Re: [JAVA3D] cloneTree and TCBSplinePathInterpolator

2000-03-21 Thread Anders Breivik
Hello Kelvin Thanks for your reply! I'm not sure how to access the "core" TCBSplinePathInterpolator.java. I know this file is accessable from my ..\jdk1.2\src\com\sun\j3d\utils\behaviors\interpolators directory, but changing this file and compiling it (in this directory) does not change anything

Re: [JAVA3D] problems with j3d for Linux

2000-03-21 Thread Ingo Brunberg
As mentioned in the README file you have to have Mesa3.1 installed. Be sure to have the location of the Mesa libs in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH or add the path to /etc/ld.so.conf if not in there and run ldconfig. Regards, Ingo Brunberg >I have downloaded j3d and installed it, but it doesn't works...

[JAVA3D] don't open PrettyPark

2000-03-21 Thread Chris Gates
Hi all,   If you received PrettyPark.exe from my machine, don't open it.  Delete it from your machine.  It is a worm virus that used my machine as a host.  Note for the future: I don't send .exe files via email unless you and I have discussed it beforehand.   Seeya, CG

[JAVA3D] VRML FIX: OrientationInterpolator

2000-03-21 Thread giles
Finally fixed the rotation animation bug. Some exporters export OrientationInterpolators that have axis of rotations that change between frames. The current VRML loader was not handling them correctly. That's been fixed. Example problem: DEF Box01-ROT-INTERP OrientationInterpolator { ke

[JAVA3D] Java3D Complex Modeled examples

2000-03-21 Thread Sherri Dunlap
Hello, I'm doing a presentation next week where I present my work that I've done with my models and putting them altogether into java and letting Java3D handle the mouse and keyboard navigation. My question is are there any examples of 'complex' models? I ask because I'd like to compare the

Re: [JAVA3D] VIRUS Re: [JAVA3D] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe

2000-03-21 Thread Ahmed Shakil
what kind of virus??? -Original Message- From: Rob Rodgers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAVA3D] VIRUS Re: [JAVA3D] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe >Test: Pretty Park.exe :) VIRUS.

Re: [JAVA3D] billboard behaviour

2000-03-21 Thread Ahmed Shakil
there's already a bilboard demo which comes with the Java3D demo -Original Message- From: Carlos Proal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAVA3D] billboard behaviour Hi all, i have sent a previous mail, but it never arrives so

Re: [JAVA3D] Setting Transparency on a shape3D node

2000-03-21 Thread Uma Sabada
Please send us a test program for the bug. Thanks Uma Java3D Team - Begin Included Message - >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 17 17:23:17 2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2

Re: [JAVA3D] cloneTree and TCBSplinePathInterpolator

2000-03-21 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Anders: >X-Originating-IP: [137.222.217.98] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:32:46 CET >From: Anders Breivik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] cloneTree and TCBSplinePathInterpolator >Comments: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hello Kelvin > >Thanks for you

Re: [JAVA3D] billboard behaviour

2000-03-21 Thread Christopher Mitchell
Look at the new OrientedShape3D class in the 1.2 api as well. --Chris -Original Message- From: Ahmed Shakil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] billboard behaviour there's already a bilboard demo which comes with t

[JAVA3D] Exact collision detection

2000-03-21 Thread Fabio Roberto de Miranda
Is there any way of knowing exactly in what point(s) of a given geometry a collision happened? Any workarounds? (What I want to know is about Java3D built-in features, obviously). Thanks in advance Fabio =

Re: [JAVA3D] Setting Transparency on a shape3D node

2000-03-21 Thread giles
One thing that might help you. By setting the tranparency of the material in VRML to 0.01 that will enable the proper flags for transparency in Java3D. Might want to try that. This also is a workaround for the transparent texture bug, ie you have a texture with transparency in it, but it doesn'

Re: [JAVA3D] Create a stand alone Java3d program?

2000-03-21 Thread Shawn Kendall
Tan Wei Boon wrote: > Hi, guys, I am a beginner in using Java 3D, and decided to use it to develope > a stand alone program. The output of the compiled file is having .class extension. > Can I make a stand alone program, for example, .exe file, only using jdk and > Java3d API? No, you cannot. T

[JAVA3D] Create a stand alone Java3d program?

2000-03-21 Thread Tan Wei Boon
Hi, guys, I am a beginner in using Java 3D, and decided to use it to develope a stand alone program. The output of the compiled file is having .class extension. Can I make a stand alone program, for example, .exe file, only using jdk and Java3d API? Or I need other utilities to do that? You guys h

[JAVA3D] Java3D and Apple G4

2000-03-21 Thread BRASSEL Tim (NQ)
G'day All, Has there been any information circulated on the performance evaluations of JAVA3D software running on the (newish) G4? This beast seems primed for hardcore 3D work, and I am considering the option for any future GFX apps. Any info would be kindly recieved. Cheers Tim Brassel Inform

Re: [JAVA3D] Exact collision detection

2000-03-21 Thread Christopher Mitchell
J3d team, I am also looking for this in order to implement a basic particle system. Is this feature just missing, or is there another way to do this? It seems that some of the intersection test code for picking behaviour could be easily extended to add point of intersection. Also, will the Canv

