[JAVA3D] Save

1999-10-19 Thread pine peng
Hi all, Can anyone tell me how to save the result I've drawn using Java3D, and how can I open it again? Thank you! Pine Peng === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signo

Re: [JAVA3D] Vector and Quaternion MAths

1999-10-19 Thread Warwick Dufour
Matthew, I've always found that "Computer Graphics, Principles and Practice" from Foley, van Dam, Feiner and Hughes published by Addison-Wesley to be an invaluable reference work when dealing with coordinate spaces, transforms and vector maths. Warwick In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew W

Re: [JAVA3D] Tooltips and CANVAS3D

1999-10-19 Thread Ivaylo Velikov
Hi ! Why don't you try to implement tooltips of your own in the following way? private void drawToolTip(String tTip, Point tpos) { Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D)getGraphics(); Font tipFont = new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 12); Rectangle2D bRect = tipFont.getStringBounds(tTip, g.getFo

[JAVA3D] Questions

1999-10-19 Thread Istvan Racz
Well, I have to write a project with Java3D, but there are some unclearly things, for ex. I need to add (with the mouse) a new piece ( a new object ) to a created model ( in position (x,y,z) ). - How can the cursor coordinates be asked ? Or are there any other possibilities to solve this probl

[JAVA3D] Textures with Alpha values / png-format working with Java?

1999-10-19 Thread Chris Wewerka
Hi, has someone experience with textures using images that have alpha values? I read some mails in the Java2d interest group and so i think i have to use a png-imageproducer to get images with alpha values? Does it work with Java3d, using an ImageComponent2d and setting this in Texture2d with se

[JAVA3D] Quick Question

1999-10-19 Thread Matthew Warren
Hello, I have the DirectX version of J3D installed for windows because I have no accelerator card. Win98 also has software OpenGL support yes? (I assume this from the OpenGl screensavers..) can I use the OpenGL windows J3D with no accelerator card? Is the software performance of OpenGL better th

[JAVA3D] more on the window resize bug possibility

1999-10-19 Thread Decker, Scott D
Okay, so I thought I should have added a few images to what I talked about with the window resize problem Using the HelloUniverse example WindowsNT service pack 3 ati rage pro turbo pentium III 600 mhz the images are shown when resizing the window the initview.gif shows the initial window resiz

[JAVA3D] collision detection..

1999-10-19 Thread wayne c deprince jr.
are the wakeuponcollisionentry and exit meant to be used for general purpose collision detection or just for objects near the viewplatform? it seems it is not for general purpose since you must provide a scheduling region for a behavior which the view platform must intersect, which means if you wa

Re: [JAVA3D] Textures with Alpha values / png-format working with Java?

1999-10-19 Thread CAZOULAT Renaud CNET/DIH/REN
Yes it works. You can simply use a gif with transparency which is properly decoded by java. renaud > -Message d'origine- > De: Chris Wewerka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Date: mardi 19 octobre 1999 16:01 > À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet: [JAVA3D] Textures with Alpha values / png-format wor

Re: [JAVA3D] In case nobody else noticed

1999-10-19 Thread Doug Twilleager
If you send test cases for these failures to [EMAIL PROTECTED], we can look into fixing them in our next 1.2 release. Doug Twilleager Java 3D Team > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] In case nobody else noticed > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > sorry, > > can't agree with that: > compiling wit

[JAVA3D] collision detection... again

1999-10-19 Thread wayne c deprince jr.
im sorry but the last time i sent this to the list it had the wrong replyto: set.. could u please reply to this one instead.. many apologies and thanks.. are the wakeuponcollisionentry and exit meant to be used for general purpose collision detection or just for objects near the viewplatform? it

Re: [JAVA3D] Magician/Sorceress VS. JAVA 3D

1999-10-19 Thread Anselm Hook
My group made precisely the same decision - we chose Java3D because it was the only freely available high level scenegraph period. We also expect it to improve over time and frankly have more confidence in a larger organization like Sunsoft being able to do that eventually. Anselm Hook www.open

[JAVA3D] gaussian splatting

1999-10-19 Thread Brandon Kohn
I'm working on a project where I need to implement a primitive object called a gaussian splat. Basically it's a volume (spheroid say..) whose density (opacity) varies outward from the center according to a gaussian distribution. Any ideas on how I might be able to make something like this with J

[JAVA3D] Java3D and Hotspot

1999-10-19 Thread Adam Belmont
I recently tried running my java 3d application in a Jdk 1.2.2 Hotspot Engine VM on Windows 98. The thing that I noticed is dynamic rotations (from a MouseRotateBehavior) will pause , for 1/2 sec and then continue. But , the pausing is pretty frequent , about every 10-15 seconds. I'm wondering i

