3D Scenes

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Draw Guide

Chapter 7: Working with 3D Objects

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• Creating 3D Objects
  • Creating 3D Bodies
    • Variation 1: Extrusion
    • Variation 2: Body Rotation
    • Variation 3: Using Ready-made Objects
  • 3D Scenes
  • Producing 3D Shapes
    • Variation 4: Extrusion of Basic Shapes
    • Variation 5: Fontwork
• Editing 3D Objects
  • Rotating 3D Objects
    • Procedure for 3D bodies
    • Procedure for 3D Shapes
  • 3D settings for 3D Bodies
    • 3D Effects Dialog – General Buttons
    • 3D Effects - Geometry
    • 3D Effects - Shading
    • 3D Effects - Illumination
    • 3D Effects - Textures
    • 3D Effects - Material
  • 3D Settings for 3D Shapes
• Combining Objects in 3D Scenes
  • Examples for Your Own Experiments

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3D Scenes

Variations 1–3 all produce a 3D scene. If you click a 3D scene, the status bar text shows 3D scene selected. Such a scene is actually a group of objects.

If you constructed the scene using one of the methods above, it consists of the 3D body as a single element. 3D scenes can, however, be extended to include other 3D objects, as described in “Combining Objects in 3D Scenes”.

As mentioned in Chapter 6 (Editing Pictures), you can access individual elements of the group using Modify → Enter group or the context menu. The status bar text then changes and shows the type of each individual element selected, for example, Sphere selected or Extrusion object selected.