Posted by gouessej on Jun 24, 2014; 2:12pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/STLLoader-tp4032481p4032485.html

SimpleUniverse.getViewer().getView() returns a View object that you have to modify to obtain the desired effect.

Maybe this tutorial in French can help you a bit to understand some concepts:
http://deven3d.free.fr/java3d/chap09.htm

This is what I meant by view frustum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewing_frustum

I hope you use the very latest version of Java3D (currently 1.6.0 pre 10).