Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D is Bad for geometry modelling!!!!!

2001-06-27 Thread Alex Bowden
Osam Your argument still isn't clear. Perhaps the code suffers from the same problem? :^) We also have written an application specific CAD package in Java3D and have had minimal problems that I can lay at the feet of Java3D. Those problems that we have had were more to do with documentation

Re: [JAVA3D] [Q] Mouse-rotation around fixed arbitrary axis

2001-06-27 Thread Alex Bowden
I think that this is an area where the Java3D team have, for one reason or another, ignored the conventional approach and it seems to lead to more questions over the months, that any other. The transform3D can handle a rotation about an arbitrary axis. The methods for setting it up cannot [or co

Re: [JAVA3D] Animation : combining interpolators

2001-06-27 Thread Olivier BANASZAK
Hi Fred, | It's not quite clear what rotation you intend to perform. | My concern is the following : I am loading a DTM to model a part of the surface of the earth, texturing it with an aerial photography. I am displaying this shape with a perspective viewing (ie rotation of PI/4 along the X-axi

Re: [JAVA3D]

2001-06-27 Thread Anand Pillai
Ashish, I have written a PickScreenObject class that allows you to pick Shape3D object(s) off the screen , and put them in an array. It is implemented as a Behavior. .Right now it allows you to select any Shape3D NODE by clicking on it on the screen. But how to receive/use that Shape3D n

[JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread Ajit Dharmik
hi all!!!   Mr. Justin Couch mentioned in his message that there is no application that generates J3D code directly. Do you think developing such an application would be a good idea?   Typically, such an application could allow users to draw  a scene graph (SG), set the properties and childre

[JAVA3D] signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST

2001-06-27 Thread Charles Chiang
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Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread Artur Biesiadowski
> Ajit Dharmik wrote: > > hi all!!! > > Mr. Justin Couch mentioned in his message that there is no application > that generates J3D code directly. Do you think developing such an > application would be a good idea? > > Typically, such an application could allow users to draw a scene > graph (SG),

[JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread "Römer, Daniel"
hi!   i remember a project called scenebuilder which provides all that features. I havent tried it and it is mainly in german, but the source code is available, too.   http://cobra.hta-bi.bfh.ch/Home/swc/DemoJ3D/SceneBuilder/   daniel -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-Von: Ajit Dharmik [

Re: [JAVA3D] Code repository of j3d.org

2001-06-27 Thread Alvaro Zabala
I think that It would be a great idea support alternates downloads than CVS. We have a firewall and can't use some ports (cvs port for example) > -Mensaje original- > De: Discussion list for Java 3D API > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Justin Couch > Enviado el: miércoles 27 de j

Re: [JAVA3D] How to display BufferedImage in HTML?

2001-06-27 Thread gaoming fu
John and Justin:   Thank you very much for your help. Since there are still some problems with the connection among Browsers, Javascript and Applet, I am going to print the image in JFrame, as PrintCanvas3D did.      regards,      GaomingGet Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http:/

Re: [JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread Jan Becicka
Hi I'm going to implement Java 3D support for NetBeans IDE ( http://www.netbeans.org ) It will be my thesis and should be accomplished till the end of the year. If you have any ideas or suggestions, which support would be useful, please send them to me (or to this mailing list). Thank you Jan Bec

[JAVA3D] hs_err

2001-06-27 Thread Daniel Balaguer Yagan
now, i only maximized my frame and my application simply disappeared... and i got this error: (it happened to me about 10 times and still counting!) An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM. Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x3 Function

Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread Fred Klingener
From: "Artur Biesiadowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:03 AM > > Ajit Dharmik wrote: > > > > hi all!!! > > > > Mr. Justin Couch mentioned in his message that there is no application > > that generates J3D code directly. Do you think developing such an > > application wou

Re: [JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread Daniel Selman
Jan, I think it would be very cool to embed the J3dTree scenegraph viewer (ideally with some enhancements!) into a NetBeans module. It might at least give you some ideas as a starting point. http://www.tornadolabs.com/News/J3dTree_Home/j3dtree_home.html Let me know what you decide - NetBeans is

[JAVA3D] Externalizable

2001-06-27 Thread Frank Bellegarde
Hi there, I've tried to pipe a BranchGroup through an Externalizableclass but it seems I couldn't get it to work. Whenever a BranchGroupis written, a NullPointerException would be caught, even though theBranchGroup isn't null at all. If any of you have ever succeeded in doing what i'm trying to do,

Re: [JAVA3D] I need Java 3D documentation; books, tutorials...

