[JAVA3D] DXF file format representation

2001-01-22 Thread Arun Singal
Hi I need a package to convert 3D DXF image file to Java understandable object files. Also please tell me if by doing so, do I loose any information from the 3D DXF file. In my application I need to rotate the converted 3D data set and then take snapshots at different angles making 10 different 2D

Re: [JAVA3D] Permutation Vector Interpretation

2001-01-22 Thread Kyle Wayne Kelly
I am just curious. Does GVector initialize to some default values? I dont see where you specified anything other than the size of the vector. I am very new, but I cannot figure out how the values where set for the matrix or the GVector. Tell me if I am wrong. First you initialized a 3x3 matri

Re: [JAVA3D] Permutation Vector Interpretation

2001-01-22 Thread Kyle Wayne Kelly
I guess an elementary matrix == a permutation matrix? Kyle Wayne Kelly Computer Science Student University of New Orleans http://www.cs.uno.edu/~kkelly - Original Message - From: "Dave Thal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:49 PM Subject: [JAVA3

[JAVA3D] Permutation Vector Interpretation

2001-01-22 Thread Dave Thal
Does anyone know how to interpret the permutation vector in GMatrix.LUD()? I have passed it blindly into GVector.LUDBackSolve() and it appears to work fine, but I would like to know how to form the permutation matrix P from the permutation vector generated by GMatrix.LUD(). For example, how does

[JAVA3D] View.setVpcToEc() not updating

2001-01-22 Thread John Owen
Hello: I have a simple application that uses View.setVpcToEc() to set up the "camera" location. The first time I call View.setVpcToEc() to set up the camera everything works fine. However any further calls I make to View.setVpcToEc() with a different transform are ignored. For example, I transl

Re: [JAVA3D] Why does pickResult = pickCanvas.pickClosest () work with NT, but ...

2001-01-22 Thread Qiuli Sun
You may be right. My win98 machine doesn't let me uninstall programs. So I just installed new vesion of j3d 1.2.1beta1 with removing the previous one. Qiuli -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Syrus Mesdaghi Sent: Monday, Januar

Re: [JAVA3D] 4296733 Canvas fail to resize under window for some configs

2001-01-22 Thread Ben Arbel
i got that on windows 2k.. this did not happen on 98,NT -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Siegel Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] 4296733 Canvas fail to resize under window

Re: [JAVA3D] proper initialization of Canvas3D

2001-01-22 Thread Paraskevas Orfanides
Personally I don't even use the simpleUniverse class for my project, as I need something slightly more complex than it. However, on the declaration of my Canvas3D using the following lines worked just fine: GraphicsConfiguration config = SimpleUniverse.getPreferredConfiguration(); Canvas3D canva

[JAVA3D] TextureLoader

2001-01-22 Thread Zak
I am trying to lay a texture on a sphere. I have some code that works( in .Jar file) but I use the same exact code in mine, yet it says:   Can't convert Drawing(the class name) to java.awt.Component.   Code that Works TextureLoader texture1_ = new TextureLoader(ClassLoader.getSystemResource

Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D Web Pages

2001-01-22 Thread Paul Pantera
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:13:49 + > From: Justin Couch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D Web Pages > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Rich Harris wrote: > > > > I was looking at the Future Product Information and it was completely silent > > about any signed installer hosted by ja

[JAVA3D] Shape3d objects

2001-01-22 Thread Zak
I am trying to create a 3D grid( X Y Z) (like graph paper). I would like to know if I have to create all seperate Shape 3d object to create this or just specify all the points.   Zak

Re: [JAVA3D] proper initialization of Canvas3D

2001-01-22 Thread Zak
GraphicsConfiguration config = SimpleUniverse.getPreferredConfiguration(); Canvas3D canvas = new Canvas3D( config ); - Original Message - From: "Alan D Workman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:46 PM Subject: [JAVA3D] proper initialization

[JAVA3D] Measuring distance between 3D points

2001-01-22 Thread Tina Manoharan Valappil
Hi all, I want to know if it is possible to measure the distance between 2 random 3D points in the scene (not distance on the screen, but in the scene) ? I want to be able to click on a point in the scene, save its point as point-1 , similarly click

