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I'm considering learning Java and the Java3D API. The only official distros for Java3D I can find are for Windows and Solaris. My question is does anyone know how portable the Java3D extension is? Dos anyone have any experience with Java3D in a (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Read this. (URL) you want to consider using OpenGL instead since many implementations of java 3D are built on top of OpenGL. You can take any new OpenGL skills you learn with you to other languages. Don (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm going to try to learn Java3D regardless of portability if for no other reason than to do something new. I already have a fair working knowledge of OpenGL, I'm trying to expand my horizons. This is why I asked if there was anyone who has (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Orion. I've been lurking here awhile and I've seen the stuff you've done for LDraw. I'm glad I can finally answer a question or two. While I do work for Sun, I don't work in the group that does Java3D, however I do know some of the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh I should add, that while I haven't run my program on MacOS X, I have run the exact same code on Solaris, Linux, and Windows, and It was really impressive how it just worked. I didn't even have to recompile. :) -Kyle (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks for the insight Kyle. Here's my next question... I'm not looking to buy a Java IDE (I've already purchased Delphi and Visual Studio in the last year) so I went looking for a good, free IDE. I've found 2 that seem to be in wide use: (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Orion, There is a Java3D developer installer for Mac OS X, so it isn't available to the public yet. My guess is that it will be in Mac OS X 10.4, which hasn't really been announced yet, other than the announcement that it will be demoed at the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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