Sun Java3D(tm) Fly Through Help

Sun Java3D(tm) Fly Through is an example application that provides a framework for loading Geometry into a Java3D Universe and navigating the universe in a variety of ways. The software also provides control over various rendering and environmental features.

This version includes a few example files in the src/geometry/Sun directory. To load these examples, select the Load button on the control panel. For more information on the control panel buttons, see Control Panel.

The software can use a number of the public domain file loaders to load geometry of various types. File loaders take a file or stream and turn it into a Java3D scene graph, which can then be used in an application.

Due to licensing constraints, not all of the available loaders are contained in this package. To add loaders, see Installing Loaders.

The software accesses only loaders that implement the Loader interface. The loaders currently supported are:

Known Issues with This Release

Progress Monitor

The Progress monitor displayed when files are being loaded does not indicate the amount of time remaining for the load, instead it just updates to show that progress is being made. The Loader API will need new methods to support full progress reporting.

Progress
Window

Tooltips

Java 1.2.1 and 1.3 do not render tooltips correctly when a heavyweight component is present. Therefore tooltips do not render correctly in this app with these JRE versions.

Warp Editor

The Warp Editor is very limited - the GUI needs improving to show default.


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