Re: [JAVA3D] 4296733 Canvas fail to resize under window for some configs

2001-01-22 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Rudolf, This is cause by driver fail to recreate D3D context during resize to a bigger Canvas using hardware accelerated rendering. 4403360 - D3D: window resize may fail if there is not enough hardware memory We notice this in graphics card that don't have enough memory (especially in 32

[JAVA3D] proper initialization of Canvas3D

2001-01-22 Thread Alan D Workman
Hello, I'm relatively new to Java3D and have been learning quite a bit from this interest group. The question I have is how to properly create a Canvas3D object in a VirtualUniverse without using null as the value for the GraphicsConfiguration object. I have seen many examples initializing a Canv

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D with JMF audio

2001-01-22 Thread Shawn Kendall
Hi Lee, We are also ramping up our sound usage in Java/Java3D. I am forwarding the email to the guy handling this for our projects (Dustin Clingman). Perhaps we can get a few people virtually together to share the latest info or at least to trade horror stories so the others can avoid the

[JAVA3D] Java3D with JMF audio

2001-01-22 Thread J. Lee Dixon
This hasn't been asked in a while, so I'll post again for an information refresh... When will the Java3D MediaContainer be able to work with JMF sound decoders? I am in DESPERATE need of playing MP3 files in Java3D. J. Lee Dixon SAIC - Celebration, FL 407-566-1438 [EMAIL PROTECTED]AOL: Lee

[JAVA3D] Rotation

2001-01-22 Thread Zak
Whenever you use Mose Rotations, does the view change or is it fixed and the object moved?   Zak

Re: [JAVA3D] Distributing Java 3D

2001-01-22 Thread Syrus Mesdaghi
Hi Ralph, You can use something like the following. I've ran projects from CDs that had the JRE on them. It ran well for the most part, but on some versions of 98 (based on ver of IE) there were warnings that popped up which I just had to click ignore. I think this was due to the VM or the OS wan

Re: [JAVA3D] Why does pickResult = pickCanvas.pickClosest () work with NT, but ...

2001-01-22 Thread Syrus Mesdaghi
Hi Qiuli, we run our J3D based apps on win98, NT, and 2000 without any picking related problem. My suggestion is that you uninstall j3d completely and reinstall the same version that you have installed on the your 98 machine. Older versions of j3d have difficulty with checking collision on certai

Re: [JAVA3D] 4296733 Canvas fail to resize under window for some configs

2001-01-22 Thread Paul Siegel
Rudolf - Have you tried using the OpenGL version rather than the DirectX? I've had some trouble with moving windows when using a Canvas3D object inside an applet. This only happened when displayed in a browser though, not in a MainFrame. But switching to the OpenGL version fixed my problem. W

[JAVA3D] LineStripArray help

2001-01-22 Thread Zak
I am trying to draw simple line arrays. I look at the constructor for a LineStrip Array that looks like this:   LineStripArray(int vertexCount, int vertexFormat, int[] stripVertexCounts)   What is the meaning of a stripVertexCount? What information does it exactly give?   Thanks, Zak

[JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Distributing Java 3D

2001-01-22 Thread Thomas Bendig
Hi Ralph, copy the complete project including JRE with installed J3D 1.2 to CD. It's a little slow, but it will work. We already did this. Regards. Thomas. > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Discussion list for Java 3D API > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Ralph Jones > Gesendet

Re: [JAVA3D] Different directions in MouseTranslate

2001-01-22 Thread Jochen Vandewalle
To change the translation to the XZ plane you'll have to create a z_factor. Change the setFactor methods something like this:       public void setFactor( double xFactor, double yFactor, double zFactor) {    x_factor = xFactor;    y_factor = yFactor;    z_factor = zFactor;    }      

[JAVA3D] Different directions in MouseTranslate

2001-01-22 Thread Rory Douglas
Hi there   I've been trying to change the default MouseTranslate behaviour to work in the XZ plane.  In the source code for the method doProcess(MouseEvent) there are the following lines:       x = evt.getX();    y = evt.getY();     translation.x = dx*x_factor;    translation.y = -dy*y_facto

Re: [JAVA3D] Lightweight Java 3D

2001-01-22 Thread Joerg >Herkules< Plewe
> What did Galilleo do that corresponds to what I said? Well, threatened with execution by the catholics he finally claimed having been wrong - although he was right!! - J > As a side note, your resume is very impressive. Hehe, just paper ;-) > > > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Lightweight Java