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Basic Construct

Basic Construct
// JFrame

import javax.swing.JFrame;

// BorderLayout stuff
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

// Canvas3D
import javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D;

// The Universe
import com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.SimpleUniverse;

// The BranchGroup
import javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup;

// For the Box
import com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.Box;
import javax.vecmath.*;

// The directional light
import javax.media.j3d.DirectionalLight;

// For the bouding sphere of the light source
import javax.media.j3d.BoundingSphere;
import javax.media.j3d.Appearance;
import javax.media.j3d.Material;

// Transformgroup
import javax.media.j3d.TransformGroup;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.behaviors.mouse.*;

public class BasicConstruct extends JFrame {
  /**
   * The SimpleUniverse object
   */
  protected SimpleUniverse simpleU;

  /**
   * The root BranchGroup Object.
   */
  protected BranchGroup rootBranchGroup;

  /**
   * Constructor that consturcts the window with the given name.
   * 
   * @param name
   *            The name of the window, in String format
   */
  public BasicConstruct(String name) {
    // The next line will construct the window and name it
    // with the given name
    super(name);

    // Perform the initial setup, just once
    initial_setup();
  }

  /**
   * Perform the essential setups for the Java3D
   */
  protected void initial_setup() {
    // A JFrame is a Container -- something that can hold
    // other things, e.g a button, a textfield, etc..
    // however, for a container to hold something, you need
    // to specify the layout of the storage. For our
    // example, we would like to use a BorderLayout.
    // The next line does just this:
    getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());

    // The next step is to setup graphics configuration
    // for Java3D. Since different machines/OS have differnt
    // configuration for displaying stuff, therefore, for
    // java3D to work, it is important to obtain the correct
    // graphics configuration first.
    GraphicsConfiguration config = SimpleUniverse
        .getPreferredConfiguration();

    // Since we are doing stuff via java3D -- meaning we
    // cannot write pixels directly to the screen, we need
    // to construct a "canvas" for java3D to "paint". And
    // this "canvas" will be constructed with the graphics
    // information we just obtained.
    Canvas3D canvas3D = new Canvas3D(config);

    // And we need to add the "canvas to the centre of our
    // window..
    getContentPane().add("Center", canvas3D);

    // Creates the universe
    simpleU = new SimpleUniverse(canvas3D);

    // First create the BranchGroup object
    rootBranchGroup = new BranchGroup();
  }

  /**
   * Adds a light source to the universe
   * 
   * @param direction
   *            The inverse direction of the light
   * @param color
   *            The color of the light
   */
  public void addDirectionalLight(Vector3f direction, Color3f color) {
    // Creates a bounding sphere for the lights
    BoundingSphere bounds = new BoundingSphere();
    bounds.setRadius(1000d);

    // Then create a directional light with the given
    // direction and color
    DirectionalLight lightD = new DirectionalLight(color, direction);
    lightD.setInfluencingBounds(bounds);

    // Then add it to the root BranchGroup
    rootBranchGroup.addChild(lightD);
  }

  /**
   * Adds a box to the universe
   * 
   * @param x
   *            The x dimension of the box
   * @param y
   *            The y dimension of the box
   * @param z
   *            The z dimension of the box
   */
  public void addBox(float x, float y, float z, Color3f diffuse, Color3f spec) {
    // Add a box with the given dimension

    // First setup an appearance for the box
    Appearance app = new Appearance();
    Material mat = new Material();
    mat.setDiffuseColor(diffuse);
    mat.setSpecularColor(spec);
    mat.setShininess(5.0f);

    app.setMaterial(mat);
    Box box = new Box(x, y, z, app);

    // Create a TransformGroup and make it the parent of the box
    TransformGroup tg = new TransformGroup();
    tg.addChild(box);

    // Then add it to the rootBranchGroup
    rootBranchGroup.addChild(tg);

    tg.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_WRITE);
    tg.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_READ);

    MouseRotate myMouseRotate = new MouseRotate();
    myMouseRotate.setTransformGroup(tg);
    myMouseRotate.setSchedulingBounds(new BoundingSphere());
    rootBranchGroup.addChild(myMouseRotate);

    MouseTranslate myMouseTranslate = new MouseTranslate();
    myMouseTranslate.setTransformGroup(tg);
    myMouseTranslate.setSchedulingBounds(new BoundingSphere());
    rootBranchGroup.addChild(myMouseTranslate);

    MouseZoom myMouseZoom = new MouseZoom();
    myMouseZoom.setTransformGroup(tg);
    myMouseZoom.setSchedulingBounds(new BoundingSphere());
    rootBranchGroup.addChild(myMouseZoom);
  }

  /**
   * Finalise everything to get ready
   */
  public void finalise() {
    // Then add the branch group into the Universe
    simpleU.addBranchGraph(rootBranchGroup);

    // And set up the camera position
    simpleU.getViewingPlatform().setNominalViewingTransform();
  }

  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    BasicConstruct bc = new BasicConstruct("Foo");

    bc.setSize(250, 250);
    bc.addBox(0.4f, 0.5f, 0.6f, new Color3f(1, 0, 0), new Color3f(1, 0, 0));
    bc.addDirectionalLight(new Vector3f(0f, 0f, -1),
        new Color3f(1f, 1f, 0f));
    bc.finalise();

    bc.show();

    return;
  }
}


           
       








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