I am using switches in my scence graph to implement LOD. I have noticed a big reduction in fps when running my program using Java3D 1.2 B2 (54 -> 5 fps). This behavior was not apparent with Java3D 1.1.3. Best Regards, Iyad Hijazi =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".