About Eclectic3D

If you believe Wikipedia, "Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject..."


  • Eclectic3D is home of the J3DWorkbench 3D Studio project.
  • Eclectic3D is a forum for ideas and exchange on software, modeling, & 3D.

J3DWorkbench V3.1.0 is here, with MacOS X support & simple collision physics

J3DWorkbench V3.1.0 is available on Sourceforge

Version 3.1.0 of J3DWorkbench has been released, representing another important milestone in stablity and functionality. In addition, the MacOS X version (Carbon) has now been tested, thanks to VirtualBox by Oracle (Sun).

New Java 3D Collada loader code checked in

A new and improved version of the Java 3D Collada loader is now checked into the 'j3d-contrib utils' project here. I have attached a binary build to the bottom of this post. Enjoy, and feel free to discuss and recommend improvements, either here, or at the Java 3D forum.

J3DWorkbench project presentation

The attached presentation describes the goals and design of the J3DWorkbench project.

CAPTCHA was working TOO well

I open the Eclectic3D blog with a short piece concerning a recent minor Drupal module snafu :

The new CAPTCHA module put into place on this site was working TOO well--it was displaying some of the text white-on-white--effectively making it impossible to sign up! The module was put into place in order to prevent spammer bots from creating false accounts.

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