Re: [JAVA3D] help keyboard input

2000-03-21 Thread ArtMotion
thanks it greatly helps attaching the KeyListener to the Canvas3D object :-) The Casteels wrote: > You'll need to check focus, run your app again, then click your mouse on the > frame somewhere, re-size or move the window for instance. Your keyboard input > should work once the focus is back

[JAVA3D] JAVA3D and MouseBehaviors

2000-03-21 Thread Sherri Dunlap
Hello, I noticed some discussion regarding MouseBehaviors and I was wondering, if I used Java's builtin MouseBehavior class, what do I need to modify so that when I move through my scene, the user can't go underneath my scene? Is that collision detection or can I change something in the mouse

[JAVA3D] Image Maps/Textures in J3D

2000-03-21 Thread Sherri Dunlap
What types of image maps does Java3D support? I didn't see this information in the tutorial, but I may have missed it. I have a lightwave scene that uses planar, cylindrical, cubic and spherical image maps, but can only see the planar image maps. Additionally, what's the best format for perform

[JAVA3D] looking for a how to get OpenGL working with Java3D on linux?

2000-03-21 Thread David W. Laflam
I get the following error: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/local/jdk/jre/lib/i386/libJ3D.so: libMesaGL.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Don't know the first thing about how to start hunting that down. Thanks! Dave =

Re: [JAVA3D] Quat4f: Best site to explain Quaternions

2000-03-21 Thread Doug Gehringer
> From: pine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > What's the four parameters in Quat4f( ) mean? A Quat4f is a quaternion. There is no real intuitive meaning to the four parameters. The best site I've found for explaining what quaterions are, and more importantly, how to use them is: http://www.gamasutra.c

[JAVA3D] Java2Fixer

2000-03-21 Thread Vladimir Olenin
Hi, I finally came up with an utility which possibly would ease life for many of us (well, mostly 4 newbies only). It allows to install Java2 platform, Java3D library and .jar extensions flawlessly, automatically copies extensions from ext to lib directory if JRE is of 1.2.1 version or below, del

[JAVA3D] initializing java3d for 1600x1024

2000-03-21 Thread Jimmy Talbot
Hi, I'm using an SGI Visual Workstation, which has a monitor size of 1600x1024 pixels. I know Java3D 1.2b starts up properly initialized, but in Java3D 1.1.3 everything is stretched horizontally. How do I get it to initialize properly? Thanks Jimmy =

[JAVA3D] Resetting scene after mouse behaviors

2000-03-21 Thread Sherri Dunlap
Hello, Is there a way to reset a scene after someone has invoked mouse behaviors? I would like to use the same convention as 'left mouse button' rotate, etc. but want to reset without having to restart my applet. Sherri begin:vcard n:Dunlap;Sherri x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; ver

Re: [JAVA3D] billboard behaviour

2000-03-21 Thread Carlos Proal
ok guys thanx so much >From: Christopher Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Discussion list for Java 3D API <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] billboard behaviour >Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 16:27:51 -0500 > >Look at the new OrientedShape3D class in the 1.2 api as

[JAVA3D] Le tutorial de Sun sur l’API Java 3D est traduit en français ! (la moitiée.)

2000-03-21 Thread armel.fortun
Bonjour, bonsoir à tous, J’ai le plaisir, l’honneur et l’avantage de vous signaler qu’une traduction du tutorial de l’API Java 3D est disponible à la lecture et au téléchargement à : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/armel.fortun Il s’agit pour moi d’un galop d’essai en tant que traducteur et de Java 3D. Le

Re: [JAVA3D] Primitive construction - inefficient geometry

2000-03-21 Thread The Casteels
I think I was a little unclear about what I was needing. Getting the geometry isn't the problem, My application constructs it as a TriangleFanArray (not a simple primitive), and I am using the getCoordinates() method to pull the data. The problem is exporting it in a useable format. What I've ha

[JAVA3D] Always Satellite Animation

2000-03-21 Thread Olivier Antibi
Hello guys, Thanks for your answers, but I should have first included the url I own on both satellites and Jni fortran: -Satellites: http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~musgrave/cforce/index.html http://www.vmeng.com/minow/sunsphere/SunSphereInfo.html#Source only 2D but intersting to see orb

[JAVA3D] Possible bug

2000-03-21 Thread Bruno Sousa Caiado
Hello.     I have an object which is built using the IndexedQuadArray class. I am specifying per-verxtex color for this object using the "setColors" method.     The problem ocurred when i added an ambient light to the scene:     The object was rendered with the Material default color and not wi

Re: [JAVA3D] Advocacy : SHOW US ! ... Show the world YOUR bestJava3D.

2000-03-21 Thread The Casteels
Hi armel, Java3D is a programming language and a GUI can be built. But I think you'll find that there won't be a lot of support for a standardized GUI to be part of the package. The reason is that people use programming languages to accomplish things that are unique to their needs, or unique to t

[JAVA3D] VRML files with animation key frames

2000-03-21 Thread Dean Keeler
Hi all, I use VRML files and import them into my Java3D environment. These VRML files are created from 3DStudio Max which has the capability of outputting the animation key frames in the VRML file. If there any way I can use this animation key frames within the Java3D environment and not have t