Getting Started with J3DWorkbench

J3DWorkbench is, well, a workbench (a place to build 3D content), made up of Views: J3DWorkbench is a tool for building rich, interactive 3D content, including geometry, textures, lights, animations, and particle-like effects such as fire, smoke, and water.

Wizards

J3DWorkbench includes wizards for building a variety of configurable shapes that you can combine into more complex objects. In addition, objects (geometry) can be imported in a number of formats, such as Collada and 3DS.

J3DWorkbench J3D File

A J3DWorkbench 'scene' is saved in a '.j3d' file, which can be loaded and displayed by J3DWorkbench, or through any Java Swing/AWT application, an Applet, or Java Webstart. In the latter cases, Java 3D and the core J3DWorkbenchRuntime libraries must be packaged and distributed with the scene. The '.j3d' format is a Java 3D binary format, which is enriched by J3DWorkbench runtime classes that have been serialized with the saved file.