Re: [JAVA3D] Character Animation

2001-05-11 Thread Leyland Needham
> well, wouldn't this lead to huge datas saved in the j3f (btw i found nothing > about j3f on the web - where can i get some informaation about ..?) > because you save the objects arrays - or at least the vertex and normal > arrays of it - for every "KeyFrame" in the file for morphing form one to

Re: [JAVA3D] Transparency

2001-05-11 Thread Leyland Needham
The easiest way I have found to do this, is to use gif images that have transarency set to the color you want, and then set the appearance before making it live... Appearance app; app = shape.getAppearance(); app.setTexture(tex); // TextureAttributes te

Re: [JAVA3D] view navigation

2001-05-11 Thread Leyland Needham
> What you simply have to do is to apply the transformation in the local > coordinate system of the Viewplatform. So you do the following: > > coordinate transformation to local coordinate system -> applying your > transformation matrix -> coordinate transformation back to > virtual coordinate sys

Re: [JAVA3D] Texture mapping and transparency

2001-05-11 Thread nader
you should try the volume rendering example under utilities at j3d.org. but be forwarned, there are limitations/bugs that i have posted on this list but no one from sun has replied back. nader On Fri, 11 May 2001 12:29:08 -0700, Vidya Sagar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > I am presently

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Allistair Crossley
As the catalyst for this barrage a couple of days ago, I too should perhaps say that aside from the Java3D distribution issue, I absolutely support Java3D and think that it is exceptionally promising. It is a joy to work with (wouldn't mind some more geometry helpers though) and I wish it to succe

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Corysia Taware
Mr. Ferneau, How odd. I could swear that the title of this thread was "Java3D Poor Distribution Process" and not encompassing all of Java, 1.x and beyond... And it was my intent to provide information about an upcoming solution. I'm ever so sorry I bothered to mention it, since you seem to know

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Jean Laleuf
Everyone: I'd like to encourage everyone to take a good look at JavaWebStart. We've been evaluating it in-house for the past few months and have been very, very pleased. We've even managed to get j3d to install seamlessly across multiple platforms (win32 & solaris) and, let me tell you, it's wonde

[JAVA3D] Fwd: Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Mark Ferneau
Paul, Thank you for taking the time to reply so comprehensively to this barrage of email. We certainly want Sun/Java3D to succeed as it will help us succeed as well. We'll wait a little longer and hope that the promise of JWS pulls through. In fact, I'd like to be demonstrating our app at Java

Re: [JAVA3D] View.setProjectionPolicy

2001-05-11 Thread Stanard, Rachael C
SetScale will control the size of all the objects if you setTransform to all the objects you want controlled. I hope you understand that. Using the Z Axis will make the objects bigger and smaller depending on where you are placing them. > -Original Message- > From: Allistair Crossley [SMT

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Paul Pantera
Lots of discussion about installation of Java 3D today. That's good! I'll update you on our current progress. The future of Java deployment technology is called Java Web Start: http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/index.html http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/developers.html Jav

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Mark Ferneau
Corysia, We're all familiar with the auto_install information. You're missing the whole point. You are pointing to a a piece-meal strategy. What we are saying is that Sun should look at deployment for the overall Java strategy and only install those components which are needed, when they are n

[JAVA3D] Linux and stereo

2001-05-11 Thread Jack Gundrum
What cards work in stereo with Java3D and any version of Linux? Jack S. Gundrum Visualization Group Center for Academic Computing Penn State University Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:(814)865-1863 === To unsubscribe, send ema

Re: [JAVA3D] View.setProjectionPolicy

2001-05-11 Thread Allistair Crossley
For me I want a bunch of spheres to be drawn at constant size even on rotation into the Z axis. With parallel you get this but with projection, the frustrum creates the appearance that spheres in the distance are smaller than those in front.   I am interested to know whether it is just set

[JAVA3D] Java Capabilities

2001-05-11 Thread Stanard, Rachael C
I have created an object in J3D and I am trying to see it move across the screen. Are there any capabilities that will allow me to control the movements of this object? Something unlike an Interpolator which controls the coordinates. I want to be able to set my own coordinates. thanks Rachael R

[JAVA3D] Texture mapping and transparency

2001-05-11 Thread Vidya Sagar
Hi, I am presently working on volume rendering. I have a large data set (ctbrain.vols). I have extracted the data set into 512 slices. Now I want to use all the slices and view in 3D using the Java3D. I started using texture mapping in Java3D. I am mapping each slice one after the other(whe

