This tutorial is the first in a series covering Away3D version 4, a powerful real-time 3D engine for Flash or Flex. This tutorial explains a very simple Away3D class line by line so that even novices to Actionscript programming will be able to understand what is going on in the rest of the tutorials.

This tutorial is the first in a series covering Away3D version 4, a powerful real-time 3D engine for Flash or Flex. This tutorial explains a very simple Away3D class line by line so that even novices to Actionscript programming will be able to understand what is going on in the rest of the tutorials.

When you look out through a window in your house, you only see what is visible from your point of view, not what is occluded by the walls. The viewable area is decided by the size and shape of the window, so you'll see a "cropped" view of what's outside. This is exactly how the View works in Away3D as well. It is the "window" that we view our 3D world through.

When you look out through a window in your house, you only see what is visible from your point of view, not what is occluded by the walls. The viewable area is decided by the size and shape of the window, so you'll see a "cropped" view of what's outside. This is exactly how the View works in Away3D as well. It is the "window" that we view our 3D world through.