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Hi again Valentijn. The instructions below may not be completely accurate so let's try again. Start the Java Web Start Application Manager. Instructions for how to do that are here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/Faq.html#wsmanager Select "Resources" from the pulldown menu and find the Java 3D resource and delete it. I suppose you could delete all these cached resources to be on the safe side. My understanding is that you may have done something like this before: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/idv/msg03046.html http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/idv/msg03600.html -Julien > Hi Valentijn. > > If you are running the IDV via Java Web Start, please clear the Java Web > Start cache. There are instructions on how to clear the cache here: > https://www.vaultletsoft.com/support/clear-jws-cache.html > > That step should clear out the older version of Java3D which is causing the > problem. > > Please let us know if that solution works for you. > > -Julien > > > > Full Name: Valentijn Venus > > Email Address: address@hidden > > Organization: ITC > > Package Version: 2.9u1 build date:2010-09-22 07:11 UTC > > Operating System: Windows XP > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6 version: 1.6.0_21 > > j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > > Description of problem: Hi, > > > > i'm getting this error: > > > > createNewWindow-1 > > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > > > > java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: > > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > > at > > visad.java3d.DisplayRendererJ3D.createBasicSceneGraph(DisplayRendererJ3D.java:522) > > at > > visad.java3d.DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.createSceneGraph(DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.java:133) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayPanelJ3D.<init>(DisplayPanelJ3D.java:60) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:391) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:366) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:263) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:251) > > at > > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<init>(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:211) > > at > > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:355) > > at > > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:326) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeDisplayMaster(MapViewManager.java:449) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:4935) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:791) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.init(NavigatedViewManager.java:301) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:564) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.addViewManager(VMManager.java:515) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.getViewManager(IdvXmlUi.java:644) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:508) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1427) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1382) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4367) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4191) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:623) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:948) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:646) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:550) > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > > Cheers, Tyn > > > > > > ****************** > > Stack trace: > > java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: > > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > > at > > visad.java3d.DisplayRendererJ3D.createBasicSceneGraph(DisplayRendererJ3D.java:522) > > at > > visad.java3d.DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.createSceneGraph(DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.java:133) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayPanelJ3D.<init>(DisplayPanelJ3D.java:60) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:391) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:366) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:263) > > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:251) > > at > > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<init>(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:211) > > at > > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:355) > > at > > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:326) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeDisplayMaster(MapViewManager.java:449) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:4935) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:791) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.init(NavigatedViewManager.java:301) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:564) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.addViewManager(VMManager.java:515) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.getViewManager(IdvXmlUi.java:644) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:508) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1427) > > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1382) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4367) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4191) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:623) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:948) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:646) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:550) > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WSK-388552 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open