Lan,
We were using this same technique. Unfortunately this used to work
(Java 3D 1.2) but is now broken in Java 3D 1.2.1. We worked with Sun a
bit and they fixed some bugs that were crashing it but they have not
made it so it would actually work as desired. We'd love to see this
fixed ourselves!
- John Wright
Starfire Research
Lan Wu-Cavener wrote:
>
> Hi, all:
>
> I have two questions about OrientedShape3D.
>
> OrientedShape3D works beautifully for me until I put it in the SharedGroup.
> I am creating virtual forest. I created different tree shapes using
> SharedGroup with OrientedShape3D. The similar trees will be linked to the
> corresponding tree shape object. My problem is that some of the trees are
> turned away from the viewer.
>
> Could anyone tell me how java3d handles OrientedShape3D leaf inside
> SharedGroup? Since the nodes linked to the SharedGroup will be in different
> locations in the 3D scene, the OrientedShape3D has to find its linking node
> location and turns towards the viewer. If it is not the way it should be,
> is there any way to get around it?
>
> Another question: Has the OrientedShape3D picking bug be solved in version 1.3?
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Lan
>
> Lan Wu-Cavener
> Research Associate and Programmer
> Dept. of Landscape Architecture
>
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