Cubes, Spheres and Cones

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pc_tek (Posted 2008) [#1]

Hi all, Excuse my denseness here...but I am trying to find some code that will create a cube with different colour sides and be spinning. I have looked at a lot of tutorials but find them too deep for my brain to handle. 2d I can handle, but when it comes to 3d I'm hopeless. How about a tutorial on how to manipulate cones, cubes and spheres? If there already one written, can someone post the link?

mtnhome3d (Posted 2008) [#2]

to create a cube use mycube=createcube() to rotate it use turnentity mycube,1,1,1 to color it use entitycolor mycube,255,255,255 change the createcube to create cylinder or cone or sphere.

pc_tek (Posted 2008) [#3]

Thankx, Mayaman...but I need more info than that. I want to manipulate the width/depth of a cube and to colour the sides too (different colours if possible).

blackbag (Posted 2008) [#4]

Use scaleentity to change the size/shape of the cube, There are several ways to color sides, I would read up on the following commands, getsurface, countvertices, vertexcolor. I assume you don't want us to just post code.

Ross C (Posted 2008) [#5]

Look in the archives for code that will unweld a cube. then you can easily set vertexcolor for each vertex :o) There is also code in the archives that will create a cube with 6 surfaces, thus allowing you to apply a different texture/colour to each side.

pc_tek (Posted 2008) [#6]

Blackbag: Correct. Posting code to disect is hard for me - whilst learning the commands and aspects of each will help me learn more. Ross: Thanks dude.