alice-teacher Importing Objects

[Susan Rivas]

Thank you Leonel. I will share your idea with my students!
Take care,
Susan Rivas

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Leonel Morales <litomd at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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…
> >
> > All the best,
> > Don Slater
> > Alice Team
> > Carnegie Mellon University
> > 5000 Forbes Avenue
> > Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> >
> > Email: don at alice.org
> >
> > I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances
> > confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the
> life
> > he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
> > --- Henry David Thoreau
> >
> > The true object of all human life is play. -- G.K. Chesterton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 11, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Susan Rivas <susanmrivas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?)
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> Thank you for letting me know.
> >>
> >> Take care,
> >> Susan
> >>
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> >> Susan Rivas
> >> Shoreline Middle School
> >> 855 17th Avenue
> >> Santa Cruz, CA 95062
> >> (831)475-6565 ext. 214
> >>
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> >> <http://srivas-computerlab.com/spanish/spanish.html>
> >
> >
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(831)475-6565 ext. 214

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