[API Review] FX 8 3D API

[Chien Yang]

Hi Richard,

     The number of classes in shape3d, light and material packages will 
certainly grow in future releases too as we add more features.

- Chien

On 2/6/2013 10:55 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> They could all be put in the shape3d package, but it seems 
> inconsistent with 2D packages: shape, paint effect, etc.
>
> -- Kevin
>
>
> Richard Bair wrote:
>> Hi Chien,
>>
>>    
>>>     javafx.scene.light.LightBase (abstract)
>>>     javafx.scene.material.Material (abstract)
>>>      
>>
>> I'm not jazzed about creating two new packages here. It seems like these things should all be grouped in the same place as camera, or shape3d. Ideas?
>>
>>    
>>> Methods and Properties added to Node
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> LOD helper property:
>>>
>>> /**
>>> * A read only property that stores the computed area of this
>>> * {@code Node} projected onto the physical screen in pixel unit.
>>> */
>>> public final double getAreaInScreen()
>>> public final javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyDoubleProperty areaInScreenProperty()
>>>      
>>
>> Can this be efficiently implemented? We ripped out boundsInScene because it was impossible to get it fast enough. Why would this be any different?
>>
>> The rest looks good.
>>
>> Richard