Java 3D Scene Graphs

Java 3D Scene Graphs
An Introduction

Prof. David Bernstein
James Madison University

Computer Science Department

bernstdh@jmu.edu

Scene Graphs

Purpose:
- Organize and control the rendering of its constituent objects
In Java3D:
- Branches of the tree do not share state information
- Hence, different objects can be rendered concurrently

Scene Graphs (cont.)

Symbology

Scene Graph Paths

Defined:
- The (unique) path from the root node to a leaf node
Important Properties:
- A scene graph path completely specifies the state information (e.g., location, orientation, size) of its leaf
- The visual attributes of an object depend only on its scene graph path