Hi John,
> I am using DisplayImplJ3D to display my objects. How do I change the
> surface texture of my objects such that they don't reflect the light so much?
To do this you will need to write a custom DataRenderer that
extends visad.java3d.DefaulatRendererJ3D, and custom ShadowTypes
that extend all the ShadowTypes in the visad.java3d package.
The ShadowTypes need to override the method:
public static Appearance makeAppearance(GraphicsModeControl mode,
TransparencyAttributes constant_alpha,
ColoringAttributes constant_color,
GeometryArray geometry, boolean no_material)
from visad.java3d.ShadowTypeJ3D, to change the various
attributes of the Java3D Appearance. The extension of
DataRenderer needs to override the makeShadow*Type()
methods, described in section 1.4 of the DataRenderer
tutorial at:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/dr_tutorial.html
Good luck,
Bill
