Please note, there is no download and installation required if you just want to view JavaView enabled applets on other people's web pages. The web browser will automatically retrieve the necessary data from those pages.

The following download instructions are important only if you intend to include JavaView in your own web pages, or if you use the standalone application JavaView to view geometry models and display Mathematica, or if you intend to develop own applets.

Please note that our geometry models are not included in the zip files but partially available as separate archive, see below.

The version number of the downloadable JavaView archives is given in _jarVersion.txt.

All Systems: javaview.zip

Download the JavaView zip file (^~1500 KB) by clicking on its name, and uncompress it in a directory of your choice. See the how-to page for how to enable the archives in an applet on a html page.

After unzipping you will get the following files:

jars/javaview.jar, jars/jvx.jar		The JavaView archive with a set of Java classes and other utility files.
jars/vgpapp.jar		An archive with applets shown on the Visual Geometry Pages and tutorial applets.
sample.obj		A sample geometry for testing the installation.
sample.html		A sample HTML file for testing the installation.
sampleTorus.jvx		A sample geometry file for testing the installation.
javaview.html		Some basic information on the viewer and further help..
bin/javaview.bat		Batch file (DOS/Win) for invoking the standalone version of JavaView. Instead of this batch file people often prefer the executable, see below.
bin/javaview		Shell script (UNIX/Linux) for invoking the standalone version of JavaView

Windows Only:

For efficiency, you may consider using Microsoft cabinet versions of the above archives. These cabinet archives (javaview.cab, jvx.cab and vgpapp.cab) contain the same classes as the Sun/Netscape *.jar archives but are about 30% smaller. On the other hand, the cabinet archives can be used with MS Internet Explorer only. If you do not use the cabinet archives then you may delete them without affecting JavaView.

Windows Executable: jv_exe.zip

There exists an executable javaview.exe running on all MS Windows computers. This application does not need an installation of *.jar or *.cab archives. But it needs a Java Virtual Machine as it comes with Internet Explorer 4.01 and later.

Important Hint: If you have an older version of the virtual machine then you will receive an error message when executing javaview.exe. Please, upgrade the Internet Explorer, which will upgrade the JVM, or download a newer JVM from Microsoft.

After unzipping you will get the following files:

javaview.exe		Executable of JavaView for MS-Windows platforms..
sampleTorus.jvx		A sample geometry for testing
images/*		A set of images used in JavaView.

 

1. Unzip the archive or download javaview.exe to a directory, say, C:\JavaView\.
2. Open a DOS shell, and type:
   prompt> cd C:\JavaView
   prompt> javaview sampleTorus.jvx
This will open the JavaView display and show a torus geometry.
3. As alternative to 2., advanced users might want to register *.jvx files to open JavaView whenever a *.jvx file is double clicked in the windows explorer:
   - double click on the file sampleTorus.jvx within windows explorer which opens a dialog
   - As a description, type "JavaView Geometry"
   - As program, select using the button "Other" the executable
       C:\JavaView\javaview.exe
   - Enable the checkbox "Open always with this program..."
   - Press ok.

The executable can be used from command prompt, for example, to display geometry files by calling from the DOS command prompt:

prompt> javaview sampleTorus.jvx

where sampleTorus.jvx may be replaced with another geometry data file (do not type "prompt>").

 Packages for Mathematica and J/Link: jv_math.zip new

There exists a complete JavaView package for Mathematics which allows

1. view Mathematica graphics from within Mathematica in a JavaView display
2. tightly integrate Mathematica and JavaView via J/Link, for example, to script JavaView from Mathematica, or receive JavaView events inside Mathematica.

Unzip this archive to an arbitrary place, and read README.txt for installation and usage information. The package contains a complete guide Overview.nb as interactive Mathematica notebook.

Packages for Maple: jv_mapleNT.zip and jv_maple98.zip alpha

There exists a complete JavaView package for Maple which allows

1. view Maple plots from within Maple in a JavaView display
2. save Maple plots as interactive web pages..

Currently, there are two different versions required for Windows NT and Windows98. Each archive is about 3MB and contains a full JavaView installation.

Unzip the archive to an arbitrary place, and read README.txt for installation and usage information.

Additional Material for Developers

jv_doc.zip		Reference documentation of the JavaView source code including all public member variables and methods. The source code of JavaView is documented in English. The JavaDoc utility was used to automatically generate the reference documentation from the Java source code.
jv_doc_protected.zip (Please, ask)		Reference documentation of JavaView source code including all public and protected member variables and methods.
jars/jvdevelop.jar jars/jvdevelop.cab		Additional classes for developers of JavaView.
jv_models.zip		Collection of default models supplied with JavaView.
jv_tutor.zip		Source code of the tutorials of JavaView. We describe step-by-step how to use JavaView's class library to perform own numerical experiments and write applets. Each tutorial consists of a task to solve and the corresponding Java source code.
jv_liteall.zip		Lite version JavaView including only the 3d-viewer, for display of geometries in own web pages. Archive is optimized in size (~70KB) and for fast start-up.
jv_suball.zip		Standalone version of submission form for submitting models to the EG-Models archive. Includes a MS Windows executable.