Creating a Java 3D application or applet
HelloUniverse.java

	

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import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.applet.MainFrame;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.ColorCube;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.*;
import javax.media.j3d.*;
import javax.vecmath.*;

public class HelloUniverse extends Applet {
    public BranchGroup createSceneGraph() {
	// Create the root of the branch graph
	BranchGroup objRoot = new BranchGroup();

	// Create the transform group node and initialize it to the
	// identity.  Enable the TRANSFORM_WRITE capability so that
	// our behavior code can modify it at runtime.  Add it to the
	// root of the subgraph.
	TransformGroup objTrans = new TransformGroup();
	objTrans.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_WRITE);
	objRoot.addChild(objTrans);

	// Create a simple shape leaf node, add it to the scene graph.
	objTrans.addChild(new ColorCube(0.4));

	// Create a new Behavior object that will perform the desired
	// operation on the specified transform object and add it into
	// the scene graph.
	Transform3D yAxis = new Transform3D();
	Alpha rotationAlpha = new Alpha(-1, Alpha.INCREASING_ENABLE,
					0, 0,
					4000, 0, 0,
					0, 0, 0);

	RotationInterpolator rotator =
	    new RotationInterpolator(rotationAlpha, objTrans, yAxis,
				     0.0f, (float) Math.PI*2.0f);
	BoundingSphere bounds =
	    new BoundingSphere(new Point3d(0.0,0.0,0.0), 100.0);
	rotator.setSchedulingBounds(bounds);
	objTrans.addChild(rotator);

        // Have Java 3D perform optimizations on this scene graph.
        objRoot.compile();

	return objRoot;
    }

    public HelloUniverse() {
	setLayout(new BorderLayout());
	Canvas3D c = new Canvas3D(null);
	add("Center", c);

	// Create a simple scene and attach it to the virtual universe
	BranchGroup scene = createSceneGraph();
	SimpleUniverse u = new SimpleUniverse(c);

        // This will move the ViewPlatform back a bit so the
        // objects in the scene can be viewed.
        u.getViewingPlatform().setNominalViewingTransform();

	u.addBranchGraph(scene);
    }

    //
    // The following allows HelloUniverse to be run as an application
    // as well as an applet
    //
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	new MainFrame(new HelloUniverse(), 256, 256);
    }
}