Sphere help

[Pipe Guy]

From reading the postings about the 3D globe, i have yet to find if it is possible to have the globe (ball, sphere...whatever ) have a border around it?
Here are the 2 parts i have made seperately. I am wanting to have the 2 pieces as one so that the outer ring can spin around the sphere in the center.

I also attached a GIF file of an end result achieved by useing the 2 parts in a GIF animator...but cannot have the outer ring do more than just rotate clockwise/counterclockwise.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...gandglobe1.gif

Please let me know if it is possible.

Pipe

[Egg Bramhill]

If this is the type of effect your after it won't be easy.

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's the best I can come up with.

[Pipe Guy]

Thats it!!!
Thanks Egg

How did you do it?

[suunto]

Here's the best I can come up with.

hi egg i get this when i open the .xar file (pic attached)[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...acing/xara.gif[/IMG]

also the x3d one opens with three globes, is that correct ?
thanks

[Egg Bramhill]

suunto,

On the first Xtreme warning, this is because I made the xar file in XtremePro. If you click okay it shouldn't make any difference. Just ignore it.

On the 3 globes issue, yes this is correct. The other 2 ore "Sizing Pixels" adopting the bevel value of the centre globe. Just resize the window so that these 2 spare globes aren't visible.

[pogee]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p.../Chelsea08.gif

[-=Drifter=-]

Pogee, that is most excellent! How'd you get the water and reflections?

[Pipe Guy]

hehehe...Hey Pogee! Glad to see you made it over here!

Drifter...the water animation is from a program called SQIRLZ WATER REFLECTION. Is easy to use. Can created water waves, water rings, rain, and snow effects.

Here are a few samples that I made useing SQIRLZ for the water and/or weather effects.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...guy/76rs12.gif http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...guy/76rs11.gif http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...ab-racing1.gif http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...pe_guy/sf9.gif
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...Spiderman2.gif

[-=Drifter=-]

Thanks to both of you! What a cool prg that is, and the coolest part is that it's FREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!