[JAVA3D] Help with transaprecy code

[Chris Fenton]

I program in jython because we need pyro compatability among other things.
This works for me. I does however have some drawbacks.
PS transparent textures do not work on the cylinder primitive. You get a
strange mind boggling flipping effect.
Thanks again for your help. Chris
   def buildAppearance(self):

       plateAppearance = Appearance()

       plateTexAttr = TextureAttributes()
       plateTexAttr.setTextureMode(TextureAttributes.MODULATE)
       plateAppearance.setTextureAttributes(plateTexAttr)
       plateTexture   = TextureLoader('mask3.png',Texture.RGBA,
JFrame()).getTexture()
       plateAppearance.setTexture(plateTexture)
       plateMaterial = Material()
       plateMaterial.setAmbientColor( 0.5,0.5, 0.5);
       plateMaterial.setDiffuseColor( 0.7,0.7, 0.7);
       plateMaterial.setSpecularColor(0.3,0.3,0.3)
         plateMaterial.setLightingEnable(1);
       plateAppearance.setMaterial(plateMaterial)
       plateRendAttrs = RenderingAttributes()
       plateRendAttrs.setAlphaTestFunction(RenderingAttributes.NOT_EQUAL)
       plateRendAttrs.setAlphaTestValue(0.0)
       plateAppearance.setRenderingAttributes(plateRendAttrs)
       platePolygon =
PolygonAttributes(PolygonAttributes.POLYGON_FILL,PolygonAttributes.CULL_NONE,0)
       plateAppearance.setPolygonAttributes(platePolygon)
       return plateAppearance

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