Re: [JAVA3D] Zoom without moving the Viewpoint

2002-05-11 Thread John Wright
Yes, you can fiddle with the field of view values and achieve a "zoom" effect. It's been well over a year since I did it but certainly it does work. Dave, I remember we were both goofing with this at the same time. - John Wright Starfire Research David Yazel wrote: > > I realized after I sent

Re: [JAVA3D] Zoom without moving the Viewpoint

2002-05-11 Thread David Yazel
I realized after I sent this that my ramblings are probably not helpful. Sorry if this created more confusion than clarity. dave - Original Message - From: "David Yazel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Zoom without mo

Re: [JAVA3D] Zoom without moving the Viewpoint

2002-05-11 Thread David Yazel
Thats a good question. To answer it you need to consider what a view is really doing. It is taking an image plate (your screen) and transforming the 3d geometry so that it renders in the 2d space, perfectly matching your screen, basically flattening the 3d. This transformation uses a projection

[JAVA3D] Zoom without moving the Viewpoint

2002-05-11 Thread Pereira Sieso, Rafael
Hello all: I am new on developing in Java3D and I have found a problem when I want to make a zoom of the scene. Is ther any way on Java3D for doing a zoom without moving the position of the view point? Thank you in advance. Rafael Pereira. --