alice-teacher Importing Objects

[Leonel Morales]

Using the paint property as Don says, you can also use 2D images to
cover other objects and shapes. For example putting a 2D map of the
world as the paint for a sphere you could have a 3D image of the
Earth. It is a little bit tricky but it is possible.

I just made this: add a person to the scene, add a sphere, use a photo
of my face as the paint for the sphere, resize the sphere to match the
size of the head of the person, move the sphere to the position of the
head, set the sphere's vehicle to the person, and I have a person with
my face (looks horrible!)

~Leonel



2015-03-11 11:12 GMT-06:00, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>:
> Susan,
> All 2-D images would be treated as billboards in Shapes / Text tab of the
> Gallery. See the attached screen shot… You would select the Billboard
> object, and from the drop-down menu for either "front paint" or "rear paint”
> select “Import Image…”. Then browse through he file system to find your
> image.
>
> If you have used the Resource Manager to import your image, then you should
> find that image listed in this drop-down menu.
>
> Please let me know if you have any other questions…
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> All the best,
> Don Slater
> Alice Team
> Carnegie Mellon University
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> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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> Email: don at alice.org
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>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Susan Rivas <susanmrivas at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> My understanding is that I would not be able to import 3D objects into
>> Alice 3.1.93, but I would be
>> able to import 2D objects. So, please send me instructions on how to
>> import objects and a URL if there is a website that provides such objects.
>> What file format does the object have to be in, (for example would a .png
>> file format work?)
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>> If I import the object into the Resource Manager, how would I put it into
>> the Gallery, so I would use it
>> in the world?
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>> Thank you for letting me know.
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>> Take care,
>> Susan
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