Parts Viewer Example

Why a Parts Viewer

A parts viewer is a small component for any use, but particularly designed to get more information on any part while either troubleshooting a problem in a draught system or learning to build one.
I used the Keg which is not a part because this is the only 3D object I have at this time, and I wanted to demonstrate the value of 3D.

The Pannel

The Pannel as seen on the left is a flash demo and is dynamic in all ways to create a maintenance free, and simple development environment. To add a part all that has too be done from a development standpont is import a 3D part, or an image of the part. If a 3D part is supplied the the part will be run through a simple program that generates a 360 degree view and exports a flash file. Then we add the part to the application by a very simple online form. That is it!

How the online form Works

The online form will collect a part ID for which a database call will query the infirmation for the part. Optionally, the user can add all required information.

The information will be cached to the file system on the server as XML, and the data will read from XML natively.

About this example

This example is large in file size but the average part will be about 60K and never be larger than 120K after compression. This will be possible because all generated parts will be vector graphics which load very fast. The flash file will actually be optimized for Flash version 5.