JavaFX performance for complex visualisations

[Dr. Michael Paus]

Am 07.12.2012 21:20, schrieb Richard Bair:
> Hi Michael,
>
>>>> According to my experience JavaFX is currently not able to handle graphically intensive
>>>> applications.
>>> Depends on what you are doing that is "graphically intense" -- if it is a lot of paths (thousands) then yes, this is slow. If it is a lot of images and lines and effects and such, then actually you can do a heck of a lot with FX (which is graphically intense!)
>> This is of course true but tell me how far do you really get if you only have these elements available?
>> You cannot even draw a simple filled triangle without creating a path and thus slowing down your application.
>> A graphically intensive business application without paths seems to be a very specific corner case to me but
>> maybe it is just me who feels so. What I have in mind when I talk about such applications are large diagrams,
>> floor plans, vector maps with a lot of symbols on them and so on.
> If you're needing triangles, then you're in another class of application than the kind we've so far properly supported. Hopefully the 3D stuff will help bridge the gap.
>
> (I've not seen triangles in use except in 3D programming which may explain why I haven't considered that particular use case critical for our earlier releases, but hopefully we'll be able to handle your case properly now).
Just to avoid some misunderstanding. I mentioned triangles only as an 
example for the most trivial geometry which cannot be
created without using paths right now. In practice I have to create more 
complicated geometries of course.

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