[JAVA3D] Wireframe

2000-02-04 Thread Marina Santana
Hi,   How can I render an image in wireframe ?   Thanks,     Marina Santana

[JAVA3D] PickIntersection.getPointCoordinates() ...

2000-02-04 Thread Barry Walsh
Hi, I've been using picking in order to retrieve the coordinates of individual quads in an indexedQuadArray. Below are the results of 4 different "picks", showing the VWorld coordinates and local coordinates of the intersection using pickIntersection.getPointCoordinates() and PickIntersection.g

[JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Printing a Canvas3D?

2000-02-04 Thread Julian
Vincent, I think you can configure your Canvas3D to render to an offscreen-buffer. You can then render the contents of the offscreen buffer onto a normal (non-3D) Canvas, which in effect replaces your Canvas3D on screen. You should then also be able to print this offscreen buffer using the print

Re: [JAVA3D] Collision Detection

2000-02-04 Thread Dean Keeler
Anders, You need to put the class in from of the USE_BOUNDS variable. For example: wEnter = new WakeupOnCollisionEntry(shape, WakeupOnCollisionEntry.USE_BOUNDS); Also make sure that the "javax.media.j3d.*" package is imported at the top of the file. Hope this helps Dean - Original Messag

Re: [JAVA3D] Cannot get the parent of a live or compiled node?

2000-02-04 Thread Doug Gehringer
> From: Pasi Paasiala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I have a TransformGroup that I'd like to remove. I think you know that only BranchGroups can be added or deleted from a live scene graph, which is why you want the parent of the TG. > The TransformGroup is a a > child of a BranchGroup. I only have

Re: [JAVA3D] dual processor performance

2000-02-04 Thread Dan Todor
That's been my experience also, but with Java 3D. On a dual processor box, only 50% load. Olivier fillon wrote: > I remember an experience on jdk 1.1.* , with a dual processor box on win NT: > the JVM was only using one of the CPU and we ended up with a max use of > 50%, we have solved this by

[JAVA3D] REPOST -- PickIntersection.getPointCoordinates() ...

2000-02-04 Thread Barry Walsh
Sorry if it bothers anyone, but I was not sure that this question made it to the list... so here goes again: Hi, I've been using picking in order to retrieve the coordinates of individual quads in an indexedQuadArray. Below are the results of 2 different "picks", showing the VWorld coordinates

Re: [JAVA3D] Smoke

2000-02-04 Thread Doug Gehringer
> To do smoke you'll need to render the points as "fuzzy" points, Antialiased large points make good primitives for this. Doug Gehringer Sun Microsystems === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in th

Re: [JAVA3D] dual processor performance

2000-02-04 Thread Evan Drumwright
Can anyone from Sun add anything about this? Evan Drumwright -Original Message- From: Olivier fillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] dual processor performance >I remember an experience on jdk

[JAVA3D] Primitive.ENABLE_APPEARANCE_MODIFY affects only in constuctor

2000-02-04 Thread Pasi Paasiala
Hello, I noticed that the call primitive.setCapability(Primitive.ENABLE_APPEARANCE_MODIFY); has no effect. I think that Primitive should override the setCapability method and modify set the flags of its Shape3D children. Pasi ===

[JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Printing a Canvas3D?

2000-02-04 Thread Julian
Hi Vincent, I just came across one of the samples included in the Java3D 1.2 SDK. It is named "OffScreenCanvas3D" and I think it contains everything you need to solve your problem. Have a look into "OffScreenCanvas3D.java" and "PrintFromButton.java" (which does NOT already print the image on your

Re: [JAVA3D] Cannot get the parent of a live or compiled node?

2000-02-04 Thread Daniel del Río
Hi Pasi Not is posible to remove a transformgroup in a live or compiled scene, j3d optimizes the scene and some transformgroups could be removed . The solution is detach the parent branchgroup, remember first set the flag ALLOW_DETACH in the BranchGroup. > Hello, > > I have a TransformGroup th

Re: [JAVA3D] dual processor performance

2000-02-04 Thread Gregory Bradford
Evan, I have a dual CPU PII 450 running NT 4.0 and Java 3d does use both CPUs. Based upon non-scientific comparisons between my machine and a co-workers single CPU PII 450 I believe I get significantly better results using my dual CPU computer. Regards, Gregory Bradford Evan Drumwright wrote:

Re: [JAVA3D] Wireframe

2000-02-04 Thread G . Veith
Hi Marina, IMHO you mean some geometry as wire frame ? You need PolygonAttributes.POLYGON_LINE. Put this PolygonAttributes-object into your Appearance-object and apply that to your Shape3D (that is consisiting of geometry, appearance). Gernot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.janet.de

[JAVA3D] View.setMinimumFrameCycleTime(long)

2000-02-04 Thread Rob Nugent
Hi, Has anyone seen any problems with View.setMinimumFrameCycleTime(long) ? When I try to use it to limit the frame rate to say, 10fps (which is achievable on my box) then updates I make to the scene graph from my Canvas3D.postSwap() to modify the position on my live View don't seem to have imme

[JAVA3D] Two different scenes in two windows

2000-02-04 Thread Heiko Gottschling
I need to find a way to display two different scenes in two different windows. I have one scene displaying organs within the human body, which can be rotated and zoomed. Now, I want to add a small window in which a model of a human is displayed, exactly following the rotational movements of the ot

[JAVA3D] Multiple Views / Behaviors ???

