Hi Mario, Check out the Terrain package hosted on www.j3d.org. This contains the skeleton of a terrain system I wrote a while ago based on the ROAM algorithm. Since the code was submitted to j3d.org Justin has been updating it. The package includes a loader for the terrain formats used by the 'Virtual Terrain Project'. I'd suggest you join the vtp community as it's a great source of information, www.vterrain.org.
Rgds Paul On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 13:44, ZACZEK, MARIUSZ P. (JSC-DM) (NASA) wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for some suggestions/links/examples/anything regarding > Terrains. > > I want to make a simulator program which imports 3D models of vehicles > into > a 3D terrain and the user can control the vehicle over the terrain. Sort of > like > using the Sojourner (Mars vehicle) on a 3D Martian terrain...have the > vehicle climb > hills, be stopped by rocks. > > Well, I figured I'd make some 3D terrain using meshes/triangles so that I > know the > node heights for use in the terrain following...but meshes tend to be quite > jagged > unless you reduce the mesh size significantly and somehow get the heights > correct. > I then though about maybe making the terrain out of VRML as well...but I'm > not > sure if node heights is something I could get from the VRML file through > Java3D. > > ANy thoughts on what is the best way to tackles this?....and I'm not looking > for > any infinite terrains. > > Mario > > Mariusz Zaczek > NASA - Johnson Space Center > Automated Vehicles and Orbit Analysis / DM35 > Flight Design and Dynamics Division > Mission Operations Directorate > Bldg: 30A Room: 3048B > > Disclaimer: "The opinions, observations and comments expressed in my email > are strictly my own and do not necessarily reflect those > of NASA." > > =========================================================================== > 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". -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul Byrne Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems Phone : (650) 786 9926 Visualization Software Group Fax : (650) 786 5852 ---------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================== 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".