2001-06-27 Thread Gregory X Hopkins
Hi, You can try http://www.java3d.org/tutorial This only covers the basics - light, textures, animation. I'm not sure where you can get information about triangulation and views. From, Greg. This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicita

Re: [JAVA3D] Changing the color of a Shape3D

2001-06-27 Thread Gregory X Hopkins
Hi, I think Doug Gehringer is mistaken and there are six Shape3D objects used in a box (one for each face). Normally, the Box class would override setCapability() and make sure that it loops through each face when ENABLE_APPEARANCE_MODIFY is set. Unfortunately, setCapability is declared as final

Re: [JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread Jan Becicka
Daniel, something like J3dTree could be part of debugger. In debugger you can see variables of various types. So if I'll have enough time, I can (maybe :) implement "J3dTree support" for debugger, so user could see in debugger window e.g. variable BranchGraph graph And he could explore this node l

[JAVA3D] Overlay Implementation Details (fwd)

2001-06-27 Thread Will Holcomb
Hey everybody. David Yazel posted some code to to overlays a little bit back and I have been playing with that code. Things are coming together pretty well and I like how things are looking. I got caught up in talking about it today with a friend of mine and it is a descent overview of some of the

[JAVA3D] SGI vs. NT

2001-06-27 Thread Altshooler, Rakefet (MED)
Hi, I wrote a demo in Java 3D using Java 1.3 on NT 4.0. Everything worked fine, the functionality that is written in the Java 3D API exists in the Java 3D package for NT. Since my final product has to run on SGI, Irix 6.5, I migrated the demo to SGI. Again, I used

[JAVA3D] Loading animation behaviour from 3ds files

2001-06-27 Thread Daniel Moscoso
Hi all ! I've been testing the 3ds model loading using 3DS loaders. I have still a question: 3ds format is a model format, but a 3ds model can be created by 3d Studio with animation behaviour. I think that VRML files can also be created with animation behaviour (I believe). I have not tested

Re: [JAVA3D] IK and Skeletal Animation

2001-06-27 Thread Fred Klingener
From: "Bob Dengle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:27 PM > ... > I was thinking about the general technique behind CCD and I thought of > something. If you have a chain of bones pointing towards an effector, why > can't you use simple trigonometry to rotate the chain? > ... I

Re: [JAVA3D] SGI vs. NT

2001-06-27 Thread Michael Schulman
All - SGI was behind in their version of Java 3D, which was at 1.1.3 . They should be announcing/releasing a 1.2.1 version sometime in the next few months. > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:33:01 +0200 > From: "Altshooler, Rakefet (MED)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subje

Re: [JAVA3D] SGI vs. NT

2001-06-27 Thread Dan Petersen
The capability bits in question were introduced in Java 3D version 1.2. I did a quick search on the SGI web site and could only find Java 3D 1.1.3. You should contact SGI regarding the availability of Java 3D 1.2. Dan Petersen Java 3D Team Sun Microsystems > Hi, > > I wrote a d

[JAVA3D] the same problem with files, im desperate.

