Allen McPherson wrote:
>
> Frederic Gillet wrote (quoting from Java 3D Tutorial):
>
> > Geometry color ALWAYS takes precedence over ColoringAttributes or Material color.
>
> > If present, per-vertex color overrides the diffuse Material color.
>
> I was not aware of that. Would someone from the Java 3D team
> comment on why that decision was made? It seems to me that
> the two should be orthogonal. Also, where is the override
> mentioned? Perhaps I missed it, but I didn't catch it in
> the spec (probably right under my nose).
>
This information is not in the spec. (One of the advantages of checking
out the tutorial.)
Obviously, the per-vertex specification of color gives the programmer
more flexibility in coloring an object. Otherwise, if you had an object
that you wanted shaded, but not a solid color, you would have to make
multiple visual objects to represent it.
The operation is analogous to the glColor() operation in OpenGL.
my $0.02
Dennis
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