I am taking a computer graphics course at my university. I am unable to create 3D graphics using Java since I do not have it properly installed. I downloaded the Java 3D API from Oracle. There is no installer included. Just the raw files j3dcore.jar, j3dutils.jar, and vecmath.jar as well as a few read me files. One of the read me files does contain a link that has instructions for the install. It says I must “Unzip Java 3D 1.5.1 into the “jre” directory of your JDK.” Where is my JDK? I found my Java folder System > Library> Java > Extension and moved the files there because I read some other things online. I still get this error message in Eclipse when coding: “Access restriction: the method [whatever] from the type [whatever] is not accessible due to restriction on required library /System/Library/Java/Extensions/j3dutils.jar.” But I have this file exactly where it says it should be.
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Java 3d version 1.3 is pre-installed in Mac OS X. You shouldn’t need to install anything. Perhaps try put things back the way they were?
If you want to upgrade to version Java 3D 1.5, you can download this installer: http://create.ife.no/vr/tools/j3d/java3d_1_5_2-macosx.pkg.zip