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tomwdrake · Oct 19th, 2005, 5:34 AM

Hey! No idea if this has already been covered on the forum somewhere - but I only joined yesturday and so thats possibly an excuse...?

Yes, anyway.. I was thinking of trying to produce a 3 dimentional animation of a rotating cube in java. Now I know you can produce simple geometric shapes on the canvas of the screen, so I imagine that you would have to use thses shapes to emulate 3 dimensions?

I have no idea really where to go from there. I can imagine that I'd have to set up soem variables that controll where each of the corners of the shapes move, and in someway control these variables in such a way that simulates 3D rotation...

I've spoke enough, can anyone help me on this?

Many thanks!

Polyphemus_ · Oct 19th, 2005, 6:22 AM

you can use an api like opengl or direct3d, to produce 3d images/animations.

tomwdrake · Oct 19th, 2005, 8:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Polyphemus_

you can use an api like opengl or direct3d, to produce 3d images/animations.

Right.. I have no idea what an api is.. I understand that opengl and direct3d are things to do with graphics, but I have never worked with them before... Especially in java! Help!

ivan · Oct 19th, 2005, 8:36 AM

API stands Application Program Interface.
It is a set of routines provided in libraries that extends a language's functionality.

And DirectX is a set of low-level application programming interfaces (APIs) for creating high-performance multimedia applications.

Hope it helps.

Polyphemus_ · Oct 19th, 2005, 8:38 AM

opengl is lower of level. If you are using java, you can also have a look at Java3D.

tomwdrake · Oct 19th, 2005, 8:51 AM

Thanks

Hmm.. ok, so how to I integrate these interfaces with my java code?

annu_ashish · Dec 4th, 2005, 11:46 AM

You can learn the same thoroughly by visiting nehe.gamedev.net/

Oct 19th, 2005, 5:34 AM	#1
tomwdrake Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	3D Animation of Sqaure Hey! No idea if this has already been covered on the forum somewhere - but I only joined yesturday and so thats possibly an excuse...? Yes, anyway.. I was thinking of trying to produce a 3 dimentional animation of a rotating cube in java. Now I know you can produce simple geometric shapes on the canvas of the screen, so I imagine that you would have to use thses shapes to emulate 3 dimensions? I have no idea really where to go from there. I can imagine that I'd have to set up soem variables that controll where each of the corners of the shapes move, and in someway control these variables in such a way that simulates 3D rotation... I've spoke enough, can anyone help me on this? Many thanks! __________________ ----------------------------------------------------- ________\|\|\| Tom \|\|\|_______ -----------------------------------------------------

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Oct 19th, 2005, 6:22 AM	#2
Polyphemus_ Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 942 Rep Power: 4	you can use an api like opengl or direct3d, to produce 3d images/animations.

Oct 19th, 2005, 8:36 AM	#4
ivan Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: serbia & montenegro Posts: 484 Rep Power: 4	API stands Application Program Interface. It is a set of routines provided in libraries that extends a language's functionality. And DirectX is a set of low-level application programming interfaces (APIs) for creating high-performance multimedia applications. Hope it helps.

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Polyphemus_ Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 942 Rep Power: 4	opengl is lower of level. If you are using java, you can also have a look at Java3D.

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