> I was just wondering, say you want to create a building > in which you can walk around... > what ways are there to create this geometry? > Could you use for example 3D Studio Max > to design the entire building and then just load it > into your J3D program? > Or is it better create the walls, and floor, > etc with code in Java??
If you want to make interesting looking buildings I'd go with a good 3D modeling package. Besides making it easy to edit complex geometry, Max makes it much easier to "paint" your buildings. Besides powerful material compositing and texture mapping tools, you can also use its advanced lighting and radiosity in conjunction with texture baking (Max 5) to make bitmap textures that give a more realistic look to your visual simulations. And don't forget that it exposes virtually everything in its SDK and scripting API - you can write your own exporters to output data better matched to your Java 3D applications' data structures. Mark =========================================================================== 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".
