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Alice 3
Using the Alice 3.1
Interactive Development Environment (IDE)
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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
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Demo
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Operations used to set up a scene
 Create new objects
 Position objects relative to other objects & the
camera
 Move the camera
 Mark camera positions
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Recommendation:
 Mark the original position of the camera
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mouse handles can be selected to modify the
action of the mouse for positioning and
resizing objects.
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A single ring (torus) can be used to spin the
object around.
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Rotation (turn & roll)
Copyright 2010 Wanda Dann, Don Slater, Steve Cooper
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Movement (up-down, left-right, forwardbackward)
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One arrow for resizing in all directions,
proportionately.
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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)