Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D and JOGL

2003-08-29 Thread Bill Hibbard
-- Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Michael Schulman wrote: > Hi - I thought I had sent this out earlier, but maybe not. The recent email thr

Re: [JAVA3D] Support for Java3D

2003-08-28 Thread Bill Hibbard
rsions. I switched to > >Java (in January 1996) because I was fed up with the > >constant platform problems from users of our systems. We > >still get a stream of emails to the Vis5D (written in C) > >mailing list from folks who are having trouble insta

Re: [JAVA3D] Support for Java3D

2003-08-28 Thread Bill Hibbard
installing on Linux (and other Unix flavors). Cheers, Bill ---------- Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html === To uns

Re: [JAVA3D] What do you want/need from Java3D?

2003-08-20 Thread Bill Hibbard
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Brian Tarbox wrote: > You know, if it was Microsoft abandoning an API like this and leaving us all > in the lurch we'd be up in arms and talking about 'the evil empire'. > Somehow Sun gets away with behavior they/we condemm in MS. > > Ok, rant mode off. If you read my post to

Re: [JAVA3D] What do you want/need from Java3D?

2003-08-20 Thread Bill Hibbard
visad.html. Cheers, Bill ------ Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D - ugly API?

2003-08-09 Thread Bill Hibbard
Hi Gili, The problem is not specific to Java3D or OpenGL, but is really inherent in the history of graphics. The basic problem of graphics has been performance, given the number of screen pixels necessary for convincing the eye versus the speed and memory capacity of computers. In order to overcom

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D is NOT dead!

2003-06-26 Thread Bill Hibbard
he slowdown in Java3D development, because Sun deserves some slack given the economic downturn. But failure to deploy Java3D on all major platforms is an ego problem, not a resource problem. > I for one am committed to Java and Java3D. Me too. Cheers, Bill

[JAVA3D] Java3D on OS X

2003-06-23 Thread Bill Hibbard
. Sincerely, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and

[JAVA3D] ClassCastException from javax.media.j3d.GeometryAtom

2003-04-02 Thread Bill Hibbard
updates. Any ideas what's wrong? Thanks, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help

Re: [JAVA3D] Client-server model of J3D

2002-09-05 Thread Bill Hibbard
ts own Serializable substitute classes for selected Java3D classes. > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Hibbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:58 AM > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Client-server model of J3D &g

Re: [JAVA3D] Client-server model of J3D

2002-09-04 Thread Bill Hibbard
es. On the client, these are converted to the Java3D classes and merged into a scene graph. This is all in the visad.cluster package of VisAD, available at: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html Cheers, Bill Hibbard On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Zoran Krunic wrote: > > Hi there! > &g

Re: [JAVA3D] State of www.j3d.org

2002-07-28 Thread Bill Hibbard
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Georg Rehfeld wrote: > Dear John, > > > Is there anything in particular you're looking for? > > thanks for your offering, but I cust was worried about Justin and > am happy to read from Julian Gomez, that he is alive and aware > of the problem. Not only is Justin atill alive

Re: [JAVA3D] geo-referenced data

2002-06-12 Thread Bill Hibbard
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Jeremy Zechar wrote: > Is there currently a way in which to directly deal w/ geo-referenced > data using Java3D. I know that GeoVRML has the capability to do this, > but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience w/ this or if Sun > is planning to add it to J3D anytime

Re: [JAVA3D] Who to ping for OS X + Java3D

2002-06-05 Thread Bill Hibbard
The technical problem of porting Java3D to OS X is trivial and was solved long ago. The problem is that Apple and Sun cannot agree on the license. On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Russell Power wrote: > I'm interested in this one as well... I've got quite a few OS X users (or > would be users) who don't real

Re: [JAVA3D] Volume Rendering

2002-05-22 Thread Bill Hibbard
volume rendering. I >have been creating my application without using VisAd. Do you think it is possible to >use the volume rendering function in VisAd directly in my application? Do I have to >create my application with VisAD? > > Thank you > > Bill Hibbard <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [JAVA3D] Volume Rendering

2002-05-15 Thread Bill Hibbard
aug/visad/tutorial/s4/Section4.html#section4_11 VisAD is freely available, including source code, from: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html Good luck, Bill Hibbard === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [JAVA3D] 3D Graphs?

