Re: [JAVA3D] Collision avoidance, bounds & co

2001-10-05 Thread Roland Sarrazin
Hi everybody, Thanks for your numerous answers; they led me to reconsider entirely my problem and think to new solutions, which, naturally, bring their own issues. As far as my performance problem is concerned, I have not decided yet which would be the best implementation as far as my topic is

Re: [JAVA3D] Collision avoidance, bounds & co

2001-10-05 Thread Roland Sarrazin
Hello again, First of all, sorry for the formatting of my e-mails, I've seen that they appear not word-wrapped, but I'm using JAVA3D-INTEREST own mail interface, so I'm afraid I can't do much about it! Te come back to my PickTool problem, it appears that this time it works; That means that th

Re: [JAVA3D] [java3d] Calling a second Java Program ...bat files???

2001-10-05 Thread Raffi Kasparian
I know this is off topic but I haven't been able to get help anywhere else. I would like my program to execute (via Runtime.exec or some other mechanism) a command that is typed into a TextField. Anything that might be executed from a System prompt should also work from my program. Below is the p

[JAVA3D] How do a create a hole?

2001-10-05 Thread Fredrik Andersson
Hello! I thougt that I could create a window on a wall with just ading a transparent gif as a texture, but I couldn't see through the texture as a tought. I did like this: Image from front) --- || | X| | X| || -

[JAVA3D] VRML Loader

2001-10-05 Thread Juergen Neubauer
Hi ! Does anybody know of a vrml loader that supports compressed vrml-files ? (gzip format or other) Thanx for your support, -Juergen. === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the me

Re: [JAVA3D] VRML Loader

2001-10-05 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi Juergen > Does anybody know of a vrml loader that supports compressed vrml-files ? > > (gzip format or other) Not that I know off, but for some of the VRML-Loaders the sourcecode is available and you basically just have to change the IOStreams to GZIPIOStreams or ZIPIOStreams which are provide

Re: [JAVA3D] VRML Loader

2001-10-05 Thread Burrows Anthony
Any idea where I can find VRML loaders with source code? I need to extend one. Thanks Tony B -Original Message- From: Joachim Diepstraten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 October 2001 10:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] VRML Loader Hi Juergen > Does anybody know of

Re: [JAVA3D] VRML Loader

2001-10-05 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi > Any idea where I can find VRML loaders with source code? I need to extend > one. Check http://www.j3d.org/utilities/loaders.html. I know at least the CyberVRML97 is provided with source EOF, J.D. -- Jmark2k+1 (http://www.antiflash.net/jmark) Test the performance of your PC online! =

Re: [JAVA3D] VRML Loader

2001-10-05 Thread Burrows Anthony
Thanks, the amount of work you've saved me! Tony -Original Message- From: Joachim Diepstraten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 October 2001 10:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] VRML Loader Hi > Any idea where I can find VRML loaders with source code? I need to extend

Re: [JAVA3D] VRML Loader

2001-10-05 Thread Juergen Neubauer
Hi, thanx for tha fast answer ! I still use the old vrml97 loader from sun, which already has gzip support. _but_ : instead of 15 seconds (uncompressed model, ~3MB) the compressed 850kb-model needs 11min to load ! In a LAN environment this would not matter, but I have to reduce the amount of da

[JAVA3D] What's the beauty of Interpolators?

2001-10-05 Thread Alejandro Terrazas
I occasionally wonder why the Interpolator class with an Alpha object is necessary. Could everything be done in a Behavior that wakes up on elapsedtime--or is that the point? Does the Alpha object provide denser and courser time values depending of the rate of increase of the f(t)? For example,

[JAVA3D] trace all the Links from a SharedGroup object

2001-10-05 Thread Lan Wu-Cavener
Hi, everyone: I need to manipulate links to a SharedGroup object. I was wondering is there a way to access links from their SharedGroup object. It seems to me that the access is a one way from link to its SharedGroup object. Maybe there is a trick that can do the other way. Any help would be app

Re: [JAVA3D] How do a create a hole?

2001-10-05 Thread Jenkins, Todd (HOU)
Fredrik, You have to define the hole in your geometry, not just in the texture. This means that you would have to have a vertex at each corner of the window and also calculate the texture points that match the new vertices. If this doesn't help you, then maybe I or someone could provide sample

[JAVA3D] Off-Topic Runtime.exec()

2001-10-05 Thread Kasparian, Raffi J.
I know this is off topic but I haven't been able to get help anywhere else. I would like my program to execute (via Runtime.exec or some other mechanism) a command that is typed into a TextField. Anything that might be executed from a System prompt should also work from my program. Below is the pr

Re: [JAVA3D] Off-Topic Runtime.exec()

2001-10-05 Thread John Wright
Raffi, Is the problem because: "C:WINNT\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe C:\my.bat" should be: "C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe C:\my.bat" ? - John Wright Starfire Research "Kasparian, Raffi J." wrote: > > I know this is off topic but I haven't been able to get help anywhere else. > I would like my program to ex

[JAVA3D] Proposition: develop Swing3D

2001-10-05 Thread Silvere Martin-Michiellot
Hi, I'm currenty thinking of developping an open source project concerning the realisation of a 3D GUI interface system for Java 3D based on Swing. In shorter words Swing in 3D. I'm thinking about reusing the JDK source code. Sun engineers, can I do that ? I'd like to know if people are intere

Re: [JAVA3D] This doesn't work quite right...

2001-10-05 Thread John Nelson
Thanks Graeme. In general this was the solution to my problem, but the cylinders fail to draw unit vectors from (0,0,0) -> (0, length, 0) which conicidentally is the normal that cylinders and your rotations start at. Hmmm -- John > -Original Message- > From: Discussion list for

Re: [JAVA3D] This doesn't work quite right...

2001-10-05 Thread John Nelson
Ok, here's another newbie question... Can I draw 2D objects within my 3D-based scene? I'd like to draw cartesian coordinates among my objects... and of course those grid lines aren't really 3D objects but rather drawing artifacts within a 3D scene... Still I'd like the grid to obey (at the very

Re: [JAVA3D] Proposition: develop Swing3D

2001-10-05 Thread Mark Kahrl
-Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Silvere Martin-Michiellot Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 6:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAVA3D] Proposition: develop Swing3D Hi, I'm currenty thinking of developping an open source

Re: [JAVA3D] Off-Topic Runtime.exec()

2001-10-05 Thread Kasparian, Raffi J.
John, Oops! Careless mistake in my email. I wish the solution were that simple. Raffi -Original Message- From: John Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Off-Topic Runtime.exec() Raffi, Is the problem beca

Re: [JAVA3D] Off-Topic Runtime.exec()

2001-10-05 Thread Kevin Williams
It might be that you need to enclose the text call in ""'s. e.g. this: Runtime.getRuntime().exec( field.getText() ); becomes this: Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "\"" + field.getText() + "\""); Kevin === To unsu

Re: [JAVA3D] Proposition: develop Swing3D

2001-10-05 Thread Michael P. McCutcheon
Have you seen this book? It is supposed to discuss the idea of "Swing3D" very throughly. It is NOT a book to learn Java3D, but is a book for learning 3D UI techniques. 3D User Interfaces With Java 3D: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884777902/qid=1002346696/sr=1-14/ref =sr_1_18_14/107-