question about circling an object

meliss2699 · **question about circling an object -** 02-28-2012, 07:55 PM

Hello All,

I am doing a homework assignment that has a helicopter circling a control tower before landing. I created an extra method to make the blades spin while its moving, and seems to look ok. The only problem I have is the circle (when using "as seen by control tower" is too large. Instead of circling just the control tower, it is doing the entire base. Any suggestions on how I can fix this?

Thanks

sfunk · 02-29-2012, 10:14 AM

have you tried adding a circle from the shapes items, and sizing it to what you need, then go to it's properties and set it's opacity to 0, then use that as your reference for the helicopter to go around

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meliss2699 Junior Member Status: Offline Posts: 1 Join Date: Feb 2012	question about circling an object - 02-28-2012, 07:55 PM Hello All, I am doing a homework assignment that has a helicopter circling a control tower before landing. I created an extra method to make the blades spin while its moving, and seems to look ok. The only problem I have is the circle (when using "as seen by control tower" is too large. Instead of circling just the control tower, it is doing the entire base. Any suggestions on how I can fix this? Thanks

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sfunk Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 1,112 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: I don't know	02-29-2012, 10:14 AM have you tried adding a circle from the shapes items, and sizing it to what you need, then go to it's properties and set it's opacity to 0, then use that as your reference for the helicopter to go around If you are stuck on a project, check out the tutorials I made here at this link: http://alice.org/community/showthread.php?p=36778#post36778 There are lots of tutorials on it so far, including some youtube videos, check it out Or.. Go to my youtube channel to check out my alice 2.2 tutorials I have there.. http://www.youtube.com/user/sfunk1992?feature=mhsn