3D Rectangle

3D Rectangle

Animation is simulation of movement created by a series of pictures or frames. It starts with drawing independent pictures and putting them together in a frame to form the illusion of continuous motion. Two dimension means that the picture is drawn with help of two coordinates of geometry. These are designated as x (horizontal) coordinate and y (vertical) coordinate. 2D is flat which means that if a picture is turned to the side then it becomes a line. Whereas 3D includes an extra dimension known as z coordinate which stands for rotation and depth. The basic difference between 2d and 3d can be illustrated by drawing a rectangle and a cube. Rectangle is a 2D figure whereas cube is a 3D figure. 3D presents the object from every possible direction like in real life. 2D bitmap or vector graphics are used to create 2D animation figures.

If you rotate the original rectangle, every rectangle in your rows and columns will mimic. If you scale your original rectangle, all the rectangles will follow. This offers the simplicity to create synchronous shapes and rotations and opacity across your grid. If you change the shape of your single rectangle, all will follow. If the repeaters had been defined 'under' the rectangle instead of it's parent, shape 'contents', rotating the triangle will rotate the entire shape at once, instead of rotating all the individual shapes. It is a profound difference, and definitely worth comparing and playing with a bit.

3D Rectangle