Posted by basti on Oct 20, 2023; 9:47pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/OrientedShape3D-not-working-tp4042902p4043085.html

Thanks,

i realized something about this line:

int mode = OrientedShape3D.ROTATE_ABOUT_POINT // trying flags out of desperation!
                                | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_MODE_WRITE | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_MODE_READ
                                | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_MODE_WRITE | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_MODE_READ
                                | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_POINT_WRITE | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_POINT_READ
                                | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_AXIS_WRITE | OrientedShape3D.ALLOW_AXIS_READ;

you're mixing alignment mode with capabilities which is probably how this effectively resulted in
OrientedShape3D.ROTATE_NONE (value 2)

I suggested to set mode to 0 (OrientedShape3D.ROTATE_ABOUT_AXIS) which should result in rotating around y-axis only, but is not ideal when looking directly down from high altitudes since text remains vertical to x/z plane.
Alternatively OrientedShape3D.ROTATE_ABOUT_POINT would rotate along all 3 axis. The pivot point is the one specified via constructor new Point3f(0,0,0) (relative position)

Judging from your screen capture it almost looks like all texts have the same absolute pivot point and circling around it...
anyway just my 2 cents

basti