Re: [JAVA3D] View.setProjectionPolicy

2001-05-11 Thread Corysia Taware
Isn't PARALLEL projection the same as the Orthographic projection model in OpenGL?   If it is, then is it possible that everything is still working, but you just can't tell because nothing is changing size visually?   From the OpenGL red book:   Orthographic Projection With an orthographic pr

Re: [JAVA3D] View.setProjectionPolicy

2001-05-11 Thread Sebastian Hentschel
The MouseZoom is an translation on Z-Axis. So you can´t see this in Parallel projection. Sebastian --- "Crossley, Allistair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hi, > > I am currently using the PERSPECTIVE projection for > my view and this allows > me to use the MouseZoom behaviour to zoom in and > o

Re: [JAVA3D] View.setProjectionPolicy

2001-05-11 Thread Mona Wong
Hi Allistair: I have the same problem as you. If you get anything useful, please forward. Thanks! Cheers, Mona > Hi, > > I am currently using the PERSPECTIVE projection for my view and this allows > me to use the MouseZoom behaviour to zoom in and out. > > I also want to use the PARA

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Ben Arbel
Isie do you realize you sent 3 of these ? -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Isie Masri Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 5:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process I think Sun needs to reth

Re: [JAVA3D] Problem with startRenderer.

2001-05-11 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Magnus, Which Java3D version and platform are you using ? This is a bug if the renderer didn't continue after startRenderer(). Please send us a test case for investigation. Thanks. - Kelvin --- Java 3D Team Sun Microsystems Inc. >X-Unix-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 11 07:55:32

Re: [JAVA3D] Stereo

2001-05-11 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Karsten, For Java3D to support stereo, the driver has to support the interface standard provide by OpenGL (or DirectX). This graphics card use another technique to explicitly set the stereoscopic mode (eyes distances etc) through the driver control panel. The card require no modification of

[JAVA3D] lista de

2001-05-11 Thread Borja Marcos Suárez
Hola, He creado una lista de correos temporal para el Java 3D Spanish Group. Más información de cómo subscribirse y cómo enviar los mensajes en: http://www.telecable.es/personales/pixoto/listasDeCorreo.html Un saludo. ---

[JAVA3D] Stereo

2001-05-11 Thread Karsten Fries
Hi there, confused by different opinions, mails and missing hardware (specific) documentation. I would really appreciate someone telling me, whether it is possible to have a stereoscopic display using the OpenGL implementation of the Java3D API under Windows NT4.0. My graphics card is an Asus 770

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Corysia Taware
Keep in mind that in the very near future, you'll be able to auto-install Java3D directly over the net. Remember this article? http://www.j3d.org/tutorials/quick_fix/auto_install.html And here's the response when I asked when the Java3D 1.2.1 signed jars would be available. When this is live, i

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Mark Ferneau
All, It's been over a year since we've been working on our product. We selected Java3D for a variety of reasons, fully expecting that Sun would make advances in deployment. In fact, of all the technological hurdles we were facing at the time deployment was very low on the list--barely on the ho

[JAVA3D] the examples

2001-05-11 Thread Amir Ashamalla
i have a problem with the examples i downloaded all the java tutorial but most of the examples he mentions aren't there and i just got the examples jar file and executed it and everything seems ok but someof the examples aren't there while others are ther. and how do i open a jar file it justs run

Re: [JAVA3D] Problems with more than one locale

2001-05-11 Thread Doug Twilleager
Each Locale has a high resolution coordinate associated with it. This is the "base location" for each Locale. The distance between two Locales is the difference of their high resolution coordinates. If the distance is small enough, the Locales will see each others scene graphs. Doug. >MIME-Ver

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Karsten Fries
Yes Isie, you got my vote! Karsten Isie Masri wrote: > I think Sun needs to rethink it's Java deployment strategy as whole. If Java > is going to survive a viable web/client platform this would need to be > addressed soon. Java and Java 3D should be able to be installed by a non > technical

[JAVA3D] vertrex and pixel shaders

2001-05-11 Thread zero
hi there, does anybody know whether future releases of the Java3D API will use vertex or pixel shaders for effency reasons ?   AFAIK should the use of vertex-shaders no a huge problem, especcially for the directX version and furthermore they can be software emulated insteed of pixewl-shaders

