Byron,
thanks for your reply. i spent a lot more time with your code since i posted and i was able to figure out the parts of sh3d that you changed, also thanks to help from sicodelicos2003.

you're right, making these changes prevents updates to sh3d, so it isn't the best approach. also, i need to ...

Byron,

can you give me a little better idea of what you're doing here?

i'm new to java and eclipse and i don't understand what you're doing in your code.

i can't even find any SH3D code on your svn site that i can read.

i'm trying to add new properties to furniture objects (for example, 'door ...

sicodelicos2003,

did you get anywhere reading Byron's code?

i'm new to java and eclipse and i don't understand what Byron's doing in his code.

Byron's code is hooked up with playerstage.sourceforge.net/gazebo and i don't understand how to run it to see what changes he made to SH3D.

i'm trying ...