Java3D Tutorial Jenny Orr, Willamette University

Scene Graph

• The "Universe" is represented using a tree data structure.
• Built from components:
  • Leaf Nodes:
    • Shapes, Lights, Backgrounds, Behaviors, View platform, Sound, etc
  • Group Nodes (internal nodes of tree):
    • Transforms, BranchGroup
  • Node Components (attributes):
    • geometry and appearance for Shape nodes, color of Shape