"Decker, Scott D" wrote:
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> So, I have a fun problem I thought I would get some ideas for
>
> We have a parallel view that shows, currently, 6000 points
> this could easily get up to 20000, or even one million points
>
> for each of these points, we also have a text string that is associated with it
I'm wondering if perhaps you are looking at the problem the wrong way
around. As other people have pointed out, you should only need a single
transform that is used on the Viewplatform.
For the text, instead of trying to scale the text, why not make use of
the Raster object. Simply create a raster (an image with the text drawn
on it) and associate that with the point. Use a proximity sensor or some
other means that _doesn't_ use the J3D scene graph and when appropriate,
blatt the raster at the screen. This way the text always remains at the
same size. It then just becomes a management issue of when to display
the text (ie, with your 6000 points I doubt all of them will have the
text displayed all the time in any given arrangement anyway).
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