Re: [JAVA3D] Humanism SingularxException?

2003-03-27 Thread Pronab Palcs
I know this is a technical forum. But I could not resist myself in adding a few lines in response of the quote from Greg Slant about our heightened awareness about all things alive. This may be true that we have reached maturity in our understanding of humanism and the rest of it, but in today's co

Re: [JAVA3D] What triggered invert() or caused SingularMatrixException?

2003-03-27 Thread Justin Couch
Jasmine Kwok wrote: Are there any checks that I can do to prevent this exception? Try checking on what values you are putting into the array. Almost certainly you have a zero scale on one of the axis values there. If not zero, something very close to it. Print out the Transform3D to find ou what is

Re: [JAVA3D] What triggered invert() or caused SingularMatrixException?

2003-03-27 Thread Jasmine Kwok
Are there any checks that I can do to prevent this exception? I found out that the exception comes from this line but I could not catch the exception using try catch: vpTrans.setTransform(transform3d); - Original Message - From: "Justin Couch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [JAVA3D] What triggered invert() or caused SingularMatrixException?

2003-03-27 Thread Justin Couch
Jasmine Kwok wrote: Hi All, I've been getting the SingularMatrixException but according to the API, it is thrown in the invert method, which I did not call in my codes. What other methods could have invoked the method or cause the exception? Java3D performs an inversion of the view transform matri

[JAVA3D] What triggered invert() or caused SingularMatrixException?

2003-03-27 Thread Jasmine Kwok
  Hi All,   I've been getting the SingularMatrixException but according to the API, it is thrown in the invert method, which I did not call in my codes. What other methods could have invoked the method or cause the exception?   I have been using TransformGroup and Transform3D, scale and tra

Re: [JAVA3D] about java3D Sound

2003-03-27 Thread Guy Carpenter
While I can't comment on the echo features of Java3D sound, I can attest to the truth of what Nikolai has said about the library. The sound system is very buggy, and only minor fixes are being delivered in the 1.3.1 release. I have managed to get multiple sound sources working spatialized for the X

Re: [JAVA3D] speed question

2003-03-27 Thread Galen Wilkerson
Well, in particular, I want to do graph-drawing in 2- and 3-d with graphs of 10's of thousands of nodes. So, the info sent to the server will likely be minimal, and the returned info will just be an array of positions in 3-d, more or less. This can be computationally intensive, since the energy-m

Re: [JAVA3D] speed question

2003-03-27 Thread Patrick-Emmanuel Boulanger-Nadeau
> > With a software engine it is as faster as your CPU. > > > > > - make calls to fast C/C++ routines on the server that the applet > > > downloaded from > > > > > > > :)) Unable to comment seriously. :)) > > > Why is that? Not sure I understand. > > -Galen How are those routines used ? Are they

Re: [JAVA3D] speed question

2003-03-27 Thread Galen Wilkerson
> With a software engine it is as faster as your CPU. > > > - make calls to fast C/C++ routines on the server that the applet > > downloaded from > > > > :)) Unable to comment seriously. :)) Why is that? Not sure I understand. -Galen

Re: [JAVA3D] speed question

2003-03-27 Thread Galen Wilkerson
Ok, but that doesn't answer my other questions. -Galen On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, John Wright wrote: > Galen Wilkerson wrote: > > > {snip} > > > > - make calls to fast C/C++ routines on the server that the applet > > downloaded from > > > > I find this rather humorous. "fast C/C++ routines on the ser

Re: [JAVA3D] speed question

2003-03-27 Thread Alessandro Borges
Hi > > - Build an application that can run as a downloaded applet. > Ok. Java can do it. But Java1.2 features needs JRE plug-in install. And Java3D also needs a later and separate install. > - can display thousands of points in 3d space, connected by > multi-colored, sometimes transparent lines

[JAVA3D] orbitBehaviour.setRotationCenter() gives spurious view shift

2003-03-27 Thread Smith, David
I have recently came across this issue http://swjscmail1.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0301&L=java3d-interest&P=R105534 myself and was wondering if anyone has found a solution for it. It seems to me that when the OrbitBehavior detects setRotationCenter, it causes a full recomputation of the vie

