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To Load .DAE files – simply use this code in Flash AS3:

import org.papervision3d.objects.DisplayObject3D;
import org.papervision3d.events.FileLoadEvent;
private var modelDAE:DAE;
private function load(){modelDAE = new DAE( );modelDAE.texturePath = “”; // assume that textures are in main DAE’s foldermodelDAE.load( “path/to/file.dae” );
modelDAE.addEventListener( FileLoadEvent.LOAD_COMPLETE , ldrComplete );}
private function ldrComplete( e:Event ):void{try{model = DisplayObject3D( modelDAE );
}
catch( e:TypeError ){loading = ERROR;return;}//And then you simply call the load
function:load();

There are no error handlers in this code, only the basics of importing a model and loading it in flash. – more detailed tutorials will come soon with user interaction!

1. Use an SVN client to download Papervision deposetries
2. Install ColladaMax extension on 3Ds Max
3. Convert models into .DAE files
4. add PV3d (Papervision3D) component to Flash via the Extension Manager

• Create  a new folder, and call it Papervision3d “or whatever you want to call it.
  
• right click the folder and chose SVN Checkout
• direct the folder to http://papervision3d.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
• Choose which directory you would like to install it in, and click ok – now the SVN should be doing all the work downloading the PV3D files into your specified directory.

2 – Downloading and Installing ColladaMax extension

This is the official Collada Website

• but for a direct download of the ColladaMax extension click here
• once this is downloaded and installed in 3ds Max, you can now start exporting models

3 – Exporting .DAE files

• As Papervision only reads .DAE files you need to export your models as .DAE this can be done by:
• Click File > Export , then select COLLADA (*.DAE)
• Make sure that, if you have more that one object in the scene that it is all connected as 1 object. and for Textures, use UVW mapping  and apply it to the DIFFUSE channel in the material editor – otherwise texturing wont work.

4 – Adding PV3D component to Flash CS3

• download the component here
• Open up Adobe Extension Manager, If you dont have it, you can get it from the Adobe site download it here
• once installed hold down Ctrl + O to add a new extension, browse to the component .MXP file that you just downloaded and click ok

• Open up Flash CS3, and now you should have PV3D in the Components window
• To gain access to the PV3D panel  – in the toolbar click

Window > Other panels > PV3D Panel

for more information on this you can visit this blog

more information can also be found here

And thats it!

Now you can start with Actionscript 3.0 and get it on with PV3D!