FXyz VS jabref

"and then a 3D line from there to the 3D sphere. " No, this line segment is also a 2D line. Actually its two lines of different colors, thickness and transparency which gives the illusion of 3D shading. I have a manager which reacts to any camera position/rotation changes by computing a transform of the 3D position of the sphere to a 2D point. The line segment's start x and y are bound to that 2D point. An example of how to do that same dynamic transform but with labels is in FXyz3d: https://github.com/FXyz/FXyz/blob/master/FXyz-Samples/src/main/java/org/fxyz3d/samples/utilities/FloatingLabels.java

The CAD models are slightly simplified versions of our machining models and exported as OBJ. They are more complex and produce more artifacts than hand-crafted models, but with instance sharing it's no issue to display hundreds of actuators simultaneously. Most of the models are 1-10MB, but the Hexapod chassis at the end is an unmodified export with ~150MB. The models are loaded using the OBJ loader bundled with FXyz.

JabRef might work for you. Website link and GitHub link.

This issue https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5867 hints at JavaFX issue with the potential workaround of running with the environment variable GDK_DISPLAY=1.

I use JabRef for managing references, which allows you to generate entries via a DOI and saves to a local .bib file.

JabRef

If the town is "online reference managers," you are probably right, but I would argue that reference managers are one of those areas where you really want something offline:

- Offline ensures that you do not suffer an externally caused downtime just before a deadline

- Offline ensures that you have a path for keeping your database throughout your research career, and to do system updates when _you_ want to.

- Offline ensures that if you leave academia, you will always have access to local copies of the academic papers you have referenced.

My favorite offline/local reference manager is `jabRef` [0] which stores all metadata directly in a bibtex-file. The GUI has an excellent pdf-integration, and everything is local and super fast.

Case in point: after a decade in industry, I am looking to get back into my academic fief. All the papers I ever read are in my Dropbox, and all I had to do to pick up where I left was download a current version jabRef and point it to my database which it read without any issues.

[0]: https://www.jabref.org/

I used JabRef throughout my work. It's indeed too late for my PhD work, but Zotero does indeed look very nice.