Re: [JAVA3D] Positioning object

2001-03-08 Thread J. Lee Dixon
You could do some things with geometry using tangents, or you could just use Java3D to do it for you. I assume you want the object to be "sitting on" the sphere. Assuming the object's "up" is positive Z, look at these thoughts: Given a selected position on the sphere (longitude, latitude) of ra

Re: [JAVA3D] Positioning object

2001-03-08 Thread J. Lee Dixon
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