<t>Thanks, the lib/dll downgrade to java3d-1.3.2 does appear to work better. I can access the properties and print preview as well as I could with the DirectX method.<br/>
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As a user data point of what doesn't work out of the box, but will with java3d downgrade: this is on a laptop with a ...

<r>On both our computers, on all of Ubuntu 9.04, Windows XP SP3, and Gentoo Linux, SweetHome3D has the full measure of the 3D problem: <URL url="http://www.sweethome3d.eu/faq.jsp#errorIn3DRenderingSystem"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.sweethome3d.eu/faq.jsp#error ... ringSystem">http://www.sweethome3d ...