Now, to extract the contents of this zipped folder you need to right click it and unzip/extract it. Locate the zipped folder which you have just downloaded. The download link above will automatically start the download for the zipped folder.Įxtracting the libraries requires an unzipping tool, Windows comes with a zipping/unzipping tool already installed so there should be no problem. These are the libraries which will need to be imported into your IDE to create the Java3D programs.
Providing you selected to create a desktop shortcut during the installation you will get a similar looking icon. Now you need to install NetBeans, simply run the file you just downloaded and follow the installation instructions. If you’re new to programming/Java you will only require the Java SE version of NetBeans, if you already have the knowledge surrounding the other versions of NetBeans you can download one of the extended versions.
To run eclipse click the Eclipse application which has the Eclipse logo next to it. Your folder structure should look somewhat similar to this. Installing Eclipse is fairly simple after you download the installer run it and you will get the required files to run Eclipse. Locate the download button and download the latest version. In my example I will be using Eclipse Neon, as this is currently the most recently available version of the software as of January 2017. It isn’t possible for me to do this same example for every IDE out there as I would be here forever so, I picked two of the most popular free IDE’s. Providing it is either Eclipse or Netbeans, if it isn’t you may need to find another tutorial or figure this part out for yourself. You may already have an IDE installed on your computer, this is fine.
For this guide I will be demonstrating how to import the Java3D API into Eclipse and Netbeans. Before getting into the programming side of Java3D, we need to download and install the required libraries.