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MathDL Flash Forum
A forum for educators interested in developing mathematics classroom material using Adobe Flash.
Simple 3D Drawing
This Flash Forum tutorial not only discusses the programming involved in rendering simple polyhedra in Flash CS3, but it also gives an elementary discussion of the mathematics behind 3D rendering on a 2D computer screen.
Flash Tools for Developers: 3D Graphers in ActionScript 3
This article describes classes for 3D graphing revised for AS 3. Along with class files and documentation, we provide several templates to show how to use the classes for graphs of functions of two variables as well as parametrically defined surfaces.
Actionscript 3 Tutorials
A collection of mathematics applets with full documentation and source code for beginning users of Adobe Flash. This collection is part of the MathDL Flash Forum.
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Flash CS3 Mathlet: Motion in 3D Space
Barbara Kaskosz, University of Rhode Island
Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University
This Flash Forum article provides examples and Flash CS3 source code for plotting a parametrically defined curve in space and tracing velocity and acceleration components as arrows on the graph. Any functions can be entered by the user and the applet also contains a series of interesting examples for teaching. The full Flash source file is available in the compressed folder, motion3d_as3.zip. You must have the Flash CS3 authoring environment installed on your computer to view or edit the source files.
Note that you will need to have the free Flash 9 player plugin installed on your machine to properly view the material linked below.
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