ecmascript:
function initialize ()
{
	beamColor = noContactColor;
	if (wireframe == true) wireframeChoice = 1;
	if (solid     == true) solidChoice     = 1;
	if (traceEnabled)
	{
//	Browser.println ('[BeamCylinder.DETECTION ' + name + '] trace=' + trace);
	Browser.println ('[BeamCylinder.DETECTION ' + name + '] wireframeChoice=' + wireframeChoice + ', solidChoice=' + solidChoice);
	Browser.println ('[BeamCylinder.DETECTION ' + name + '] contactColor=' + contactColor.toString() + ', noContactColor=' + noContactColor.toString());
	}
}
function contact (newDetect, timeStamp)
{
	if (newDetect) beamColor = contactColor;
	else           beamColor = noContactColor;
	if (traceEnabled) Browser.println ('[BeamCylinder.DETECTION ' + name + '] contact=' + newDetect + ', beamColor=' + beamColor.toString());
}

        

          
ecmascript:
function initialize () {
 // Note that VRML scale factor triplets all equal to zero are not allowed
 if (defaultRange == 0) defaultRange = .0001;
 if (beamHeight   == 0) beamHeight = .0001;
 if (beamWidth    == 0) beamWidth  = .0001;
 beamScale = new SFVec3f ( defaultRange, beamHeight, beamWidth);
}
function range (newRange, timeStamp) {
 if (newRange < 0)
 {
   direction     = new SFRotation (0, 1, 0, 3.141592653);
   reverseOffset = new SFVec3f (- newRange, 0, 0);
   beamScale = new SFVec3f (-newRange, beamHeight, beamWidth);
 }
 else if (newRange == 0)
 {
   direction     = new SFRotation (0, 1, 0, 0);
   reverseOffset = new SFVec3f (0, 0, 0);
   beamScale = new SFVec3f ( .0001, .0001, .0001 );  // zero scale is illegal
 }
 else
 {
   direction     = new SFRotation (0, 1, 0, 0);
   reverseOffset = new SFVec3f (0, 0, 0);
   beamScale = new SFVec3f (newRange, beamHeight, beamWidth);
 }
 if (traceEnabled)
 {
//	Browser.println ('[BeamCylinder.BEAM_CALCULATE ' + name + '] trace=' + trace);
	Browser.println ('[BeamCylinder.BEAM_CALCULATE ' + name + '] newRange=' + newRange + ', direction=' + direction.toString());
	Browser.println ('[BeamCylinder.BEAM_CALCULATE ' + name + '] reverseOffset=' + reverseOffset.toString() + ', beamScale=' + beamScale.toString());
 }
}