3DCov(Java3d->jpct port)

[Jonas]

Hi
As part of a term project, a friend and I been working on porting a little visualisation tool from Java3d over to jpct(pure software mode) the last ~2-3 weeks.
This was done because people kept having troubles running it under Java3d. The new version runs suprisingly smooth(given
a few things are probably implemented quite inefficient due to lack of time) even on low end computers.

The tool's named 3DCov and is used to visualize the relation between classes and objects(for OO beginners). Following a few screens of a loaded diagram:




2d/3d view. 2d is done using JGraph
Some classes/objects moved around
Popup menu
Labels(multiplicity, roles, ...)

Happy new year everyone

[EgonOlsen]

Looks nice! Judging from the fps count, i assume that you render the scene in a loop and as fast as possible? If so, then maybe changing that to event based will help to reduce cpu load plus you can render an anti-aliased version of it in case that no further events occur during a given time frame.

[Jonas]

Loop yes, as fast as possible no(that be a lot higher fps). The target fps is set to 20.

Changing to an event based rendering is something I wanted to do, but implementing all functionality was
more important and took up all our time(which wasn't that much to begin with anyway ).

[EgonOlsen]

Loop yes, as fast as possible no(that be a lot higher fps). The target fps is set to 20.

Sounds reasonable. Then an event driven approach may not give you that much anymore. Has this project a homepage? Something i can link to from the projects section?

[Jonas]

We don't have a homepage, and I doub't that anything is planned. I will ask after holidays are over though.

edit: Just tried oversampling...works nicely and really looks good. Rendering is smooth. However, it kinda breaks picking(do i have to scale the x/y position im using at reprojection or something?)..didn't investigate it any further.

edit2: Yep, didn't scale. Seems to work great now.

[JavaMan]

Looks cool. Good way for beginners(like me) to visualize the relationships.