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lisa · 20th January 2010, 04:24 PM

AC3D has several different scripting options.

AC3D supports both C-language plugins as well as TCL scripts. If you know the mathematics for the shape you want to create, you can write a plugin or script to generate it.

It's also possible to send commands to AC3D from an external program using the TCP\IP socket interface. If you go into the main settings, click on the advanced tab, then enabled "Allow Socket Commands" you can now communicate with AC3D from other software you've written. For example, if you have telnet, try "telnet localhost 1655" then type "ac3d list". This will dump a list of all the commands. If you write support and ask for the SDK, I believe the SDK includes an example TCL shell and example Java shell.

20th January 2010, 04:24 PM	#2
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Re: Not yet a user ... Is it possible to 'script' and object ? AC3D has several different scripting options. AC3D supports both C-language plugins as well as TCL scripts. If you know the mathematics for the shape you want to create, you can write a plugin or script to generate it. It's also possible to send commands to AC3D from an external program using the TCP\IP socket interface. If you go into the main settings, click on the advanced tab, then enabled "Allow Socket Commands" you can now communicate with AC3D from other software you've written. For example, if you have telnet, try "telnet localhost 1655" then type "ac3d list". This will dump a list of all the commands. If you write support and ask for the SDK, I believe the SDK includes an example TCL shell and example Java shell.