2000-02-04 Thread Edgar Delgado Barbosa
My applet has multiple ViewPlatforms each with its own Canvas3D and its own behaviors to update the ViewPlatform's TransformGroup. The problem is that one behavior affects all the canvases. (different canvas3d's and different transform groups!!!) Should I add my MouseListener to each Canvas??

Re: [JAVA3D] browser

2000-02-04 Thread Fahad Aziz
HEllo. Though, I am new to this mailing list.. just wanted to add something .. that i think will help you. To run a Java3D applet on a browser.. Follow the following step. 1. Install Java JRE 1.2.2 (or above) 2. Install Java3D (if u r using NT, prefer, OPen GL Version, that is easy to run) 3. M

[JAVA3D] Picking specific vertexes

2000-02-04 Thread Ilkka Huotari
Hi, has the 1.2beta added the capability to pick specific vertexes? -- Ilkka Huotari [EMAIL PROTECTED] === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". F

[JAVA3D] Multiple Canvas3D

2000-02-04 Thread Frédéric Chopard
Hello, I'am working on a program that allow to draw some kind of 3D graphs. The user should be able to have multiple graphs open and work on anyone of them, he could create a new graph too. I implements this with multiple Canvas3D, each one is in a JFrame, has a universe and a root object, W

Re: [JAVA3D] View.setMinimumFrameCycleTime(long)

2000-02-04 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Rob, Can you please send us a simple example to demostrate this problem ? I guess you are using immediate mode graphics call to set view in postSwap(). setMinimumFrameCycleTime() work best with pure retained mode. So I would recommend using a user behavior to change the view position

Re: [JAVA3D] Multiple Views / Behaviors ???

2000-02-04 Thread Matthew Flagg
Try looking at the Forums pages too at http://forum.java.sun.com under the Java3D section. This question has been raised there also. I offered a possible solution there, but I'm not sure if it would work. Someone may have added something to the discussion though. > -Original Message- >

[JAVA3D] Moving Platform and Collision Detection...

2000-02-04 Thread Sivaram Ghorakavi
Hi Guys, I've few VRML models on the scene. Each model is in a TransfromGroup node. All these models are on a floor kind of platform and can navigate through KeyNavaigtorBehavior. Now how do I get the collision detection on these models Please help me !! Thanx Sivaram __

[JAVA3D] Anyone using Lightwave scenes in web browsers?

2000-02-04 Thread Sherri Renee Dunlap
Hi, I am new to the list. I am developing a project for my senior presentation and would like as much information as possible regarding working with Lightwave scenes in web browsers in Java 3D. There does not appear to be too much information on sun's page. Does anyone have any experience doing

Re: [JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Printing a Canvas3D?

2000-02-04 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi, Yes, it can be done. In fact there is no need to create an OnScreen canvas. Check this out ! - Kelvin -- Java3D Team Sun Microsystems Inc. >X-Unix-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 4 01:40:38 2000 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >

Re: [JAVA3D] Two different scenes in two windows

2000-02-04 Thread Mojtaba Hosseini
Hello,:) I found through experience that placing the two objects very far apart is the easiest way to get 2 scenes. As long as the clipping distance of each view doesn't overlap the other geometry, there is no problem with rendering speed either. Mojtaba

[JAVA3D] Tool for picking Colors and Material

2000-02-04 Thread Eric Reiss
Does anyone know of a Java3D tool for picking Colors and Material? I used the attached file for doing it in VRML and I was wondering if there was something similar for J3D. color_toy.wrl *** Eric Reiss - http://www.sigda.acm.

[JAVA3D] problem showing(other positioning) a visuel object other than a cube

2000-02-04 Thread Mohammed Akacem
Hi, I am using the Hello3Da examples from the tutorial. I tried to show a visuel object other than the cube( I load the visuel object from a wrl file I am sure the object is being loaded I actually did the same using the UniverseManager and Camera classes and it works). Another question: how coul

Re: [JAVA3D] Wireframe

2000-02-04 Thread Casteel, Don
You might try to use the POLYGON_LINE mode attribute in PolygonAttributes(int polygonMode, int cullFace, float polygonOffset), or am I missing the point of your question? -Original Message- From: Marina Santana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 8:18 AM To: [EMAI

Re: [JAVA3D] Smoke

2000-02-04 Thread Casteel, Don
A suggestion was posted that Mathengine might be useful. Since I'm desperate to develop a particle system I've taken a look at it. Although there isn't good documentation for it, it does have a Java "Wrapper" which seems to be working good so far. I feel confident that a good particle system can

Re: [JAVA3D] problems running demos in Kawa editor

2000-02-04 Thread Vladimir Olenin
I guess the problem is not in the Kawa editor, but rather in Java3D. Try to run the demo outside the Kawa, but there shouldn't be any difference. I think u should try to run HelloUniverse example shipped together with J3D, SDK version. If u succeed, then run other, more sophisticated demos from th

[JAVA3D] Off topic: Detecting video RAM memory

2000-02-04 Thread Vladimir Olenin
Hi, I need to detect amount of video RAM installed on the computer. I know how to do it via DX funcs, but rather preferred some easier and more reliable way. Does anybody know how to do it? Fluent search through Windows API funcs and registry gave no results. Thanks 4 help, vladimir >-<=