Re: [JAVA3D] Scenegraph and renderer updations

[Raghavendra R]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Actually what i meant by frame delay is that we are incrementing a counter in preRender and dumping the JPEG after that in postSwap instead of postRender. Below is the section of the preRender code.

       if(saveAsJpegFlag == true)
      {
         if(updateCounter == 1)
         {
        super.getGraphicsContext3D().clear();
        updateCounter = 2 ;
         }
         else if(updateCounter == 0)
         {
        updateCounter = 1 ;
         }
      }
Regarding your second suggestion that a call to the preRender is missing, i couldn't quite get it. Basically , i need to update the color (in the Scenegraph) and then after the Renderer has rendered this change, to export the JPEG in postSwap. The problem is that, since lot of multi-threading is involved, it is getting difficult to synchronise the changes effectively.

Thanks,
Raghav


Anirban Bhadore wrote:

I know that Scenegraph updations
and Renderer threads are parallel and i have ensured that the JPEG image
is captured with a delay of one frame in the postSwap of the extended
Canvas3D object. The color change updations are very inconsistent.
    

Does this mean that after you update the color in the scenegraph, you wait
for a frame and then dump the image in the postSwap()? We follow a simple
step to achive something similar.

try these steps -

1.add two boolean members to extended Canvas3D class. say "preBool" and
"postBool".  default to false.
2. update color in the scene graph. and set preBool to true.
3. in preRender() if preBool is true then set postBool as true.
4. in postRender() if postBool is true, then dump the jpeg.

One thing that can be missing in your case is a call to preRender() in
between your editing operation and postRender() call since they are
happening in different threads. This will ensure that preRender() is called
in between and your change has been realized by renderer thread.

This works quite well in our case.

thanks
anirban



----- Original Message -----
From: "Raghavendra R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:08 PM
Subject: [JAVA3D] Scenegraph and renderer updations


  

Hi,

I want to know how to ensure Scenegraph updations get reflected in
Renderer consistently. I have a Java3D code which consists of a
Scenegraph with many Branchgroups (in turn having GeometryArrays, Morphs
etc) depicting an FE mesh. I need to change the color of one particular
Morph containing an array of Geometry arrays before taking a JPEG image
of the same thro' the postSwap in Renderer.

My problem is that, the color changes to the GeometryArrays do not
always get reflected in the JPEG image. I know that Scenegraph updations
and Renderer threads are parallel and i have ensured that the JPEG image
is captured with a delay of one frame in the postSwap of the extended
Canvas3D object. The color change updations are very inconsistent.

How do i ensure that the Renderer and hence the JPEG image shows the
correct and all the latest updations (color, geometry etc) to the
Scenegraph? Any info will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Raghav


    

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