Hi John,
> I tried to use getImage() on a display object, but
> that causes the program to block at that point.
>
> That is:
> <set-up display code>
> display.getImage()
> System.out.println("Done.");
>
> never displays Done.
I assume you are not seeing a message like:
visad.VisADError: cannot call getImage() from Thread: AWT-EventQueue-0
which can occur if you call getImage() from an AWT callback.
Your problem can occur if your display is not added to a
Frame on the screen - that is if you are trying to do
offscreen rendering. Offscreen rendering is currently
not supported for Java3D, but you can do it for Java2D as
described in:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/russ/visad/msg01468.html
Please let us know if this does not solve your problem.
Cheers,
Bill
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