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Isie Masri
I think Sun needs to rethink it's Java deployment strategy as whole. If Java is going to survive a viable web/client platform this would need to be addressed soon. Java and Java 3D should be able to be installed by a non technical user as a result of a single click on a web site. In addition Java

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Isie Masri
I think Sun needs to rethink it's Java deployment strategy as whole. If Java is going to survive a viable web/client platform this would need to be addressed soon. Java and Java 3D should be able to be installed by a non technical user as a result of a single click on a web site. In addition Java

Re: [JAVA3D] ANN: Java 3D FAQ in Spanish

2001-05-11 Thread Elio Vega
Hola Marcos, me da mucho gusto que trabajes en esto, yo he hecho algunas traducciones principalmente sobre el material del curso de Java.. cual quier cosa puedo ayudar. === ***

[JAVA3D] View.setProjectionPolicy

2001-05-11 Thread Crossley, Allistair
Hi, I am currently using the PERSPECTIVE projection for my view and this allows me to use the MouseZoom behaviour to zoom in and out. I also want to use the PARALLEL projection. When I switch to this, I find that my model is right in my face in the view and the MouseZoom does not operate in this

[JAVA3D] Level-Of-Detail.

2001-05-11 Thread Magnus Olofsson
Dear All. Has anyone out there used LOD where the size of the shape on screen determines the LOD? I want to use a lower level of detail for things that are anyway too small for the user to appreciate the higher level of detail. /Magnus ==

Re: [JAVA3D] LineArray to PointArray

2001-05-11 Thread Kin Wong
Hi Mona, I did something very similar to what you are asking. However, out of ignorance of any better method, I used the following technique...use shape3d.removeGeometry(i) to clear the shape, rebuild the desired geometry with my data points, and add it back with shape3d.addGeometry(g). It was m

[JAVA3D] Problem with startRenderer.

2001-05-11 Thread Magnus Olofsson
Dear all. In my scene graph I have many Shape3Ds, each of them having a separate Appearance. When I want to manipulate the appearance of a number of them as a unit, I do like this: stopRenderer(); manipulateAppearance(); // Manipulate appearance. startRenderer(); I notice that the canvas don't

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Crossley, Allistair
Aha! So here lies the answer. Might have been useful for Paul to direct me there since he wrote the page. Maybe a direct link from the Java3D homepage to this would have been useful. Many thanks Justin. Cheers, Allistair Crossley Web/New Media Consultant Logica UK Ltd Tel: 02074 463267 Mob: 078

Re: [JAVA3D] Creacin del Java 3D Spanish Group

2001-05-11 Thread Joaquin Casillas Melendez
Me parece una muy buena iniciativa, Borja. Espero que pronto se vaya apuntando gente y podamos intercambiar ideas en nuestro idioma. Felicidades por la web. Un saludo! - Joaquín Casillas Meléndez(Quino), R+D Engineer at iSO

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Justin Couch
"Crossley, Allistair" wrote: > Yes, I can do as you suggest, but how many couldn't. There has to be a > better way. There is: http://www.j3d.org/tutorials/quick_fix/auto_install.html -- Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ Freelance Java Consultant

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Crossley, Allistair
Well what if I do not know anything about Solaris, TAR or GZIP? My point is that it should be made easier for developers to distribute their applications with java3d included without having to think about all these issues. Maybe this could simply be a webpage on the Sun Developer connection site

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Justin Couch
"Crossley, Allistair" wrote: > I said earlier that I do not have Solaris and so cannot access > the Solaris components, but I still want them to bundle in the app. What's stopping you from downloading the solaris install and pulling it apart with Winzip? It's basically just a tar.gz file with a

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Crossley, Allistair
But it is not good enough. I have no issue with bundling the JARs and DLLs with the application, but they do not make these components downloadable as is. Perhaps they should. Then we can bundle all the DLLs for various systems in our apps. I said earlier that I do not have Solaris and so cannot a

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Justin Couch
"Crossley, Allistair" wrote: > > Paul Pantera and Michael Schulman both of Sun wrote me this earlier this > week.. They expressly state that we cannot put it on websites. Yes. There is a big difference between putting the entire installer on your site and including the java 3d bits as part of you

