NCSA Portfolio is a collection of utility objects to use with in your Java 3D
programs. It comes with full documentation for the objects in the library, and
even comes with example source code on how to use them! This new version has
been compiled and tested with Java 3D 1.1.2.
Version 1.3 beta 3 is a maintenance release. No new major features have been
added. If you have experienced any problems with the previous betas, check
the list below for possible fixes.
Changes since beta 2:
o Changed default behavior for snapshots in RecordableCanvas3D. Default
behavior is now:
- The takeSnapshot() method writes to a file named "image.jpg"
- The new takeSnapshot(String filename) method allows you to override
the default filename.
- Continuous snapshots are named with the prefix (either the default,
or user specified), plus a frame number.
In addition a new portfolio.properties file element was added for
RecordableCanvas3D
If set to true,
RecordableCanvas3D.repaint=true
repainting occurs during when a snapshot takes place. If set to false,
RecordableCanvas3D.repaint=true
it does not. This gets around a problem we've run into here where some
screen shots result in blank JPEG files.
o Removed the command line option "-norepaint" in Display. This behavior is
now handled through the portfolio.properties file, as described above.
o Colors in the DXF loader should now work correctly.
o Added WandVision program
o Continuous snapshot bug evidenced in the Display program under Windows NT
has been fixed.
o New Colors object allows you to specify an English name for a color, and
receive a Color3f object with that color. Eg:
Color3f red = Colors.lookup("red");
Color3f blue = Colors.lookup("blue");
Color3f khaki = Colors.lookup("khaki");
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