Re: [JAVA3D] Keyboard Navigation

2001-05-15 Thread Leyland Needham
If anything, you can do as I did, and just look at the Java3D utility source code for their KeyNavigatorBehavior.java. I believe the utility source code is in your JDK directory in a jar file. Leyland Needham === To unsubscr

[JAVA3D] Switch object or detachable BranchGroup?

2001-05-15 Thread Leyland Needham
I'm curious to know when to use a detachable BranchGroup and Switch, when their functionality coincides? That is when you want to have a group that you want to hide for a period of time. What I am thinking is that, for hiding for a long period of time I would want to use a detachable, if its goin

[JAVA3D] Install Java 3D

2001-05-15 Thread Luis Fabio Magalhães
If someone could help me, i'd like to install the Java 3D API. What file should i download ? Where do i install the file ? I got in the sun's homepage these files: java3d-1_2_1_01-win32-directx-sdk java3d-1_2_1_01-win32-directx-rt Describe how to install and where the Java 3D API. Thanks for

Re: [JAVA3D] Director 8.5

2001-05-15 Thread Ahmed Shakil
You might have to re-phrase your statement, depending on what "FULL 3D SUPPORT" stands for... -Original Message- From: Gold, Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAVA3D] Director 8.5 So Macromedia just r

[JAVA3D] Director 8.5

2001-05-15 Thread Gold, Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So Macromedia just released Director 8.5 with full 3D support in conjunction with Intel. Does anybody know how it stacks up against Java3D, particularly for the web? Thanks, Rich Gold === To unsubscribe, send email to [EM

Re: [JAVA3D] xj3d user-friendly release

2001-05-15 Thread giles
Olivier BANASZAK wrote: > > Hello everybody, > Surprisingly I read very few feedback about the changes in xj3d, except from > this discussion about SUN's Java3d distribution policy. > First of all I understand that the idea is to provide end-users with a full > package but I think that the planned

Re: [JAVA3D] Keyboard Navigation

2001-05-15 Thread Artur Biesiadowski
Daniel Blau Kahn wrote: > > I am thinking about writing my own keyboard navigation since I want a little > more control than the KeyNavigatorBehavior class allows. I know that some of > you have written your own keyboard navigation, and I was wondering how you > chose to do it. Did you write a c

Re: [JAVA3D] Keyboard Navigation

2001-05-15 Thread Corysia Taware
www.j3d.org has a Doom-like KeyBehavior class you might leverage off of. http://www.j3d.org/utilities/keyboard.html - Original Message - From: "Daniel Blau Kahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:26 PM Subject: [JAVA3D] Keyboard Navigation > I am

[JAVA3D] Keyboard Navigation

2001-05-15 Thread Daniel Blau Kahn
I am thinking about writing my own keyboard navigation since I want a little more control than the KeyNavigatorBehavior class allows. I know that some of you have written your own keyboard navigation, and I was wondering how you chose to do it. Did you write a class that subclasses off of Behavi

Re: [JAVA3D] Detaching a BranchGroup

2001-05-15 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi, If you are using Solaris version and JDK1.3 or above use kill -3 processID to examine (or send us) the stack trace of all the threads currently in the system and which thread cause the deadlock. If you are using Window version, use Ctrl-Break to dump all the thread stack to examine the

[JAVA3D] Java 3D Texture Question

2001-05-15 Thread Inman, Michael I
I am trying to apply an image texture(jpg or gif) to an IndexedTriangleStripArray of a DEM. I have been looking at the example that was posted by Allen McPherson from September of 1999(#401). I'm guessing that I am doing something wrong with setting up my texture coordinates, as I have Allen's e

Re: [JAVA3D] Help loaders.vrml97

2001-05-15 Thread Ahmed Shakil
Look at the ObjLoad demo which comes with Java3D. and use the vrml97 package import com.sun.j3d.loaders.vrml97.VrmlLoader; instead of ObjLoader. if u need further help email me Ahmed -Original Message- From: Juan Antonio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 6

[JAVA3D] RFC: Xj3D Loader next steps

2001-05-15 Thread Justin Couch
Folks, Alan is heading off to the development meetings later in the week to work out what the next steps for the Xj3D loader should be. He's already taking feedback from the VRML community. I'm asking the J3D community that use the loader what they would like to have done next in terms of priorit

Re: [JAVA3D] How to get the topology from Geometry?

