Welcome to Xj3D codebase.

These are notes for the 30 June 2008 dev release of Xj3D.

Changes since Last Dev Release:
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    Bugzilla: 
	244 Using a node from a temporary scene causes Billboard not to work - fixed.
	284 removeRootNode() Fails - wont fix.
	307 Converter fails on Hangar.x3d - fixed.  New converter process which is more robust and functional.
	311 Mac Window resizing error - fixed.
	361 Geospatial coordinate transform setup throws exception - fixed.
	381 Addition of root nodes to an empty scene fails. - unable to replicate.
	391 no sound in xj3d 2.0 dev 7/14/2007 - fixed.  See sound below.
	410 AV3DLoader does not compile - fixed.
	449 Parsing of XML files with large attributes is very slow - wont fix.  Use latest JDK.
	468 GeoLocation has wrong orientation on the meridian of + or - 90 degree of longitude - fixed.

    Sound: Component now supported in OpenGL renderer with full spatialisation. Requires installation of OpenAL code specific to platform. Download the latest release of JOAL from here:
	https://joal.dev.java.net/

    Java3D Deprecated: If you are currently building Xj3D from the CVS repository note that Java3D support has been fully deprecated at this time.  You can now use the standard make targets tob uild the project:
    
    	make class - builds all classes; uses the Aviatrix3D render for the graphics pipeline
    	make jar - builds all current jars
    	make javadoc - builds all current javadocs
    	
    SAI: several SAI issue have been resolved for creating and manipulating IndexedTriangleStripSets.
    
    Converter Changed: The converter has changed over to the CAD filter  architecture.  This allows for much more options when converting file types. The converter.sh remains the same.


Known Issues:
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    Audio
        We have recently re-enabled the audio node.  If you are having issues with JOAL libraries please update your sound card drivers.  If that does not resolve the issues please go to the JOAL project homepage (https://joal.dev.java.net/) and install the latest release of the software toolkit for your OS.              
    	

License
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 This source is licensed under the GNU LGPL v2.1
 Please read http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html for more information

 This software comes with the standard NO WARRANTY disclaimer for any
 purpose. Use it at your own risk. If there's a problem you get to fix it.