoom-in was pressed at 100%
- mouseWheelZooms : option to enable mouseWheel for zooming (do not use if also the webpage scrolls)
Download here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/download.php
There is no example for these new features yet but you can find the new options described in the manual.
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool)
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April 20, 2009
3D Rotate Tool v. 4.5.2 released
Version 4.5.2 of the tool was released. Changes:
- images can be loaded from a different domain now
- the tool (.fla file) is now CS4 compatible.
Notes: Due to the CS4 compatibility chage, some assets have a new object class assigned. If your project does not compile correctly with the 4.5.2 rotateTool compiled clip, check these objects (in the library):
1. RotateToolTheme > Image Plugin Group > ImagePluginPreloader
class: com.yofla.rotateTool.view.components.ImagePluginPreloader
base class: flash.display.MovieClip
2. RotateToolTheme > Controls Group > Scrollbars Group > Scrollbar Assets > Scrollbar
class: com.yofla.rotateTool.view.components.ScrollbarComponent
base class: flash.display.MovieClip
3. RotateToolTheme > Controls Group > Scrollbars Group > Speedbar Assets > Speedbar
class: com.yofla.rotateTool.view.components.SpeedbarComponent
base class: flash.display.MovieClip
4. RotateToolTheme > Controls Group > Scrollbars Group > Zoombar Assets > Zoombar
class: com.yofla.rotateTool.view.components.ZoombarComponent
base class: flash.display.MovieClip
Download here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/download.php
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool). Thanks.
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April 3, 2009
3D Rotate Tool : Loading Example
Set of 3 examples show how to load the 3D Rotate Tool into another flash project.
Download:
http://www.yofla.com/down/3d-rotate/examples/example_loading.zip
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March 20, 2009
3D Rotate Tool v. 4.5.0 released
Version 4.5.0 of the tool was released. There is one new feature and a minor update:
- vr object title and description: you can provide a title and a description of the 3d object
- option to disable rotation when a view is zoomed
Download here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/download.php
Object info example:
You can download this example here:
http://www.yofla.com/down/3d-rotate/examples/example_objectInfo.zip
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool)
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February 13, 2009
3D Rotate Tool v. 4.4.0 released
Version 4.4.0 of the tool was released. There is one new feature and a minor update:
- use any MovieClip as a hotspot, view example
- new parameter zoomSetsPan=”true” (zooming switches to pan mode)
Download here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/download.php
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool)
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3D Rotate : custom hotspots example
With 3D rotateTool v.4.4.0 and above you can use any movieClip as a hotspot. In this example, two images were used for the two absolut positioned custom hotspots.
You can download the example here: example_customHotspots.zip
January 7, 2009
3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.7 released
Version 4.3.7 of the tool was released. There two minor updates:
- option to disable error reporting ( usage: roatateTool.showErrors = false; )
- issue with custom cursor flickering in new flash player fixed
Download here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/download.php
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool).
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November 7, 2008
3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.6 released
Version 4.3.6. of the tool was released. There are quite many updates:
- flash zoomer offset bug fixed (if rotateTool theme was at other position than 0,0)
- reverse pan option added (image pans left when mouse moves right)
- it is possible to have the zoombar in vertical orientation
- API functions added (sponsored by Greg Gillespie, Australia)
- stopRotation()
- startRotation()
- disableControls()
- enableControls()
- zoomOut()
- getActualImage()
- images in config.xml can have now a dynamic url as source specified
- option to define a “blank” hotspot added, wha t is useful for:
- event dispatched when a hotspot is clicked
Changelog: changelog.txt
New features samples:
1. Hotspot Event
Clicking an hotspot dispatches an event. Hotspot xml can be accessed in the listener function. Download the hotspot event example.
2. API functions
You can use commands to start/stop rotation or fetch the current displayed image id. Adding this commands was necessary for making an example like this: download the rotate tool multiple 2 example.
The development of the functionality in this example was sponsored by Greg Gillespie.
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool).
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November 5, 2008
3D Rotate Tool : Resize video tutorial
Update: a better resize tutorial is now avaiable here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/tutorials/blackDiamondResize.html
The design of the 3D Rotate tool allows to position the UI elements freely. The downside of this approach is that a swf published to a certain size can not be scaled using the width and height parameters in html code.
Watch this video tutorial which shows how the Deuter example was resized from 500×375px to 640×480 px size using Flash CS3. You can download the deuter backpack example here.
