Q: what features of the collada format are supported in ibooks author? has anyone worked through this?
I have been experimenting with inserting a collada file into an ibooks author file, via the 3D widget. I use SketchUp and Modo to create the textured object, but I am having trouble getting anything other than a 'tumbling' view of the object in ibooks. I want to set a camera in the scene, and be able to see that POV (point of view) from within ibooks. I would also like to animate the camera, so I can create a controlled, first-person walk-through of the scene. So far, I haven't had any luck. If anyone else has sorted through some of this, please chime in here.
Thanks!
Posted on May 15, 2012 2:56 PM
Hi pggirvin,
We have animating objects in our iBook scenes ( non-camera ), and they loop continuously throughout the interactions.
There are two bugs we saw though, and reported...
1) Maximising and minimising a 3D widget will stop animations
2) Moving the page slightly left / right and releasing will stop animations
Our book is currently being held in queue for the last 7 days due to this bug ( they say the 3D animation not working on a certain page ), after being uploaded for nearly 4 weeks, and we haven't had any response from the iBooks team after sending two requests. We'll prob upload a new version tomorrow, but if they try another animating 3D widget and do either 1) or 2), we will get the same bug report back and resulting delay.
So much for trying to push and show off some of their new iBook Author features!!!
Posted on May 16, 2012 6:18 AM