[JAVA3D] Appearance of a metal surface

2002-01-10 Thread b_zeldin
Dear Java3D wizards. I am getting difficulties in emmulating appearance of metal surfaces. It looks like I can not get that shine that make surface look real. Other type of surfaces works fine. I always could manage to find the right combination of a texture and material parameters. But metal ob

Re: [JAVA3D] new book or source pool

2002-01-10 Thread Pierce, Gregory (TBS)
Title: RE: [JAVA3D] new book or source pool Hehe, I remember when I was working on Direct3D Professional Reference and the pain and suffering that comes from authoring a book. At the end I was so glad that it was done :) That said, I'd probably do it again some day.

Re: [JAVA3D] Add lines on the borders of a cube

2002-01-10 Thread Raúl
- Original Message - From: "marco fiocca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 5:27 AM Subject: [JAVA3D] Add lines on the borders of a cube > Hello everybody, > I have a problem an I don't know how to solve it, so I hope that someone can > he

Re: [JAVA3D] how to write java 3d applet

2002-01-10 Thread Raúl
- Original Message - From: "Maung Min" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:43 PM Subject: [JAVA3D] how to write java 3d applet > Hello, > I am new to java 3D environment. But, I have written a few java applications > and applets. Can anybody kin

[JAVA3D] Add lines on the borders of a cube

2002-01-10 Thread marco fiocca
Hello everybody, I have a problem an I don't know how to solve it, so I hope that someone can help me! I have a cube and at its borders I have to attach segments of different colors that emphasize some parts of the borders. I make these segments as LineArrays and I give them some coordina

Re: [JAVA3D] ARGH! Cannot install J3d 1.3 beta

2002-01-10 Thread Paul Pantera
The Java 3D 1.3 Beta installer is hard-wired to use Microsoft's java. This was because of problems with InstallAnywhere and JDK 1.4 (InstallAnywhere doesn't work with JDK 1.4). So they could choose to work on JDK 1.4 or on Windows XP but not both. (Since Windows XP doesn't have Microsoft's Java

[JAVA3D] how to write java 3d applet

2002-01-10 Thread Maung Min
Hello, I am new to java 3D environment. But, I have written a few java applications and applets. Can anybody kindly tell me where to find information about how to write java 3D applet please? I think I will need to set up plug-ins for my browser(I am not sure!). My questions are... 1. Do I need to

[JAVA3D] the twilight zone

2002-01-10 Thread Olivier Tassy
Hi, I have a program wich import a .obj file, read the name of each object to convert this string in a Text3d and then in a OrientedShape3D. To put these labels in the barycenter of my objects, I search the right point with a BoundingSphere and the getCenter method. All work fine except when

Re: [JAVA3D]

2002-01-10 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Alex, Bug 4621872 - IllegalArgument if Texture is extends without invoke non-default constructor is submitted for this. To workaround it in JMFTexture2D (which extends Texture2D class) invoke the super constructor public Texture(int mipMapMode, int

[JAVA3D] Good link

2002-01-10 Thread Yazel, David J.
Among other things the following link gives an exceedingly good tutorial on how to test to see if a triangle is within a set of bounding planes. This technique could be used to calculate view frustum culling and to help calculate occlusion culling. http://www.flipcode.com/askmid/ Dave Yazel =

Re: [JAVA3D] new book or source pool

2002-01-10 Thread Daniel Selman
Gregory, The PDF "eBook" will be available first -- that should be "fairly soon". We are still picking a few nits of out of the text, but it is getting really, really, close now. It then takes the printer a while (a month?) to produce the tree format book and get it distributed. You can download

[JAVA3D]

2002-01-10 Thread Alex Terrazas
Hey- I was trying to make adapt the JMFRendering example by making the Texture2D implement VideoRenderer. I can't seem to find this Exception that I am getting. Attached is the code. Thanks-- running on Windows 2000 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: cannot set image in default texture

Re: [JAVA3D] code.j3d.org Updates

2002-01-10 Thread Dipl. Ing. Paul Szawlowski
> There is still quite a lot of things I would like to see in the > codebase. I really welcome almost anything Java3D related, particularly > well designed stuff (I'm very picky over code quality). < joking > DAMNED PICKY ! Costs me always lots of hours of rework unless I'm honoured to release th

[JAVA3D] code.j3d.org Updates

2002-01-10 Thread Justin Couch
Updates for those interested in open source Java3D code. http://code.j3d.org The repository is kicking along quite nicely thanks to a bunch of recent contributions. A lot of these are starting to get to the Really Useful Stuff(TM) stage. Recent Additions over the past couple of weeks: Generalis

Re: [JAVA3D] Forthcoming book Java Media APIs

2002-01-10 Thread Alex Terrazas
Hey- Just got a cup of coffee and saw my last posting. That final joke was supposed to be...get your wallets out! Oh well, my wife tells me it wasn't very funny anyway. For those of you who keep track that's at least two days in a row for me. Anyway. I was wondering about the prospects of hav

[JAVA3D] Forthcoming book Java Media APIs

2002-01-10 Thread Alex Terrazas
Hi- I wanted to let everyone know about my "ever" forthcoming book, Java Media APIs from SAMS/MacMillan. The title is Java Media APIs: Cross-platform Imaging, Media and Visualization. I have two co-authors, Dr. John Ostuni from NIH and Dr. Mike "The Spike" Barlow from the Australian Defence For

Re: [JAVA3D] new book or source pool

2002-01-10 Thread Justin Couch
Ameet Suri wrote: > i am still not able to open this link That's because it doesn't exist. Use the correct link that I posted in the reply. -- Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ Freelance Java Consultant http://www.yumetech.com/ Aut

Re: [JAVA3D] new book or source pool

2002-01-10 Thread Ameet Suri
hi, i am still not able to open this link . > The address: http://www.j3d.org/links.html regards Ameet Suri eSamsung -Original Message- From: Justin Couch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2002 2:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] new book

Re: [JAVA3D] new book or source pool

2002-01-10 Thread Wayne Glanfield
Hi, Amazon.co.uk have the book available in March this year now. Core Java 3D A. Walsh Our Price: £27.99 Not Yet Available: You may still order this title. We will dispatch it to you when it is released by the publisher. Category(ies): Computers & Internet Hardcover (31 March, 2002) Prentice H

Re: [JAVA3D] new book or source pool

2002-01-10 Thread Justin Couch
Guang Bin Liu wrote: > Thank you for the information. > The address: http://www.j3d.org/links.html > seems now working. Was it closed? Oh... oops. Brain out of gear :( http://www.j3d.org/sites.html -- Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ Freelance Java Consu