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Alice 3
Using the Alice 3.1
Interactive Development Environment (IDE)
Click the Alice 3.1 icon on your desktop.
When Alice 3 starts,
Select a template for a scene
Scene view
Code editor
Methods panel
Control tiles
To toggle between
Code Editor ↔ Scene Editor
Galleries
Pre-built 3D Models
Single-click – similar to clicking a link on a
webpage
Gallery organization
A gallery contains class folders for
different types of 3D models
Each folder contains classes of that type
Setting up a scene
Demo
Operations used to set up a scene
Create new objects
Position objects relative to other objects & the
camera
Move the camera
Mark camera positions
Recommendation:
Mark the original position of the camera
Name the marker
Original camera Point Of View (POV)
Turn Camera
Left/Right
Move Camera
Up/Down/Left/Right
Move Camera
Forward/Back
Turn Camera
Forward/Backward
Click (in this order):
1) cameraMarker_Red
2) Set POV button
Create New Instance (Object)
Click on thumbnail sketch for the class
In dialog box, enter a name for the new
instance (object)
all one word
use lowercase
or camelCase
When an instance of any gallery class is
created, Alice automatically adds the name
of the object to the Object Tree in the
Scene Editor.
Mouse and Keyboard controls
Use mouse to drag object
left ↔ right or forward ↔ backward
Hold shift key and drag for
up ↔down
Hold ctrl key (option key, Mac)
for rotation
Handles
Mouse handles can be selected to modify the
action of the mouse for positioning and
resizing objects.
A single ring (torus) can be used to spin the
object around.
Rotation (turn & roll)
Copyright 2010 Wanda Dann, Don Slater, Steve Cooper
Movement (up-down, left-right, forwardbackward)
One arrow for resizing in all directions,
proportionately.
Use camera views to one object relative to
another object.
To save a project
For first save, in menu bar, use File/Save As
Default location: MyProjects folder
• Can navigate to another save location
but be consistent and save all Alice
project there and know how to navigate
there to find them.
File will automatically have a filename
extension .a3p (Alice 3 Project)