Re: [JAVA3D] speed question

2003-03-27 Thread John Wright
Galen Wilkerson wrote: > {snip} > > - make calls to fast C/C++ routines on the server that the applet > downloaded from > I find this rather humorous. "fast C/C++ routines on the server" If you are calling a remote routine (even on a LAN) the transmission speed slows this down to the point of dw

Re: [JAVA3D] Compile() and live

2003-03-27 Thread Kevin Glass
tony Lincoln wrote: Dear friends, I want to remove one child from TransformGroup(TG) by pressing one button, codes like this: [/CODES] class AWTInteractionBehavior extends Behavior implements ActionListener { private TransformGroup transformGroup; private BranchGroupBG; // create a n

[JAVA3D] speed question

2003-03-27 Thread Galen Wilkerson
Hi, I am new to the java3d list, but am trying to decide if this is the platform appropriate to a task I am working on: I would like to: - Build an application that can run as a downloaded applet. - can display thousands of points in 3d space, connected by multi-colored, sometimes transparent

[JAVA3D] Compile() and live

2003-03-27 Thread tony Lincoln
Dear friends, I want to remove one child from TransformGroup(TG) by pressing one button, codes like this: [/CODES] class AWTInteractionBehavior extends Behavior implements ActionListener { private TransformGroup transformGroup; private BranchGroupBG; // create a new AWTInteracti

Re: [JAVA3D] Very Strange Rendering

2003-03-27 Thread Michael Saunders
James, It almost looks like you have two surface drawing in the same region. Different graphics cards will render coplanar surfaces somewhat differently depending on the depth buffer resolution and a number of other factors. Check your sphere geometries. My guess is that near the equator of the sp

Re: [JAVA3D] native code error

2003-03-27 Thread Kelvin Chung
martin wrote: Any one help with a problem im having. When i run an Applet that uses Java3D objects My browser is crashing? If i create a simple Applet based Program it runs fine as a Framed Application but as soon as Its loaded by my Browser I get an "hs_err" type error? The error says "An unexpe

[JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] native code error

2003-03-27 Thread Florin Herinean
Maybe your plugin uses a different jdk/j3d than the one that you use when you start the app from the console. Have you checked that ? That can easily happen, especially since you say that you have several runtimes available for the plugin.   If you don't need to operate several versions of

Re: [JAVA3D] native code error

2003-03-27 Thread Alessandro Borges
Martin,   maybe I am doing a stupid sugestion, but did you try it in another browser ?? Maybe you have a bad IE instalation, and it promotes the crashes.   Opera 6.0(small) and NetScape 7.0 (big) both support Java, and I use both to test my applets. You can D/L Opera without Java. Opera will

[JAVA3D] native code error

2003-03-27 Thread martin
Any one help with a problem im having.   When i run an Applet that uses Java3D objects My browser is crashing? If i create a simple Applet based Program it runs fine as a Framed Application but as soon as Its loaded by my Browser I get an "hs_err" type error? The error says "An unexpected err

[JAVA3D] How to restrict the Text2D length

2003-03-27 Thread Zack FC
HI, I am facing one problem in displaying long Text2D. If i created a Text2D with 12 character + 4 extension how to make it 8 character with 3 extension. FaithfullyZackDo you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

Re: [JAVA3D] about java3D Sound

2003-03-27 Thread Nikolai V. Chr.
Oh, and one thing more. Even if the stero sound rendering did work it probably wouldn't matter. This is because of bug-4785695. The workaround doesn't work if you use multible sounds at many different locations. Once this problem occurs, all the sounds in your locale just keeps playing forever and

Re: [JAVA3D] about java3D Sound

2003-03-27 Thread Nikolai V. Chr.
mary meng wrote: HI : i found a lot of good featured at the java3D Sound. But i wonder does it real deliver sound reverberation and 3D audio? so far ven javaSound cannot make the achivement of sound echos. Can anybody give me some information about this? Since i would very much like to use it to i

[JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Problem with Specular Color

2003-03-27 Thread Florin Herinean
Hi Kyle, Actually, starting with this week I'm for the first time happy with my code. I'm able to correctly display any ldraw model using only the original dat files (certified or not, it doesn't matter), and the displayed image looks better than the one provided by ldview, while the memory usage