Re: [JAVA3D] redundant question, sorry

2000-03-14 Thread Erik Nilson
I've had a similar classpath problem and it was fixed by saying SET CLASSPATH=.; (no spaces between =.;) This apparently tells the javac "Look in my folder you idiot!" But for me java3D just worked so it could be it messed up and didn't install into your JDK. Or maybe you have 2 JDK's and it pick

Re: [JAVA3D] Primitive construction - inefficient geometry

2000-03-14 Thread Marco Lohse
Hi, I have discoverd the same with Cylinder and even more: by inspecting the coordinates I found that only every second triangle of the body seems to be necessary (since it is constructed as a fan, I think). Marco. - Original Message - From: Andy Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL

[JAVA3D] setCoordinate on the zaxis

2000-03-14 Thread Sean Lavelle
The code below is used to drawn one quadrilateral in front of the other by a distance of 1 from -5 to +5 in the z direction, instead it scales the z axis points larger on +z and smaller -z, why?? axisZLines.setCoordinate(0, new Point3f( -.5f, 0.0f, -0.50f)); axisZLines.setCoordinate(1, ne

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Performance Help

2000-03-14 Thread Marco Lohse
- Original Message - From: Olivier fillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Move to jdk1.3: you will double the java speed, > move to java3d 1.2 beta and you will double (around0 the j3d speed+> this > gives you a factor 4 without any pain My first impression after updating to J3D beta1 (with jdk1.2.2

Re: [JAVA3D] j3d.org

2000-03-14 Thread Justin Couch
Stefan Rufer wrote: > > j3d.org is a nice page, but how should it grow if no link, no mail to > submit more j3d-ressources can be found on the whole page? Anyone knows > more? Fair comment. There are some links further down in the FAQ section, but I was looking at exactly what you are talking abo

Re: [JAVA3D] polygon with border

2000-03-14 Thread Allen McPherson
"Dvorak, Daniel J." wrote: > Is there any easy way to add a border (say, 2 pixels wide) to a filled > polygon without using a separate Shape3D? You must use two Shape3Ds. Also, you'll probably need to use PolygonOffset on one of the shapes to prevent artifacts. You might

Re: [JAVA3D] objects in strero mode

2000-03-14 Thread Matthew Gahan
See www.elsa.com for shutter glasses and a hot graphics card. Currently their drivers will support directX on many graphics cards and there is an opengl driver for one of their cards. The nice part about this technology is that it requires no coding as it is all driver based. It also works quit

Re: [JAVA3D] java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException occurs when using multiple u...

2000-03-14 Thread Uma Sabada
Zanardi: Please send us a test case. Thanks Uma Java3D Team - Begin Included Message - >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 7 22:47:02 2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 04:46:16 EST From: Christian Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Su

[JAVA3D] J3d stereo examples

2000-03-14 Thread Tan Jiacheng
Hello Can anyone tell me where can find the example program that use stereo display, or can tell me how to do it. Currently I am writing J3d application on NT pc. To use stereo will move on to SiliconGraphics, but I don't know how. do i need to change my program to immediate mode? thanks

[JAVA3D]

2000-03-14 Thread Leonid Perlov
I am wondering how to serialize a java3d object. Espessialy a compiled one. Thank you. Leo Perlov === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For gene

Re: [JAVA3D] HELP!!JAVA 3D METRoWERKS 5

2000-03-14 Thread Vincent Erickson
I had a similar problem when i initially tried to compile and run my Java3D app using Codewarrior Pro 5. Make sure you have both the JDK and JRE installed. You can compile and run within the IDE with only the JDK installed, but to run the app standalone you need the JRE installed. Also make sure y

Re: [JAVA3D] Advocacy

2000-03-14 Thread Shawn Kendall
John Wright wrote: > I agree, the most concerning problem with Java (and Java3D) is the difficulty of > distribution. Performance is a distant second concern if your users can't even run > your application. We need EASY to install and run Java support. Sun has done a > great job with the JRE (

[JAVA3D] Help! Bug in TextureLoader?

2000-03-14 Thread Kasparian, Raffi J.
I have uploaded the 3D-tutorial applet EarthApp (slightly modified) to the internet but I can't get it to load the image file, earth.jpg. I have tried using the relative path for the image file (option 1) as well as the absolute path (option 2). I have also tried creating a URL from the absolute p

Re: [JAVA3D] Advocacy

2000-03-14 Thread Bob Gray
>I jut got back from the Game Developer Conference in San Jose. >There was not one booth using Java3D except for what we showed in our truck (which is >not a booth on the floor). And it's not because Java3D is too slow, because I can >make Java3D rip! Can you teach me how to do it?! I have writ

[JAVA3D] Security Error in Demos

2000-03-14 Thread Bob Gray
When I go to e:\jdk1.3\demo\java3d\ConicWorld and click on ConicWorld.html, Netscape starts and begins to load the applet. I then get the error (displayed at the bottom of the browser): "Applet ConicWorld error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ConicWorld" Sometimes the error reads: "Applet Con

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Performance Help

2000-03-14 Thread Olivier fillon
>My first impression after updating to J3D beta1 (with jdk1.2.2) was that all >animations became very jerky (not really slow, more like stopping and >starting again). Is there an improvement when updating from >J3DBeta1/jdk1.2.2 to J3DBeta1/jdk1.3rc ? >Marco. Very much: give it a try, it is very e

Re: [JAVA3D] Advocacy

2000-03-14 Thread giles
Currently we have a program with about 50K polygons, about 400 Shape3D nodes. On a 733 Pentium III with a GeForce it runs at 25 fps. I haven't done any optimizations yet. I was pleasantly suprised at the results. It's not OpenGL level performance, but it was much easier to write. This is with

Re: [JAVA3D] Help! Bug in TextureLoader?

