With Apple Java for OS X (Java SE 1.6.0_37) installed I got this exception in java3d:

3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: jogamp.opengl.Debug.addTrustedPrefix(Ljava/lang/String;)V
        at jogamp.opengl.Debug.access$000(Debug.java:38)
        at jogamp.opengl.Debug$1.run(Debug.java:47)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at jogamp.opengl.Debug.<clinit>(Debug.java:44)
        at jogamp.opengl.ThreadingImpl.<clinit>(ThreadingImpl.java:53)
        at com.jogamp.opengl.Threading.disableSingleThreading(Threading.java:164)
        at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.initialize(JoglPipeline.java:130)
        at javax.media.j3d.Pipeline.createPipeline(Pipeline.java:92)
        at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl.loadLibraries(MasterControl.java:837)
        at javax.media.j3d.VirtualUniverse.<clinit>(VirtualUniverse.java:274)
        at demo3d.Demo3d.<init>(Demo3d.java:27)
        at demo3d.Demo3d.main(Demo3d.java:41)
Java Result: 1

Aass359,
Im not at my computer right now but it looks like the version of gluegen that java3D is using is not correct, possibly you've got an older version. It needs to be 2.3.2.

I'll add some links on how to check this and how to install the latest version later on, unless someone else beats me to it.

Thanks,
Phil

The instructions for updating Jogl (to 2.3.2) for Java3D are located here:
https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Java3D_FAQ

Here are the instructions for ensuring Jogl and Gluegen are both 2.3.2
https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Jogamp_Versioning_and_Releases#Runtime_Version_Check


Please update and re-run the program, then post back your result (hopefully success...)

Hi

Apple Java is NOT supported by Java3D 1.6.0 and later, this is explained in the Java3D 1.6/1.7 user's guide. Please use OpenJDK or Oracle Java instead of Apple Java. I remind you that Apple Java has been deprecated for several years. Moreover, you might have to switch to Java3D 1.7 to avoid some conflicts with an obsolete version of Java3D (1.3?) installed by Apple on your operating system with some obsolete versions of JOGL (1.1?) and GlueGen.

Maybe Phil is right, you should use JOGL 2.3.2 with Java3D 1.6 but it might not be enough.