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Crossley, Allistair
Paul Pantera and Michael Schulman both of Sun wrote me this earlier this week.. They expressly state that we cannot put it on websites. > You may not make Java 3D available on a publicly accessible website, > no. You may put it on an intranet however. See the license agreement > in the installe

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread John Wright
Quoting from the license on the website: These Supplement terms shall supersede any inconsistent or conflicting terms in the Agreement, or in any license contained within the Software. 1. License to Distribute. Sun grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free limited licens

[JAVA3D] Creación del Java 3D Spanish Group

2001-05-11 Thread PiXoTo
  Hola,   Quiero anunciar la creación de la nueva Web de referencia para Java 3D en español.   En principio va a ser la web hermana de j3d.org, totalmente traducida al castellano, pero si tiene éxito, se irá aumentando con tutoriales, ejemplos, etc en castellano y que vosotros podéis envia

Re: [JAVA3D] ANN: Java 3D FAQ in Spanish

2001-05-11 Thread PiXoTo
Hi, I´m working hard and I think the entire site will be translated in two weeks. best regards. -- Borja Marcos Suárez - http://www.pixoto.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 41472800 msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fundador del J

Re: [JAVA3D] Posible Universe BUG?

2001-05-11 Thread Dipl. Ing. Paul Szawlowski
I have never used SimpleUnivers, so I have no quick answer how to set capabilities, which have not been set to default. But I suppose that there are no other Transforms done for the Viewplatform Graph then the one in the TransformGroup above the Viewplatform. So this transformation will be the Loc

[JAVA3D] ANN: Java 3D FAQ in Spanish

2001-05-11 Thread Justin Couch
Folks, we now have the wonderful news that the Java 3D FAQ has been translated to Spanish. This service is being provided by Borja Marcos Suárez and a few of his friends. The current URL is: http://www.telecable.es/personales/pixoto/faq/ But we are looking at getting an easier to remember one i

[JAVA3D] ANN: Java3D + Swing tutorial

2001-05-11 Thread Justin Couch
Karl Meissener has kindly provided a shortish tutorial on how to combine Java 3D and Swing together. As this is a topic that comes up with monotonous regularity on this list I thought it would be useful to annouce the fact that we do have it. The tutorial covers the basics of swing and java 3D an

[JAVA3D] Posible Universe BUG?

2001-05-11 Thread alvaro zabala
Thank you very much, Paul! But when I tried to run your suggest, I found that It threw a not capibity to read Local to VWorld transform exception. When I tried to set this capibility to the simpleUniverse.getViewingPlatform().setCapability(vP.ALLOW_READ_LOCALTOVWORL D) I got the exception: No

[JAVA3D] Loading 3D models in a j3d applet from HTML links.

2001-05-11 Thread Daniel Moscoso
Hi all !! I've been testing the loading of Java3D models. I usually work with OBJ and 3DS files. Now I'm trying to load a j3d applet in an HTML page, and call it to re-load different models according to the link I push (passing the filename and the scale as parameters from the link call). I've

Re: [JAVA3D] Problems with more than one locale

2001-05-11 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi Doug > If two Locale's are close to each other, it is possible for one Locale > to see the geometry in the other Locale. The only way to ensure that I don't understand what do you mean by close to each other? All locales in my program have a seperate viewer, all Branchgroups, Transformgroups

Re: [JAVA3D] Character Animation

2001-05-11 Thread zero
> My current solution is, I export a snap shot of a skeleton animation and save > it as an obj file. I then have a utility I created which loads obj files and > combines them into a morph, then I save that to a j3f file. I had to edit the > j3f file io code, because morphs are broken, so that it c

[JAVA3D] Java3D Poor Distribution Process

2001-05-11 Thread Crossley, Allistair
I am really quite disappointed by the Java3D distribution process. I am not sure what Sun can gain from forcing people through the unhelpful download process other than getting people to agree to the license online which has the only interpretation it seems that you have to download the installer

[JAVA3D] 3d Icons

2001-05-11 Thread Thijs Maenhout
Hi there, Does anybody know where I can Find icons for in my MenuBar?? I'm looking for 3d navigation icons!! Couldn't find anything Any help woul be appreciated === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include

[JAVA3D] Transparency

2001-05-11 Thread Vidya Sagar
Hi, I am working on mapping several 2-D images. I want to set the transparency to some parts of these images (such as making all the pixels whose color is black, transparent), so that I could view the images that are mapped after the first image. Can anyone help me out from this problem? Thank