Re: [JAVA3D] javax.media.j3d.CapabilityNotSetException: Shape3D: no capability to get appearance

2002-12-20 Thread Kelvin Chung
Mona Wong-Barnum wrote: Hi Kelvin: That gave the same runtime error. [...] sphere = new Sphere ( radius, createAppearance ( color ) ); sphere.setCapability ( Shape3D.ALLOW_APPEARANCE_READ ); sphere.setCapability ( Shape3D.ALLOW_APPEARANCE_WRITE ); [...]

Re: [JAVA3D] javax.media.j3d.CapabilityNotSetException: Shape3D: no capability to get appearance

2002-12-20 Thread Mona Wong-Barnum
Hi Kelvin: That gave the same runtime error. [...] sphere = new Sphere ( radius, createAppearance ( color ) ); sphere.setCapability ( Shape3D.ALLOW_APPEARANCE_READ ); sphere.setCapability ( Shape3D.ALLOW_APPEARANCE_WRITE ); [...] > Mona Wong-Barnu

Re: [JAVA3D] javax.media.j3d.CapabilityNotSetException: Shape3D: no capability to get appearance

2002-12-20 Thread Kelvin Chung
Mona Wong-Barnum wrote: I'm getting the following runtime error: javax.media.j3d.CapabilityNotSetException: Shape3D: no capability to get appearance at javax.media.j3d.Shape3D.getAppearance(Shape3D.java:487) at com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.Primitive.getAppearance(Primitive.jav

[JAVA3D] javax.media.j3d.CapabilityNotSetException: Shape3D: no capability to get appearance

2002-12-20 Thread Mona Wong-Barnum
I'm getting the following runtime error: javax.media.j3d.CapabilityNotSetException: Shape3D: no capability to get appearance at javax.media.j3d.Shape3D.getAppearance(Shape3D.java:487) at com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.Primitive.getAppearance(Primitive.java:185) at SynuG

[JAVA3D] Solution: getGeometryArray() not returning!

2002-12-20 Thread Mona Wong-Barnum
I posted a problem with the above subject a few weeks back and I wanted to post the solution in case it can be helpful for anyone else... It turns out that if I set setContourCounts() properly, then the geometry worked. I think there is a problem with the com.sun.j3d.utils

[JAVA3D] Compiling Java 3D with JET

2002-12-20 Thread Raj N. Vaidya
Anyone here tried Excelsior-JET to compile a Java 3D application ? Looks like I'm running into problems because JET doesn't seem to be able to resolve all dependencies with the j3d*.jar files in the jre/ext directory. Specifically, JET doesn't seem to be able to resolve the import dependency for:

Re: [JAVA3D] Behaviour bounds and collision detection

2002-12-20 Thread Kelvin Chung
Jennifer Mc Gann wrote: Hi Kelvin, Yes it is v1.3 that I am using. Am I right in saying that if an object is loaded in and is translated to say -10, 1, -48, that object still has its own local coordinate system? The vertex position define in geometry is in its own local coordinate system. They

Re: [JAVA3D] help needed urgetly

2002-12-20 Thread Alan Hudson
Anthony Arobone wrote: Ya right, I can't find no ALLOW_PARENT_READ either. I'm knew to Java3D (first post). getParent is only supported on non-live scenegraphs. So you can detach a branchgroup and then ask the question... this of course won't work if its not a branchgroup. I don't think you

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D fly install problem

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Byrne
This is a known problem with InstallAnywhere and JDK 1.4 and above. I suggest you use J3dFly 2.0 beta from java3d.netbeans.org, this does not use install anywhere. Rgds Paul On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 20:21, Jay Kumblekere wrote: > Hello All! > > J3DFly installed fine under all of my previous Java c

[JAVA3D] RES: [JAVA3D] Java 3D Stereo with Asus V8420 deluxe

2002-12-20 Thread Robson Augusto Siscoutto
Hello Nick, I got stereo without being in the way fullscreen in the following way: I installed: Driver Asus v8420 v29.40b JAVA VERSION " 1.4.1 " SDK Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-b21) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-b21, mixed mode) Java3D 1.3 OpenGL Sc

Re: [JAVA3D] Method too Large! Please Explain!

