In this tutorial, I'll present to you a way to create your first Sandy 3D application, in 3 lines of code.

Here they are:

import sandy.core.Scene3D;
import sandy.core.scenegraph.*;
import sandy.primitive.*;
 
// -- creation of the scene. You give it a container, a camera and a root group to add your object into.
var scene:Scene3D = new Scene3D( "myScene", this, new Camera3D( 550, 400 ), new Group("root") );
// -- you add an object to the scene you've just created
scene.root.addChild(new Sphere( "mySphere" ) );
// -- and you ask the scene to render
scene.render();

Ok, there's 6 lines, but 3 of them are for imports statements, which is not related to Sandy really.

If you have correctly installed Sandy in your Flash CS3 environement, you should see this wireframe sphere :

wow you did it! Your first 3D object in Flash with Sandy.

P.S.: MXML fans can check out this forum thread. Another P.S.: If you managed to complete this tutorial, print out the result and frame it - years later you will look at it and remember your first 3D experience.

Now you may wonder how to apply a texture on that sphere.

Before compiling this example, import a bitmap into your Flash file's library. Enable the bitmap's “Export for ActionScript” checkbox and set its Linkage Class name to “Texture”.

import sandy.core.Scene3D;
import sandy.core.scenegraph.*;
import sandy.primitive.*;
import sandy.materials.*;
 
// -- creation of the scene. You give it a container, a camera and a root group to add your object into.
var scene:Scene3D = new Scene3D( "myScene", this, new Camera3D( 550, 400 ), new Group("root") );
var sphere:Sphere = new Sphere("mySphere");
// "Texture" must match the name of the Linkage Class set for a bitmap in the FLA file's library
sphere.appearance = new Appearance(  new BitmapMaterial( new Texture(0,0) ) );
// -- you add an object to the scene you've just created
scene.root.addChild( sphere );
// -- and you ask the scene to render
scene.render();

Here is the result you should see when you test the movie:

Now, it is time to move on something more interesting with more explanations.

Have fun!