2001-06-27 Thread Borja Marcos Suárez
Hi all, Im developing a cad program and I have finished a great part of it but there is a thing that is impossible for me. It loads a scene and can modify viewpoints, lights, rotate, translate and scale objects..., it has a material editor... all the things for learning photorealistic techni

Re: [JAVA3D] Loading animation behaviour from 3ds files

2001-06-27 Thread Bob Dengle
I am pretty sure that there is currently no loader capable of loading animations. The problem lies in documentation of the different animation formats as well as the fact that Java3D really has no simple way of animating a model like in 3D Studio or any of the other animators. The RotationInterpol

[JAVA3D]

2001-06-27 Thread Ashish Aggarwal
hello! Can somebody help me: I have a box and cylinder in the screen. I want to draw a line between them by clicking with mouse. I have stored the centre of bounds of two objects using setUserData() method. I am also able to pick the objects on the screen using pick methods. The only problem

Re: [JAVA3D] [Q] Mouse-rotation around fixed arbitrary axis

2001-06-27 Thread Mona Wong
> http://skal.planet-d.net/demo/matrixfaq.htm#Q45 This is an old version. A newer one, with corrections, is at http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~andreas/math/matrfaq_latest.html Cheers, Mona == Mona Wong National Center for Micr

[JAVA3D] Text with primitives

2001-06-27 Thread Ashish Aggarwal
Hello! can some body tell me how to attach text to a primitive so that if you are translating, rotating or zooming the primitive,text also show the same behavior. thanks ashish __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail h

[JAVA3D] multitexturing and OpenGL Extensions

2001-06-27 Thread Michael Nischt
hi all, i have got a few question, hoping that s.o. can answer them:   1. AFAIK is it possible to do multitetexturing in Java3D - and there is a bug, that it is only done BY_REFERENCE (right David ?) - but  that don'T mind me. so my question is in how far performace suffer from multitexturin

[JAVA3D] screen capture

2001-06-27 Thread Jorge Guerra
If it's at all possible, I'd like to know if there's a way to capture a Java3D display to an image in a .jpg or .gif type format. I've tried capturing references to Canvas3D but all I get are black images, the 3D objects don't show. Any developers out there please help. Jorge Guerra Illinois Insti

Re: [JAVA3D]

2001-06-27 Thread Andreas Kemkes
By using count++ twice, you access a different element than you stored your value in. Andreas Ashish Aggarwal wrote: > > hello! > > Can somebody help me: > > I have a box and cylinder in the screen. I want to > draw a line between them by clicking with mouse. I > have stored the centre of bounds

[JAVA3D] Siggraph and Java 3D BOF

2001-06-27 Thread Michael Schulman
Mark Your Calendars The Java 3D BOF at Siggraph will be held on: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Wilshire Grand Hotel - Garden East Room Topics to be discussed: Java 3D , Version 1.3 - plans and demos Java 3D , Version 1.4 - What we are thinking about for 1.4

Re: [JAVA3D]

2001-06-27 Thread Ashish Aggarwal
Hello! That's not the problem. Andreas, try to run the program and then see the result. I ran the program by changing it but still getUserData returns null. Please can anybody help me. Thanks --- Andreas Kemkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By using count++ twice, you access a different > elem

Re: [JAVA3D] screen capture

2001-06-27 Thread Borja Marcos Suárez
Hi Jorge,   the best way I have found is using the RecordableCanvas3D that is included in NCSA Portfolio. there, you have a method called takesnapshot (filename) that captures the canvas3d in a jpg file.   You can see information about NCSA portfolio in their site, i dont remember the address

Re: [JAVA3D]

2001-06-27 Thread Andreas Kemkes
Try ... cg[count] = (Point3d)myShape.getUserData(); System.out.println(cg[count]);//returning null count += 1; ... You were still not accessing the same element. Andreas Ashish Aggarwal wrote: > > Hello! > > That's not the problem. Andreas, try to run the > program and then see the result. I r

Re: [JAVA3D] multitexturing and OpenGL Extensions

2001-06-27 Thread David Yazel
The bug is that multi-textured geometry is drawn usign vertex arrays, not display lists. Therefore it get sent every frame. I expect that will be fixed in the next release. Dave Yazel - Original Message - From: Michael Nischt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [JAVA3D] multitexturing and OpenGL Extensions

2001-06-27 Thread Michael Nischt
> The bug is that multi-textured geometry is drawn usign vertex arrays, not > display lists. Therefore it get sent every frame. I expect that will be > fixed in the next release. > > Dave Yazel yes, that'S it. but using geomtry BY_REFERENCE vertex arrays should be usesd already, right ? so the

