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Hi Marcel. This Julien, I now work at Unidata. Try downloading the latest IDV nightly release: Please try again with the installer from the nightly release downloads: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp This action should solve Java3D related problems. Let me know how it goes. -Julien > Full Name: Marcel Casado > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: NCAR > Package Version: 2.9u1 build date:2010-09-02 19:36 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home version: > 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.3.1 > Description of problem: Creating display: Contour Plan View > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > > ****************** > 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:441) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:4935) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.getNavigatedDisplay(NavigatedViewManager.java:262) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.getNavigatedDisplay(DisplayControlImpl.java:9532) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.isDisplay3D(DisplayControlImpl.java:9493) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:426) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1333) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1034) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JGL-328777 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open