Works!! Thankyou very much
This was very helpful
Cheers
Adrian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joachim Diepstraten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Accessing individual Shape3D nodes in a Box
> Hi Adrian
>
> > public class InteriorOfRoom extends Box {
> > /** Creates new InteriorOfRoom */
> > public InteriorOfRoom()
> > {
> > //Create a Box
> > super(0.1f,0.1f,1.0f,new Appearance());
> > Shape3D rearWallShape3D = this.getShape(BACK);
> > rearWallShape3D.getAppearance().setColoringAttributes(new
ColoringAttributes(1.0f,1.0f,0.0f,ColoringAttributes.FASTEST));
> > }
> > }
> > This changes every side to Yellow not just the back. It appears as
though somehow Im altering the Apperance node of the box not each individual
side.
> Well maybe all the sides share the same Appearance? So if you change it of
> course all the others will change, too. Try this:
> newAppearance = new Appearance();
> .
> .
> .
> .
> get all the settings from the old and add them to the new
> and finally set
>
> newAppearance.setColoringAttributes(new ColoringAttributes(....))
>
> rearWallShape3D.setAppearance(newAppearance);
>
> > Ultimately I want to be able to move inside the box as though it is a
room
> > (a question that has come up here before) is it actually possible to
colour the interiors? Im assuming it is because they are Shape3D objects)
> Nope. You can have two sided lighting yes (with OpenGL, see recent
> posting from John Wright and me) but it will take the same
> material/color as from the frontface. The only way to change this would be
> to use a different lightsource inside the cube.
>
> EOF,
> J.D.
>
> --
> Realtime Raytracer in JAVA
> (http://www.antiflash.net/raytrace)
>
>
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