Given this configuration, I doubt that turning off antialiasing
will help much. This graphics card does not have 3D accelleration.
It is using software rendering, and that is why it is slow.
Doug Twilleager
Sun Microsystems
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>Oops,
>I'm sorry. I forgot to describe what is the "slow" machine I was talking
>about:
>It's a Sun Sparc Ultra 5 @375Mhz with some ATI videocard with 8Mb ram,
>Sorry but that's all I know.
>
>Anyway, J3D it's performing quite slow, and since it's not my purpose to
>add code to disable antialiasing I'll check if there is some "Environment
>preference variable" to force this off in OpenGL for Solaris.
>
>Meanwhile, if someone has already the quick answer, it will be
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Fabrizio
>
>P.S. It's not my purpose to make bad advertisement on SUN machines, ok? ;-)
>It's just THAT machine that is a BIT slow ;-)
>
>
>
>On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Kelvin Chung wrote:
>
>> Hi Fabrizio,
>>
>> >
>> >I'm developing my application on a slow machine here at the university, so
>> >I would like to force Java3D _not_ to use antialiasign hoping to improve
>> >the framerate.
>> >
>> >Is there any way to force J3D to disable antialiasing for _everything_???
>> >
>> >I mean something like:
>> >java -Dj3d.antialiasing=off <myclass>
>> >
>>
>> No, there is no such property in v1.2.1 release.
>>
>> >or do I have to look at the OpenGL libraries setting?
>> >
>> By default, full scene antialiasing is disable for
>> everything unless it is explicity set using
>>
>> view.setSceneAntialiasingEnable(true)
>>
>> If you are using nvidia graphics card, there is
>> a control you can set at
>>
>> Display Property=>Settings=>Advanced=>Additional Properties
>>
>> =>Direct3D Settings=>More Direct3D=>Antialiasing
>> or
>> =>OpenGL Settings=>Full scene antialiasing methods
>>
>>
>> By default they are turn off so the Java3D API
>> can control whether they are on or not. If
>> they are turn on, anitialiasing will always
>> on even though Java3D API turn it off.
>>
>>
>> - Kelvin
>> ----------------
>> Java 3D Team
>> Sun Microsystems Inc.
>>
>>
>>
>
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