2002-12-20 Thread KUBENA, BRIAN (JSC-DM) (NASA)
And if you don't want to load from multiple files. You can just break it into multiple method calls as in changing to something like: public void oneBigMethod() { smallerMethod1(); smallerMethod2(); smallerMethod3(); ... smallerMethodN(); } Of

[JAVA3D] EYE-Position

2002-12-20 Thread Appalaraju.Kvrapati
Hello Forum, can some body explain what is the concept of EYE-POSITION?. what is the physical eye distance from the origin?. Regards, AppalaRaju === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body o

[JAVA3D] clipping planes

2002-12-20 Thread Appalaraju.Kvrapati
Hello Forum, I have a structure which is scattered across all the XYZ Co-ordinates. I am scaling the structure to nominal View platform. Will this affect the clipping distances?. How to arrive at front clip and back clip distances for that structure?. Regards, AppalaRaju ==

[JAVA3D] WG: [JAVA3D] Is this possible? [Re: help needed urgetly]

2002-12-20 Thread Florin Herinean
Hi Ali, I think your approach is somewhat wrong. You should'nt add interpolators at runtime, instead add them at construction time in well defined places, and at runtime you just activate or deactivate them according to your logic. Now, if I'm looking at the TransparencyInterpolator I think that

Re: [JAVA3D] Method too Large! Please Explain!

2002-12-20 Thread Artur Biesiadowski
Philip J Colbert wrote: Hi all I have a class that is just basically a extension from an object that returns a shape3D. In this class all I do is set the Ceometry and Coord Index for a shape ("Yes I know it is large but I don't see why there is a problem") The geometry is large and has over 10

Re: [JAVA3D] Behaviour bounds and collision detection

2002-12-20 Thread Jennifer Mc Gannh
--- Kelvin Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jennifer Mc Gann wrote: > > >Hi there, > >I'm having a problem with the execution of a > behaviour > >based on collision detection. Two objects collide > in > >my scene and a switch takes place on one object and > >writes to a switch for the other obje

[JAVA3D] Union of volumes

2002-12-20 Thread Ted Hill
Hello,   Being new to Java3D I’d like to know if there is something similar to the Java2D Area class that facilitates doing constructive geometry, e.g. union of two volumes, intersection of two volumes, etc.   Thanks,   Ted Hill  

[JAVA3D] Active email list for Iris Explorer (off-topic)

2002-12-20 Thread Alan Peery
Sorry to go off-topic here, but I've been looking for a while. I may be introducing Irix Explorer, the scientific computation and graphing tool (http://www.nag.co.uk/Welcome_IEC.html) into my data centre for batch processing to create graphics. Is there a live email list for Explorer? The Usenet

[JAVA3D] Is this possible? [Re: help needed urgetly]

2002-12-20 Thread Ali Murat Tanyer
Dear all, I don't know whether this problem is too difficult to resolve. I sent several messages to the list but couldn't get a response to help me. What I am trying to do is adding a TranparencyInterpolator to the parent of a Shape3D object during the runtime so that I would have the animation o

[JAVA3D] Réf. : [JAVA3D] Method too Large! Please Explain!

2002-12-20 Thread Jacky Rymasz
Try to rename your class "main_tubeShape1" in something like "MainTubeShape1"... Philip J Colbert

[JAVA3D] Method too Large! Please Explain!

2002-12-20 Thread Philip J Colbert
Hi all I have a class that is just basically a extension from an object that returns a shape3D. In this class all I do is set the Ceometry and Coord Index for a shape ("Yes I know it is large but I don't see why there is a problem") The geometry is large and has over 1000 points in it! The runt

Re: [JAVA3D] help needed urgetly

2002-12-20 Thread Jeremy Booth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Looking at the javadoc, a shape3d inherits from Node, node has a getParent method, but the javadoc also states that it is only valid during scene graph construction, after that it will throw the Restricted access exception, according to the javado