Thanks for your reply.

I need to start a view even though that is not visible.
For example, Let's say I use a JTabbedPane and add three tabs.
The last one contains Canvas3D that is connected to view.
So at first, the third tab is not seen.
I want to start a view at the construct time of the third tab and
forget about it.
In this case, how can I accomplish this?

Hi, Here is modified HelloXith3D version.

           JFrame frame = new JFrame();
           frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
           frame.setBounds(100, 100, 500, 400);
           
           JButton click = new JButton("Click");
           frame.getContentPane().add(click, BorderLayout.NORTH);
           
           JPanel panel = new JPanel();
           frame.getContentPane().add(panel);

-->            frame.setVisible(true);

           // create the virtual univers
           VirtualUniverse universe = new VirtualUniverse();

           // add a view to the universe
           View view = new View();
           universe.addView(view);

           // add a locale
           Locale locale = new Locale(5.0f, 0.0f, 10.0f);
           universe.addLocale(locale);

           // create a BranchGroup
           BranchGroup scene = new BranchGroup();
           locale.addBranchGraph(scene);

           // let objects along this path rotate
           Transform3D rotate = new Transform3D();
           rotate.rotXYZ((float)Math.PI/4,
           (float)Math.PI/5,
           (float)Math.PI/2);
           TransformGroup objRotate = new TransformGroup(rotate);
           scene.addChild(objRotate);

           // create Cube
           Geometry geo = Cube.createCubeViaTriangles(0, 0, 0, 1, true);
           Shape3D sh = new Shape3D(geo, new Appearance());
           objRotate.addChild(sh);

           // turn the scene into a render friendly format
           scene.compile();

           // create a canvas for our graphics
           RenderPeer rp = new RenderPeerImpl();
           CanvasPeer cp = rp.makeCanvas(panel, 500, 380, 32, false);
           Canvas3D canvas = new Canvas3D();
           canvas.set3DPeer(cp);

           // modify our view so we can see the cube
           view.addCanvas3D(canvas);
           view.getTransform().lookAt(
                 new Vector3f(0, 0,    2f),    // location of eye
                 new Vector3f( 0, 0, 0),    // center of view
                 new Vector3f( 0, 1, 0));    // vector pointing up
-->            view.startView();

There is a problem.
When I call frame.setVisible(true) before view.startView().
It works.
But When I change the order, I always see the "invalid drawable". error message.

I tested this code on MacOS X Panther(7B95) with September 5th build.

Is this only a problem related with MacOS JOGL implementation?
Which situation can I see "invalid drawable" message?

P.S) My program(other one) use IndexedTriangleStripArray and GeometryUpdater for dynamic geometry update. When I port Java3D code to Xith3D code,
Could you tell me about pitfalls that I must care?

And I use a JTabbedPane in which Canvas3D is attached.
But there is painting problem.

Hi,

I started to convert my Java3D code to Xith3D code.
But I couldn't add a Canvas3D object to the JPanel.
Here is a code fragment.

// create a canvas for our graphics
RenderPeer rp = new RenderPeerImpl();
CanvasPeer cp = rp.makeCanvas(panel, 384 + 54, 384 + 54, 32, offScreen);
Canvas3D canvas3d = new Canvas3D();
canvas3d.set3DPeer(cp);

Is this feature not yet implemented?
Please give me a advice...

I downloaded Nehe tutorial demos and tested those.
But it didn't work.
(I couldn't see no window on windows mode and
could see just a white screen on full screen mode)
On windows mode, I've encountered the following message.
; 2003-10-28 20:23:18.941 java[478] invalid drawable

What's wrong with me?
I tested these on Mac OS X 10.3 with September 5th build JOGL.
Please give me a advice.