Drawing 3D Objects - Flash 3D: Animation, Interactivity, and Games - page 327

Figure 9.11 Sample screen from 9_2_extrusionDONE.swf

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// data for creating an extruded V shape

// define the thickness of the extrusion
var thickness:Number = 30;

// define the coordinates of the 2D shape
// the end point and starting point
// should not be the same

points = new Array();

points[0]= { x:-80, y:120 }

points[1]= { x:-20, y:-40 }
points[2]= { x: 20, y:-40 }
points[3]= { x: 80, y:120 }
points[4]= { x: 40, y:120 }
points[5]= { x: 0, y: 0 }
points[6]= { x:-40, y:120 }

extruded V letterform. The data has already been created for you and is shown here
so that you can see what it looks like.