Mixing 2D and 3D

[Chien Yang]

Hi Jim,

We worked closely with Pavel to ensure 3D picking did extend nicely. I 
believe the specification at this link is still up-to-date:

https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Picking3dAPI

- Chien

On 8/5/2013 3:44 AM, Pavel Safrata wrote:
> On 1.8.2013 22:33, Richard Bair wrote:
>>> How does that fit in with the 2D-ish picking events we deliver now?  
>>> If a cylinder is picked, how do we describe which part of the 
>>> cylinder was picked?
>> Pavel or Chien will have to pipe in on this part of the question, I 
>> don't know.
>>
>
> Similar to 2D, the delivered event has coordinates in the cylinder's 
> local coordinate space, so getX(), getY(), getZ() tell you the 
> intersection point of the pick ray cast to the scene by cursor 
> position and the cylinder. Moreover, the events have getPickResult() 
> from which you can obtain also distance from camera, picked face (not 
> used for cylinder but identifies picked triangle for a mesh) and 
> texture coordinates.
>
> Pavel