2001-05-15 Thread Justin Couch
Joachim Diepstraten wrote: > I wonder how you can retrieve topology information from > a GeometryArray? I know you can get the VertexCoordinates, > TextureCoordinates and Colors but how can you get the topology? > For example which Vertex are connected with an edge with each > other? Well, apart

[JAVA3D] How to get the topology from Geometry?

2001-05-15 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi Yep I already got a new problem. :). Hope someone can help me with this one. I wonder how you can retrieve topology information from a GeometryArray? I know you can get the VertexCoordinates, TextureCoordinates and Colors but how can you get the topology? For example which Vertex are connecte

Re: [JAVA3D] vertrex and pixel shaders

2001-05-15 Thread Doug Twilleager
We will be examining the whole space of programmable shaders in Java 3D 1.4. Doug Twilleager Java 3D Team Sun Microsystems >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [JAVA3D] vertr

Re: [JAVA3D] Exception on exiting applet

2001-05-15 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Yuri, It is a bug in our library, can you please send us your applet to investigate ? Thanks for your bug report. - Kelvin --- Java 3D Team Sun Microsystems Inc. >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:59:36 -0400 >From: Yuri Nikishkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [JA

[JAVA3D] Exception on exiting applet

2001-05-15 Thread Yuri Nikishkov
Title: Exception on exiting applet java.lang.NullPointerException     at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl.addToStateThreads(MasterControl.java:2072)     at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl.updateWorkThreads(MasterControl.java:2395)     at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl.doWork(MasterContro

Re: [JAVA3D] Your Message Sent on Sun, 13 May 2001 01:41:19 -0400

2001-05-15 Thread Paul Byrne
Hi Boris, Thanks for the example, I've found the bug in the SceneGraphIO package that was causing the failure, it will be fixed in the next release. The bug only manifests itself when calling addReference from a BranchGroup which is the root of a graph. Therefore to work around the problem in th

[JAVA3D] Detaching a BranchGroup

2001-05-15 Thread Illarramendi Amilibia, Aitor
Hi everybody:       I'm suffering an extrange problem.       Supose I've designed this SceneGraph up to down tree:   Universe(BranchGraph)     |     BranchGroup     

Re: [JAVA3D] xj3d user-friendly release

2001-05-15 Thread Justin Couch
Kyle McDonald wrote: > I don't think he was talking about the serialisation. That's true, but I wanted to make the point while people were considering swapping over. One of the things that people seem to be using j3dfly for was that "let's load a scenegraph and save it out again" process

[JAVA3D] Help loaders.vrml97

2001-05-15 Thread Juan Antonio
Hello, I want to load vrml objects with loaders.vrml97, and I don't know how to do it. Somebody can help me. If somebody can send me an example about it, I'll save my problems. Thanks you for your attention. === To unsubscrib

Re: [JAVA3D] xj3d user-friendly release

2001-05-15 Thread Justin Couch
Olivier BANASZAK wrote: > First of all I understand that the idea is to provide end-users with a full > package but I think that the planned install release (vs full install) is > lacking, as most developpers willing to use xj3d technology allready have the > latest releases of JRE and Java3D ext

Re: [JAVA3D] Picking!

2001-05-15 Thread Allistair Crossley
Jonathan, You may already know about my Java3D Molecular Visualisation System that's been around for a a couple of years? www.adcworks.com/projects/jmvs Cheers Allistair -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathan Albert C.

[JAVA3D] Picking!

2001-05-15 Thread Jonathan Albert C. Vallar
Good day! Thanks sir Paul!I saw the printCanvas3D class and saw the print utility there. I have also seen JMol (A java-based molecular viewer) and have seen the utility of exporting to images.This is done by passing a buffered image to the classes that convert into GIF or JPEG. I have another

Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D and collision detection

2001-05-15 Thread Leyland Needham
I think you should look at what you want first. Do you want simple collision detection, or better intergration of collision detection and response. I personally prefer and for the things I would like to do with it, using the pick tool, there are some things missing from its use, but there is diff