Brandon,
We did something very similar to what your are trying to do for JavaMet (our
slider was a custom JComponent with an upper and lower thumbs for setting a
high/low threshold).
[With Swing and Java 3D you probably don't want to start creating multiple
threads. You should read the Swing multi-threading issues before you do.]
We updated the state of our Java 3D objects (10s of thousands of points)
within a JSlider notification without any noticeable problems.
However, there would not be anything to stop you from adding your own
behavior that automatically synchronized your 3D scene with your UI every N
frames, or that you manually woke-up (and put itself back to sleep when
done).
I don't really see many differences either way. The updates will either
occur within your UI thread or within the Behavior thread. I guess it
depends how complex your updates need to be.
Sincerely,
Daniel Selman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.tornadolabs.com
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> Subject: [JAVA3D] Using behaviors...
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>
> I'm attempting to change the opacity of an array of points (pointarray)
> based on the value of a JSlider (swing component). I'm looking
> into the use
> of behaviors, but they seem to support only AWT component events. Does
> anyone know of a better way to do something like this? I would like to use
> the behavior class if possible (so as to avoid writing my own threaded
> mess).
>
> Thanks
> Brandon
>
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