2000-03-14 Thread Ahmed Shakil
Hey I have went to your site but it doesnt even show anything. just says applet loaded. I also have some wierd problems with the Java3D beta release when working with textures. I dont if it is because I am using windows2000. but it does not load all the textures http://www.vr-fx.com/3d_work/Terra

Re: [JAVA3D] Advocacy

2000-03-14 Thread Olivier fillon
Shawn wrote: >I jut got back from the Game Developer Conference in San Jose. >There was not one booth using Java3D except for what we showed in our truck (which is >not a booth on the floor). And it's not because Java3D is too slow, because I can >make Java3D rip! > >I believe it is because sever

Re: [JAVA3D] Advocacy

2000-03-14 Thread Shawn Kendall
Bob Gray wrote: > >I jut got back from the Game Developer Conference in San Jose. > >There was not one booth using Java3D except for what we showed in our truck > (which is > >not a booth on the floor). And it's not because Java3D is too slow, > because I can > >make Java3D rip! > > Can you teac

Re: [JAVA3D] Advocacy

2000-03-14 Thread Ahmed Shakil
hey I agree with both of you guys. Shawn wrote: >I jut got back from the Game Developer Conference in San Jose. >There was not one booth using Java3D except for what we showed in our truck (which is >not a booth on the floor). And it's not because Java3D is too slow, because I can >make Java3D r

Re: [JAVA3D] Applet reading from file?

2000-03-14 Thread Stefano Scarpanti
To tell the truth, you are wrong. Unfortunately, you are wrong in practice. Netscape 4.5 refuses many operations on URL! Such as, loading images and opening streams. It allows only reading audio files. I feels each browsers has its own rules and security handles and the final results is a jungle!

Re: [JAVA3D] Help! Bug in TextureLoader?

2000-03-14 Thread reynolddemarcojr
http://www.vr-fx.com/3d_work/Terraforming/show.html This site runs just fine for me. I have Windoze98, JDK1.2.2, and Java3D1.2. It appears your problem is with Windoze2000. Reynold www.reynolddemarcojr.com -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

[JAVA3D] Problem with the Transparency Interpolator

2000-03-14 Thread Sánchez Sanz, Javier
Hello, I'm trying to use a TransparencyInterpolator but I don't want that the objects get invisible. So I set the MinimumTransparency to 0.5 setMinimumTransparency(0.5f)) and the maximun to 1 (setMaximumTransparency(1.0f))... but the objects disapear!! this is my code... //HighLightSelect

[JAVA3D] Mixing Heavy/Lightweight Components

2000-03-14 Thread Juergen Neubauer
Sorry if this posting comes up twice, but I did not find it on the list... Hello all ! Has anybody out there found the "setToolTipWindowUsePolicy(int)" ?? This is in the documentation - ToolTipManager: ** setLightWeightPopupEnabled public void s

[JAVA3D] Scene serialization

2000-03-14 Thread Leonid Perlov
Hi, all Is there anybody who could help me with scene serialization ? I NEED TO SERIALIZE A SCENE. Thanks a lot. Leo Perlov === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff

Re: [JAVA3D] Applet reading from file?

2000-03-14 Thread Ronan O'Driscoll
With java1.2 there is a new policytool, a little gui that allows you complete control over permissions and on which particular locations to grant them. Check out http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/security1.2/tour1/index.html > > Stefano Scarpanti wrote: > > > Hi all, > > does anybody kno w

Re: [JAVA3D] face perpendicular to viewpoint

2000-03-14 Thread Allen McPherson
Jianzhong Mo wrote: > I have a shape(a QuadArray). I hope it will keep perpendicular to the > viewpoint when the viewpoint changes its position and orientation. Is > there an easy way to do this? You can use either a Billboard behavior or the new (1.2) OrientedShape3D node. -- A

Re: [JAVA3D] VRML 2.0 loader problem

2000-03-14 Thread Doug Gehringer
Here is my latest development jarfile. It matches the latest CVS source. If your part still fails to load, send me the part and I'll figure out what is going wrong. Doug Gehringer Sun Microsystems vrml97.jar.gz

Re: [JAVA3D] HELP!!JAVA 3D METRoWERKS 5

2000-03-14 Thread Frédéric Chopard
It works fine for me. Your problem is that you didn't include java3d classes in your project. You just have to drag and drop some files from this directory: c:\jdk\jre\lib\ext (j3daudio.jar, j3dcore.jar, j3dutils.jar, vecmath.jar) to your project window in codewarrior (where you find the file rt.j

[JAVA3D] Mixing Heavy/Lightweight Components

2000-03-14 Thread Juergen Neubauer
Hello all ! Has anybody out there found the "setToolTipWindowUsePolicy(int)" ?? This is in the documentation - ToolTipManager: ** setLightWeightPopupEnabled public void setLightWeightPopupEnabled(boolean aFlag) Deprecated. As of Swing1.1 rep