Re: [JAVA3D] multitexturing and OpenGL Extensions

2001-06-27 Thread Charmaine Lee
Michael, > 1. AFAIK is it possible to do multitetexturing in Java3D - and there is a bug, that it is only done BY_REFERENCE (right David ?) - but that don'T mind me. > so my question is in how far performace suffer from multitexturing and how many textures can be aplied to one geometry? is it fa

Re: [JAVA3D] multitexturing and OpenGL Extensions

2001-06-27 Thread Michael Nischt
thanks all for answering :) if I understand all correct, it'S better to use multiple texture-sets if a got a "map-like-geometry" and i have textutures for each "chessboard- parts" than splitting the geometry up.. greetings Michael Nischt -- e-mail: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [JAVA3D]

2001-06-27 Thread Ashish Aggarwal
Andreas! why don't u run the program and see yourself. That's not the problem. I made changes according to what you are saying and still getUserdata is returning null. Can you help me in this. Bye --- Andreas Kemkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try > > ... > cg[count] = (Point3d)myShape.getUse

[JAVA3D] Rasters and J3D; Text Annotation

2001-06-27 Thread Jim Schatzman
Apparently, Java3D 1.3 will add flexibility for anchor points for rasters inserted into Java3D scenes. This will help a lot with text annotation. However, there is a related issue I am wondering how to solve either now or with J3D 1.3. Currently, it appears that when the anchor point leaves the

Re: [JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread mark kaseman
Daniel what is the status of your JAVA 3D book?? - Original Message - From: Daniel Selman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator > Jan, > > I think it would be very cool to embed the J3

Re: [JAVA3D] AW: [JAVA3D] Java 3D code generator

2001-06-27 Thread Daniel Selman
Mark, I sent the completed manuscript to Manning Publications last week. They are currently reviewing it and will presumably set the publication date shortly. I think it has turned out pretty well: 350 pages++ and over 30,000 lines of example source code. Sorry everyone for all the delays... it h

[JAVA3D] Scene graph visualization tools?

2001-06-27 Thread Kynn Jones
I'm looking for a tool to make a diagram of a scene graph as generated by my program. I need this for debugging purposes. Is there such a thing? If there's any choice on the matter, I'd prefer a no-frills but simple tool than a monster development environment. Thanks for your suggestions, KJ

Re: [JAVA3D] Scene graph visualization tools?

2001-06-27 Thread Richard Smith - Systems Engineer - Melbourne
I'm not sure if this is what is being sought, but dia is a GNU program for drawing structured diagrams. http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/dia.html ,-_|\ Richard Smith - SE Melbourne / \ Sun Microsystems Au

Re: [JAVA3D] Scene graph visualization tools?

2001-06-27 Thread Daniel Selman
Kynn, This should help for debugging: http://www.tornadolabs.com/News/J3dTree_Home/j3dtree_home.html Sincerely, Daniel Selman -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kynn Jones Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:25 PM To: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [JAVA3D] Coordinate Tracking

2001-06-27 Thread GShankar
Title: RE: [JAVA3D] Coordinate Tracking Hi Oliver, I am new to Java3D stuffCan u elaborate how I register PickingCallback on PickTranslate Behavior. I tried and am not able to register the Callback on the pickTranslateBehavior Thanx in advance (Murali) -Original Message- Fro

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[JAVA3D] Java 3D Bug with collision detection and mouserotate?

2001-06-27 Thread "Römer, Daniel"
hi all! I have a problem with collision detection and the mouserotate behavior. so i created the following scene: - added two primitves to the scenegraph (each connected to different transformgroups for translation) - added lights to the scene - added mouserotate behavior to scene - added be

Re: [JAVA3D] Rubberbanding on Canvas3D

2001-06-27 Thread Anders Hasselkvist
Thank you Will, On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:13:02 -0500, Will Holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So you are going to lock the scene before letting someone draw? Are you >wanting to have them start moving it again and have the drawn geometries >move with the rotation or are you wanting to have them s