I don't know about any "ObjectBehavior", but I suspect you are speaking
about OrbitBehavior. In that case, I can tell you that I am using
setRotationCenter(Point3d) without any problem. The OrbitBehavior is
rotating EXACTLY around the center I'm specifying, without any need of
strange workarounds as the one you show me below.

However, I think I know the problem you have run into, because I had it too.
So let me explain what I think is happening, and if it's not like that you
can correct me. The problem is that the point you specify as rotation center
is not the one that you expects to be. How are you obtaining the rotation
center ? Do you use something like ((BoundingSphere)<your
object>.getBounds()).getCenter() ? In that case, I can tell you that the
center is not the one you expect, except the case when you have set manually
the bounds.

Actually, I found quite annoying that getBounds is not returning the closest
bounds of the object. In my program I am turning boundsAutoCompute off and
calculate and set the bounds by my own, so that I know that they have
correct values. All the problem comes from the fact that, by default, the
bounds auto compute uses bounding spheres instead of bounding boxes, and
that makes objects to look bigger and displaced.

Cheers,

Florin


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Von: Alex Bowden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2003 03:00
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: [JAVA3D] objectBehaviour.setRotationCenter() spurious shift


Hi all

has anyone successfully managed to modify the setRotationCenter() method of
ObjectBehaviour
so as to avoid the spurious shift of the new center of rotation onto the
center of view.

Andrea Tartaro [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] back in 04/04/2001 replied to a
query to
the group on this topic agreeing that the behaviour was odd and suggesting

        xtrans += (rotationCenter.x-center.x);
        ytrans += (rotationCenter.y-center.y);

at the beginning of setRotationCenter() but this doesnt do it for me
although it does look
apparently reasonable.

I suspect that the problem is to do with the Z depth of the new center of
rotation

Any pointers please

        THanks

                Alex

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