JSV produces VRML output. For Windows users I highly recommend to download the free stand-alone VRML viewer GLView3.6 for viewing those files. This is written by Holger Grahn ( http://www.snafu.de/~hg ) Here is a screen shot of GLview with a *.wrl file from JSV.
VRML97/2.0 files generated by JSV can also be viewed with the included VRML97 viewer modul. (see also Java3D) When you start the VRML97 viewer modul, it has to be initialized with some *.wrl file. By default it will start using the file lib\simple.wrl so please don't delete that file ! If you start the VRML97 viewer using the provided batch file vrml.bat you have to give a vrml file name. (eg.: vrml.bat vrml\test.wrl )
Of course you can also view those files with a VRML plugin for NETSCAPE or Microsoft Internet Explorer (eg: WorldView or Cosmo Player). However, I personally find a stand-alone viewer more convenient.
JSV should be considered as more of an authoring tool, since it can be used to load several file types and generate atoms, create bonds etc. The JSV graphics is 2D graphics by nature. It does not use a real 3D engine. Shaded atoms are just calculated images plotted at the atom positions. JSV might therefore sometimes show an incorrect image when there are interpenetrating atoms, bonds or polyhedra. That is why JSV allows VRML output for anyone who places more importance on the display quality. For the future I plan to implement the newer Java3D libraries. Then JSV could display real 3D graphics on its own.
VRML viewer GLView by Holger Grahn
Note: When you start the VRML97 viewer modul, it has to be initialized with some *.wrl file. By default it will start using the file lib\simple.wrl so please don't delete that file !
If you start the VRML97 viewer using the provided batch file vrml.bat you have to give a vrml file name. (eg.: vrml.bat vrml\test.wrl )