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ONE
The Alice Virtual World
The Alice Virtual World
A 3D Virtual Environment
An Alice world is a virtual environment created in 3 dimensions (3D).
The 3D world is a representation of a place (environment) and the objects in
that place that have height, width, and depth
Scene Templates
Camera View
Properties Panel
Gallery
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An Alice 3D Object
An Alice 3D Object
Virtual Representations
Characters and Vehicles
People
Animals
Vehicles
Trees
Furniture
Castle Walls
An Alice 3D Object
Left / Right
Forward / Backward
Forward / Backward
Pivot Points
The white arrow points forward, the red points right, the
green points up, and the blue axis points backwards.
An Alice 3D Object
The Gallery
What is a Class
Class Hierarchy
Virtual Representations
You can drag and drop or/ double click
Bounding boxes show you where the object will be positioned when dragged
in
Double clicked objects will be added at the very center of the world (0,0,0)
Adding Objects
Object
properties
Object position
Object size
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Positioning an Object
Positioning an Object
You can use the handle style buttons to change the mouse behavior:
Rotation - displays circular handles for manipulating turn and roll relative to the object's orientation
Translation - displays handles for moving the object along the major axis relative to the object
Camera Controls
Camera Controls
It is highly recommended to create a camera marker when you start a new scene so that you can
return to the starting place in case you accidentally move the camera
Add a camera marker in the Use the left button to move Use to move the selected
properties menu the camera to the selected marker to the current
marker camera position
Scene Building Viewpoints
Top View
Side View
Front View
Seven
Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
Save Often
Undo / Redo
You can always use undo and redo to test things things
When using the mouse to manipulate object in the scene editor you can:
Hold down shift and drag the mouse to move the object vertically (up and
down)
Hold down ctrl (windows) or option (mac) and drag mouse to turn the object
Tips and Tricks
Billboards can have image textures added to them and used for backgrounds or directions