Demo Applets of JavaView

JavaView has an open class library for differential geometry, numerics and mathematical visualization to easily create sophisticated applets. Its class library can be used and extended for own geometry experiments in Java, while always profiting from the advanced 3D visualization capabilities and the web integration.

The following sample applets were generated with JavaView. The required JavaView archives are automatically downloaded when the first applet is loaded and then stored in the cache of the browser. No further download is required as you invoke the second and next applets. Look here in case of problems.

A good starting point is the introduction to the 3D geometry viewer and a look at the help pages.

Viewer Introduction	How to use the 3D viewer: rotate, translate or scale a surface.
Help on JavaView	Help on menus, dialogs and keyboard shortcuts of JavaView..
View Models	Select a JavaView model, or browse your disk in the application version.
Keyframe Animation	Animation from a set of precomputed models having the same mesh.

Advanced: More sophisticated applications of JavaView.

Animation	Animated surface deformation between Catenoid and Helicoid.
Parametrized Surface	Type the equations of a parameterized surface.
Geometric Surfaces	Collection of classic surfaces.
Curves on Surfaces	Explore classic curves on surfaces.
Platonic Solids	Platonic solids and modelling techniques.
Discrete Geodesics	Geodesics on polyhedral surfaces.
ODE Solver	Type an ordinary differential equation and study the solution.
Cycloid Curve	Animated generation of a cycloid curve.
Root Finder	Collection of classic surfaces.
Harmonic Maps	Minimize area and other surface energies.
Rivara Refinement	Adaptively refine triangulations with the Rivara bisection algorithm.
Scalar Field	Visualize scalar fields on a surface.
Weierstrass	Minimal surfaces given by the Weierstrass representation.
Parametrized Surface	Type the equation of a parameterized surface.
Textured Surface	Assign textures to a surface.
Closed Polygon	Transform closed arc length parameterized polygons.
Elastic Curve	Generalized elastic curves (continuous case).
Billard in an Ellipse	Discrete rotational CMC surfaces by playing elliptic billiard.
LIC Visualization	Generate line integral convolution images of vector fields.
Discrete Vector Fields	Discrete tangential vector fields on triangulations using geodesic technique.
Hodge Splitting	Hodge decomposition of discrete vector fields for feature detection.
Surfaces of Rotation	Surfaces of revolution.
Mean Curvature Flow	Anisotropic mean curvature flow
Pythagorean Tree	Trees generated by right-angled triangles and squares.
Julia Sets	Visualization of Julia sets.

Integration: JavaView and third-party software packages:

Mathematica	Put any (animated) Mathematica graphics on the web in a JavaView applet, or fully integrate JavaView into Mathematica including scripting and handling of user pick events.
Maple	Put a (animated) Maple graphics on the web in a JavaView applet, or launch JavaView from Maple.
Polymake	Polymake uses JavaView for visualization.