J3DWorkbench Files

J3DWorkbench, release 3.4

J3DWorkbench is a real-time, interactive, 3D visualization, simulation, and game design framework and builder application, integrating Java3D and Eclipse's Rich Client Platform (RCP).

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* Packaging *
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* Now requires Java 1.6
* Includes Java 3D, v1.5.3 (development)

Unzip your platform's archive to location of your choice, & run J3DWorkbench binary

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* Release Notes *
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Fixed / changed in version 3.4:

	no orbit if in navigate parent mode
	don't ask confirmation before load scene
	subtract transform on context menu
	better contextual ON/OFF support
	undo (revert) transform
	confirm delete object
	redefinable "home" transform
	move transform props to separate container
	move center/transform  geometry to context menu
	cloning clarification
	Text2d wizard
	KeystrokeBehavior reliability fix
	texture attributes fixed on texture animator
	additional TexCoordGeneration modes
	
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* KNOWN ISSUES *
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1. (LINUX USERS): for best performance, it may be necessary to disable Compiz desktop effects, as they can significantly reduce framerate of Java 3D's OpenGL.
2. Collision detection inside planar back faces (e.g. cube), is unreliable

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The J3DWorkbench project is hosted at https://sourceforge.net/projects/j3dworkbench.

- New logos designed by Thomas Agnamazian
- Most application icons thanks to Dean S. Jones
- Some textures from http://www.oZone3D.Net.

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* LICENSING *
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Author's original source and binaries released under GPL, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.
J3DWorkbench repackages several Eclipse libraries under the Eclipse Public License; see http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php.
See Java3D binary licenses here: https://java3d.dev.java.net/#Licenses.

By using J3DWorkbench, you agree to the terms described by these licenses.

Copyright(C) 2007-2011 by Ken Mc Neill, http://eclectic3d.net.