If you get tired of the MouseRotate approach you might want to take a
look at chapters 4 and 18 of "3D User Interfaces with Java 3D". Chapter
4 discusses mouse control techniques in both display and world-relative
contexts, and chapter 18 describes an AffineGroup class that works much
like a VRML Transform node, including a center point for rotation and
scale.
--jon
> Subject:
> rotating about centroid
> Date:
> Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:05:48 -0800
> From:
> Mona Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
> Hi:
>
> Okay, I feel like an idiot ... but I can't seem to get the
> object to rotate about its center using the MouseRotate() class.
>
> Note: my object is not centered at the origin but rather at
> the Point3d location named centroid. What is wrong or missing
> in the following code:
>...
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