[x3d-public] Xj3D update announcement

[Don Brutzman]

Xj3D is an open-source Java viewer and application codebase for X3D graphics scenes.

a. Latest greatest is checked into SourceForge trunk, details at
	https://sourceforge.net/projects/xj3d
	https://savage.nps.edu/Savage/developers.html#Xj3D

Steady work on Xj3D improvements continues, primarily by Terry Norbraten:
b. Updated underlying render libraries Aviatrix and J3D Tools to match Justin Couch's GitHub versions
	http://aviatrix3d.j3d.org
	http://j3d.org
namely
	https://github.com/j3d/aviatrix3d
	https://github.com/j3d/j3dtools

with integration checked into SourceForge under
	https://sourceforge.net/p/xj3d/code/HEAD/tree/branches/Supporting_APIs/

and merged in Xj3D under
	https://sourceforge.net/p/xj3d/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/lib/
as
	aviatrix3d-all_3.0.0-nps.jar
	j3d-org-all_3.0.0-nps.jar

c. Still unmodified: retaining tried-and-true java.vecmath libraries

d. Release notes updated throughout.
	https://sourceforge.net/p/xj3d/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/RELEASE_NOTES
	https://sourceforge.net/p/xj3d/code/HEAD/tree/branches/Supporting_APIs/aviatrix3d/docs/RELEASE_NOTES

e. Other changes, highlighted in release notes:
	Improvements to ImageTexture handling of Material when no image transparency is present.
	Added MetadataBoolean to v3.3 profile.
	FontStyle handles alignment "MIDDLE" "MIDDLE" (required an aviatrix fix).
	Using JOGL's native windowing toolkit (NEWT) with no more Swing heavy/lightweight issues.

f. Corresponding updates included and tested in latest X3D-Edit
	https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit

g.Wish list:
- Looking at possible improvements to scene tree view (View, Scene Tree; Alt-T).
- Corrected Xj3D handling of Extrusion orientation field.

Have fun with Xj3D!

all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
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X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman