A framework for component based model acquisition and presentation using Java 3D
Peter Blanchebarbe, Stephan Diehl · 2001
Manufacturers rarely provide information about their products as CAD data, not to mention even 3D animations. Thus, it is desirable for example for the products of an online store to have the possibility to describe and record products in a simple way. This paper deals with visualizing product components by means of Java and Java3D and recording this data in an XML based data format. With the help of this data format 3D-objects can be reconstructed and reused. We explain how a product configuration which may later be shown as an animation can be constructed. Here, the central issues are the representation of the product components in the scenegraph and connecting them according to their physical relation in reality. 1