I have a four sided object that is 2d, but can be rotated and
translated, etc., using java 3d.  I specified the color, but it only
does the front side.  When the normal points in the same direction as
viewer is looking, it is black.  How do I specify the color for the

I am interested in developing graphics/animation. Can you please give a
brief comparison between blender and java3d? Pros and cons?
Thanks,
gc

Java 3D 1.4.0-build5 has been released. You can read the announcement at:
http://www.javadesktop.org/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=14293&tstart=0