Hi Chien and Doug: Just a wild idea....
Is it not possible to string several (hundreds of) spheres all in one IndexedTriangleStripArray, and put several of these (300 is the magic number is it ?) under one Shape3D and all of them coordinate transformed to their appropriate locations so that the need for TransformGroups can be obviated. If picking individual spheres is not a concern how would this compare with TransformGroup + Shape3D + shared Geometry. Wish I knew how much memory a Shape3D and TransformGroup (w/ embedded Transform3D) would consume. If the TransformGroup + Shape3D memory cost is not that expensive, this approach would be quite ludicrous. Regards Raj =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