2002-02-14 Thread Bill Hibbard
s, see the on-line tutorial at: http://www.geogr.uni-jena.de/~p6taug/visad/tutorial/index.html and also the Python programming option at: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/visadtutor/index.html Good luck, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===

Re: [JAVA3D] UserInterfaces

2002-01-18 Thread Bill Hibbard
I wrote: > We use Swing a lot for ordinary 2-D widgets in VisAD. But I also > describe how we are creating 3-D widgets using Java3D in: > > Building 3-D User Interface Components using a Visualization Library > > which will appear as the VisFiles column in the February 2002 > issue of Computer

Re: [JAVA3D] UserInterfaces

2002-01-18 Thread Bill Hibbard
ow we are creating 3-D widgets using Java3D in: Building 3-D User Interface Components using a Visualization Library which will appear as the VisFiles column in the February 2002 issue of Computer Graphics (the Siggraph newsletter). Cheers, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL

Re: [JAVA3D] lets port j3d to mac osX

2001-12-14 Thread Bill Hibbard
that Apple and Sun come to an agreement about the Java3D license. Cheers, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Todd J. wrote: > Ian, > > You might be interested in the following thread excerpted from the > java-dev mailing list at lists.apple.com. > > -Todd >

Re: [JAVA3D] Re: [JAVA3D] ´ð¸´: [JAVA3D] Please help me!

2001-12-06 Thread Bill Hibbard
> Who let the idiots on the list? Reminds me of the line from one of the Pink Panther movies: Dreyfus: How can an idiot become a policeman? Clouseau: He need only apply. The majordomo server we use for [EMAIL PROTECTED] limits posts to 40 KB. This is sometimes inconvenient, but does preve

[JAVA3D] VisAD: Java Visualization Component Library

2001-10-15 Thread Bill Hibbard
a Python scripting capability. VisAD is freely available including source code, documentation, on-line tutorials and example applications from: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html VisAD uses the Java3D and Java2D graphics APIs. Cheers, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D BOF at Siggraph

2001-08-09 Thread Bill Hibbard
ut my main 3-D API. Cheers, Bill Hibbard On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, John Richardson wrote: > Hello, > > Why was this scheduled at the same time as the Web3D Roundup? > > John F. Richardson > > >All - > > > >The Java 3D BOF at Siggraph is on Wednesday night, from 7:00

Re: [JAVA3D] unrelated to Java3D

2001-04-06 Thread Bill Hibbard
Hi Ahmed, > Hey folks, this question doesnt have to do anything with > Java3D so far, but in future it might. My company is > deciding between Flash and Java. I need some strong facts > to prove that Flash is a bad decision and Java is the right > tool. can someone help? I dont know Flash so I c

Re: [JAVA3D] UI Components in 3d

2001-04-05 Thread Bill Hibbard
more general 3-D interactions. VisAD is freely available, including source code, documentation, tutorials and example programs at: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html Cheers, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===

Re: [JAVA3D] End of Java3D ?

2001-03-26 Thread Bill Hibbard
Hi Leyland, > > Do you think that M$ is not threatened by the ability of any > > computer to send a program to any other computer? > > I for one think that, dotNet, is microsofts way of saving their > butt from potentially being split up. If they split off the OS > side of microsoft, they will st

Re: [JAVA3D] End of Java3D ?

2001-03-22 Thread Bill Hibbard
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Kyle Wayne Kelly wrote: > IMHO this e-mail is a little extreme. > > Kyle Wayne Kelly > Computer Science Student > University of New Orleans > 504-391-3985 > http://www.cs.uno.edu/~kkelly > Glory to God! > - Original Message - > From: &q

Re: [JAVA3D] End of Java3D ?

2001-03-21 Thread Bill Hibbard
st attempts to kill Java. IMHO, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [E

Re: [JAVA3D] I'd like to "anti-alias" small polygons

2001-03-21 Thread Bill Hibbard
ing for the lines around the character. > > Kyle Wayne Kelly > Computer Science Student > University of New Orleans > http://www.cs.uno.edu/~kkelly > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Hibbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Se

[JAVA3D] I'd like to "anti-alias" small polygons

2001-03-20 Thread Bill Hibbard
, not polygons (it is in LineAttributes and PointAttributes but not PolygonAttributes). Is there any way to anti-aliasing polygons? Or any other way to make small characters composed of polygons look better when zoomed out? Thanks for any help, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED

[JAVA3D] Java3D on Windows 98? With ATI Rage chip via OpenGL?

1999-10-04 Thread Bill Hibbard
ndows 98 Second Edition. Thanks for any help. Cheers, Bill Hibbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general h