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D and Hotspot

1999-10-19 Thread Mats Olsson
> I recently tried running my java 3d application in a Jdk 1.2.2 Hotspot Engine > VM on Windows 98. > > The thing that I noticed is dynamic rotations (from a > MouseRotateBehavior) will pause , for 1/2 sec and then continue. But , > the pausing is pretty frequent , about every 10-15 seconds. > > I

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D and Hotspot

1999-10-19 Thread Doug Gehringer
> From: "Adam Belmont > > I recently tried running my java 3d application in a Jdk 1.2.2 Hotspot Engine > VM on Windows 98. > > The thing that I noticed is dynamic rotations (from a > MouseRotateBehavior) will pause , for 1/2 sec and then continue. But , > the pausing is pretty frequent , about e

Re: [JAVA3D] gaussian splatting

1999-10-19 Thread Casteel, Don
I saw something similar done in VRML once. It was suppose to be a firefly. Thw woman who did it, ( I'd give her credit if I could remember her name) just used a few concentric spheres which were progressivly more transparent as the diameter increased. She ended up with a really nice effect. Hope

[JAVA3D] OpenFLT Loader Update 0.9.2b

1999-10-19 Thread Shawn Kendall
For those interested... We have just released a feature update to our OpenFLT loader for Java3D. The version is now 0.9.2b. This includes several bug fixes and the biggest new features, support for External References and multiple texture search paths (see the web page). The MiniViewer has a few

Re: [JAVA3D] In case nobody else noticed

1999-10-19 Thread Olivier fillon
It is probably only noice but: on Win NT 4 j3D opengl 1.1.2 I have seen great performance improvements and no problem at all when using the jdk 1.3 beta. Which I now use as my standard: I have not tried j3d 1.2 yet => though it could be a little too early My own experience only olivier -Origi

Re: [JAVA3D] more on the window resize bug possibility

1999-10-19 Thread Olivier fillon
hum, I am not sure I agree with you for your expected behaviour: in fact I disagree ;-) Your view (key hole?) on the world changes but the world stays the same: a cube is a cube; what I would expect is either a scaling based on the available display space or, if no scaling, just a wider /smaller p

[JAVA3D] ERROR:

1999-10-19 Thread reynolddemarcojr
Hello, I am reading a book called "Ready-to-Run Java 3D" where in chapter five is an application called Planets. When running the application I continue to receive an error message "images will not load" through the internet or on local disk. The errors are as follows. Java(TM) Plug-in: Versio

[JAVA3D] plotting a single point

1999-10-19 Thread Brandon Kohn
Is it possible to plot a single pixel in java3d? Any help would be appreciated. Brandon Kohn === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general

Re: [JAVA3D] plotting a single point

1999-10-19 Thread Daniel Selman
Brandon, This is from an example in my forthcoming book that illustrates the basics of plotting points. Sincerely, Daniel Selman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tornadolabs.com // routine to create a Shape3D object composed // from a point cloud of some random points protected Group createPoint

[JAVA3D] (no subject)

1999-10-19 Thread Qiong Zhang
Hi, Did someone use the CompressedGeometryFile in Java3D? When I call CompressedGeometryFile.write() to write the compressed data? There always NullPointerException or ArrayOutBoundException? Why? Thanks, Q.Z === To unsub

Re: [JAVA3D] (no subject)

1999-10-19 Thread Mark Hood
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 20:49:44 -0500 > From: Qiong Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Did someone use the CompressedGeometryFile in Java3D? > When I call CompressedGeometryFile.write() to write the compressed data? > There always NullPointerException or ArrayOutBoundException? > Why? I hav

Re: [JAVA3D] In case nobody else noticed

1999-10-19 Thread Jon Barrilleaux
It might be helpful if people could report to the list how the Java/Java Plugin/Java 3D install process went for them. IMHO this will be one of the keys to Java 3D's commercial acceptance. --jon > Date:Mon, 18 Oct 1999 16:23:10 -0700 > From:Tim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: In ca

[JAVA3D] Error message in HTML

1999-10-19 Thread Tria
Please help me, I have compiled one Java code successfully. But when I run it as an applet, in the IE status bar I always get message JavaLangClassNotFound cannot find javax.media.j3D.Canvas3d. I have put all the jar files in c:\source\lib and also in c:\source\lib\ext. Still it doesn't work. Can

Re: [JAVA3D] Tooltip functionality for Canvas3D

1999-10-19 Thread Jon Barrilleaux
This is a subject that is not as simple as it may seem. There are defintely hacks such as the one that you suggested. What you have to do and how hard you have to work to get it just depends on how general and "nice" you want to make in-scene tooltips. (Time for shameless a plug.) In my upcomin

Re: [JAVA3D] plotting a single point

1999-10-19 Thread Dennis J Bouvier
Yes, a single point can be plotted (rendered). This and many other Java 3D API questions are addressed in the Java 3D API Tutorial. The tutorial is free. This particular question is addressed in Chapter 2. See pages 2-20 to 2-26 (or so). Find the Java 3D Tutorial "Getting Started with the Java