jMonkeyEngine 3.0 : Beginner's Guide

Time for action – meshing around with spheres

What about round surfaces, such as spheres are they triangle meshes too?

1. Go back to the WireframeShapes class you just created.
2. Comment out the line that creates the Box() mesh.
3. Replace the box mesh with code that creates a sphere mesh instead. Use the Sphere class from the com.jme3.scene.shape package: Sphere mesh = new Sphere(16, 16, 1.0f);
4. This line of code creates a sphere mesh with a radius of 1.0f. The other arguments of the constructor specify the smoothness of the sphere.
5. Run the class. Move around using the W, A, S, and D keys and the mouse, and inspect the polygon mesh that outlines the shape of the sphere.

What just happened?

When you run the sample application, you realize that even a sphere ...