Mouse Picking with Java3D

Engines, Libraries and Tools Java 3D
#1

Please help,

I am very new to Java3D and am having some issues with the mouse picking. I have a Model that I am rendering that is made up of multiple Shape3D Objects. What I would like to do is allow the user to simply use a mouse click to select one or more of the rendered Shape3D Objects (that make-up the single Model) and change the color of that particular Shape3D Object - a “highlight” of some kind.

If someone out there has some experience doing this type of work can you please help a newbie out with some hints (or even better - some simple code).

Thanks in advance for any help that any one can provide.

#2

Java 3D provides picking utilities in its packages “com.sun.j3d.utils.pickfast” and “com.sun.j3d.utils.pickfast.behaviors”.

Java 3D example programs source code are available at https://java3d.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html. Especially have a look at “org.jdesktop.j3d.examples.picking.PickTest”. Good luck.

August

#3

Thanks InteractiveMesh ;D The information you gave was exactly what I needed.