Re: javax/media/j3d required though not used?

• To: Paul Shannon <pshannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: javax/media/j3d required though not used?
• From: Bill Hibbard <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:01:13 -0500 (CDT)

Hi Paul,

> I am brand new to VisAD, and having trouble running the first
> example in Ugo Taddei's tutorial.  I get this exception:
>
>   java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/media/j3d/Behavior
>
> After reading the mailing list archive, I see that the
> recommended solution is to get a copy of Java 3D from sun.
> I am using java 1.4 on linux, and it appears that this
> library is not part of the standard distribution.
>
> However, all of my users will be obliged to do the same.  This
> presents a pretty big obstacle to my using VisAD.  I was
> just beginning to imagine all of the great things we could
> do with VisAD....

Tom Whittaker has set up some nice tools for installing
Java, Java3D, VisAD and Jython from one file on Windows,
and I think the Unidata folks have done something like
that for installing via WebStart. Perhaps Tom or Unidata
can comment on easy install for Linux.

> Is it possible to use VisAD -without- Java 3D, as long as
> I am content with only 2D graphics?

You can use VisAD without Java3D by using DisplayImplJ2D
instead of DisplayImplJ3D. These are 2-D only and use
Java2D.

Cheers,
Bill
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• References:
  • javax/media/j3d required though not used?
    • From: Paul Shannon