Drawing lines

[rixter67]

New to Flash, how do I go about animating a simple line that starts from nothing and end up across the stage?

[texbala]

chk out whether the zip file is helpful!!

i used to change the shape of a line using the shape tween - with a small line in the first keyframe and increasing it the last keyframe

any better ideas?

bala

[farafiro]

U can also do that by AS
//make a small line, convert it to a MC and make sure that its
center point is un the left edge
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._xscale +=3 // bigger is faster
// best effect is when the thickness is 0 (hairline)
}

Also u can do it dynamicly by MX

[rixter67]

How would I go about it dynamically in MX? I just loaded MX and I have been going through the tutorials. It appears that using Actionscript is the way to go as the file sizes are considerably smaller. I guess it will just take some time getting used to.

[Billy T]

see attached

cheers

[rixter67]

Thanks for the responses, I realize now that it is just a simple shape tween. The more you work with Flash, the more you know.

[texbala]

I was wondering how can we draw a circle or any alphabet (if possible) or say a symbol 'S' using actionscript

thnx!!

bala

[Billy T]

does it have to animate?

[texbala]

no need of animation.... just an automatic circle/symbol needs to be drawn!!

bala

[Billy T]

there is probably an easier way (using PI or something) but this sort of works

cheers

[texbala]

billy,

can u send flash 5 file for that. I don';t have MX

sorry & thnx

bala

[Billy T]

it uses mx scripting so it won't work in 5

sorry

[farafiro]

for flash 5 think there is a code in the library section for that, also here is a code for a REAL circle, not the one that M provides.
Sorry Billy, no harm but I hate this shape that provided with MX and the call it a circle
speed = 5;
r = 200;
xc = 150;
yc = 150;
angle = 0;
delta = Math.PI/180;
createEmptyMovieClip("circle", 1);
with (circle) {
lineStyle(0, 0x666666, 50);
moveTo(r+xc*Math.cos(angle*delta),r+xc*Math.sin(an gle*delta))
}
onEnterFrame = function () {
x = r+xc*Math.cos(angle*delta);
y = r+yc*Math.sin(angle*delta);
angle += speed;
if (angle>359) {
angle -= 360;
}
circle.lineTo(x, y);
};


As u can see, it's animated .....
oh, by the way, i wrote the code my self, BillyT ;)

[Billy T]

I thought there would be a mathsy way of doing it...

btw my ugly circle hates you too faffy ;)

[farafiro]

Originally posted by Billy T
I thought there would be a mathsy way of doing it...
btw my ugly circle hates you too faffy ;)

Heheheheeeeeeeee