This screencast walks through a couple basic examples of using the new GeometryRepeater class introduced in Degrafa Beta 3. GeometryRepeaters are a revamped form of the Repeaters introduced in Beta 2, but much more powerful and flexible. Be sure to check it out in HD.

The GeometryRepeater class allows you to repeat any geometry you compose with Degrafa and alter properties for every time the geometry is repeated. With GeometryRepeaters you can create things like bar charts, tick marks for a gauge, artistic explorations and a lot more.

In future screencasts we’ll explore using GeometryRepeaters mixed with other features of Beta 3 as well as different use cases and more complex examples. You can grab the latest release of Degrafa on the Degrafa Code page.

Mike Huntington took the time to put together a screencast walking through the process of creating custom skins using Degrafa. He shows you how to get set up with the Degrafa SWC and how easy it is to start creating via Degrafa MXML.

I’ve been following Mike’s blog for a while and it’s great to see what he’s doing with Degrafa. Keep up the screencasts Mike! We dig.

If you’re in Michigan and want to learn about Degrafa you should check out the Michigan Flex Camp. Joe Johnston will be doing a presentation about the framework and may be showing some new Degrafa features coming in future releases. If you haven’t checked out some of the stuff Joe has done with Degrafa, we recommend you check out his site.

Michigan Flex Camp Info

It’s great seeing people going out and speaking to the community about Degrafa. This is really helping us out to spread the word and get even more excited about future features. Here’s some links to other Degrafa presos people have given:

Flex Meetup / Speaker: John Mason

Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group / Speaker: Juan Sanchez

Potential Presenters

If your thinking about presenting on Degrafa be sure to let us know at info [at] degrafa [dot] com. We have slide decks, samples, and a willingness to help you make Degrafa look rockin’.

Tomorrow there will be a Degrafa presentation and Connect session hosted by the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group. For those of you who voiced interest in attending, here’s your chance. If the time and place don’t suit your schedule I believe it will be recorded for convenient viewing. Features of the framework will be discussed, code samples will be shown, followed with a hands-on session.

You can get more information on the RMAUG website.

Here’s a quick demo showing how you can use SVG path data to draw shapes in Flex via Degrafa. I know it’s a bit hard to see the code because of the video size, but you can at least get a general sense of what’s going on.

What I’m going through here is a pretty manual process that were going to try to eliminate with some import/export and visual tool sets. You can see a slightly larger video here.