I will make sure this is documented more clearly in the next (alpha2 or
beta) rev of the Java 3D 1.3 javadocs and specification.
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Kevin Rushforth
Java 3D Team
Sun Microsystems
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>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:43:43 +1000
>From: Justin Couch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Documentation again
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Artur Biesiadowski wrote:
>
>> I might be in minority, but I do not agree. Of course good docs are
>> nice, but do not expect java3d team to write 3d rendering tutorial. This
>> is a job for book writers and generic tutorials, not one for particular
>> framework. Java3d doc should focus on how to apply 3d techniques in this
>> specific environment, not on explaining techniques itself.
>
>But we are even lacking a simple thing such as the handed-ness of the
>coordinate system in use. You have to look to somewhere in Chapter 9
>(IIRC) on the view model before you even get a statement that the
>coordinate system is right handed. The opening paragraphs of a
>specification should always be something along the lines of "XYZ API
>defines a [left|right] handed coordinate system for rendering 3D
>objects". We don't even have this simple statement anywhere within the
>first chapter of the specification. Even this is assumed knowledge. By
>rights, I could implement the J3D spec using lefthanded coordinates and
>not be out of specification (the view model *only* is defined to be
>right handed, nothing is ever stated about the virtual world). I'm
>certainly not asking for a tutorial inside the spec or Javadoc, but
>basic rendering assumptions like this have to be documented. For example
>- tell me how WakeupOnSensorEntry works?
>
>
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