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<meta name='titlecontent=' PositionOrientationInterpolatorsExample.x3d '/>
<meta name='descriptioncontent='Demonstrate use of PositionInterpolator and OrientationInterpolator to animate object motion.'/>
<meta name='creatorcontent='Don Brutzman'/>
<meta name='createdcontent='29 January 2008'/>
<meta name='modifiedcontent='20 October 2019'/>
<meta name='MovingImagecontent=' PositionOrientationInterpolatorsExample.mp4 '/>
<meta name='referencecontent=' PositionOrientationInterpolatorsExampleTraced.x3d '/>
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<meta name='rightscontent='Copyright Don Brutzman and Leonard Daly 2007'/>
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<!-- Index for DEF nodes: AnimationClock, ConeMaterial, Floor, OrientationAnimator, Pointer, PositionAnimator

Index for Viewpoint nodes: Viewpoint_1, Viewpoint_2
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<Scene>
<WorldInfo title='PositionOrientationInterpolatorsExample.x3d'/>
<Viewpoint description='Animation demoorientation='1 0 0 -0.588003position='0 8 12'/>
<Viewpoint centerOfRotation='5 0.1 5description='View from aboveorientation='1 0 0 -1.570796position='0 15 0'/>
<!-- ROUTE information for Pointer node:  [from PositionAnimator.value_changed to set_translation ] [from OrientationAnimator.value_changed to set_rotation ] -->
<Transform DEF='Pointertranslation='1 0 1'>
<Transform rotation='1 0 0 1.57'>
<Shape>
<Cone bottomRadius='0.5height='1.5'/>
<Appearance>
<Material DEF='ConeMaterialdiffuseColor='0.427451 1 0.160784'/>
</Appearance>
</Shape>
</Transform>
</Transform>
<Shape DEF='Floor'>
<Box size='12 0.05 12'/>
<Appearance>
<Material diffuseColor='0 0.262745 0.941176'/>
</Appearance>
</Shape>
<!-- note that final value equals first value in keyValue array in order to support smooth looping -->
<!-- first drive around the location -->
<!-- ROUTE information for PositionAnimator node:  [from AnimationClock.fraction_changed to set_fraction ] [from value_changed to Pointer.set_translation ] -->
<PositionInterpolator DEF='PositionAnimatorkey='0 0.2 0.25 0.45 0.5 0.7 0.75 0.95 1keyValue='-4 0 -4 -4 0 4 -4 0 4 4 0 4 4 0 4 4 0 -4 4 0 -4 -4 0 -4 -4 0 -4'/>

< ROUTE  fromNode=' PositionAnimator' fromField='value_changed' toNode=' Pointer' toField='set_translation'/>
<!-- then rotate the pointer to match next direction while paused at each position -->
<!-- ROUTE information for OrientationAnimator node:  [from AnimationClock.fraction_changed to set_fraction ] [from value_changed to Pointer.set_rotation ] -->
<OrientationInterpolator DEF='OrientationAnimatorkey='0 0.2 0.25 0.45 0.5 0.7 0.75 0.95 1keyValue='0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.57 0 1 0 1.57 0 1 0 3.14 0 1 0 3.14 0 1 0 4.71 0 1 0 4.71 0 1 0 6.283'/>

<!-- final rotation value is 2pi rather than 0 so that rotation animation is smooth, not flip-flopping -->
< ROUTE  fromNode=' OrientationAnimator' fromField='value_changed' toNode=' Pointer' toField='set_rotation'/>
<!-- put TimeSensor clock last so that animation design pattern and ROUTE events flow upward -->
<!-- ROUTE information for AnimationClock node:  [from fraction_changed to PositionAnimator.set_fraction ] [from fraction_changed to OrientationAnimator.set_fraction ] -->
<TimeSensor DEF='AnimationClockcycleInterval='10loop='true'/>

< ROUTE  fromNode=' AnimationClock' fromField='fraction_changed' toNode=' PositionAnimator' toField='set_fraction'/>
< ROUTE  fromNode=' AnimationClock' fromField='fraction_changed' toNode=' OrientationAnimator' toField='set_fraction'/>
<!-- notice that explanatory Text is placed later in scene although it is graphically located above driving plane -->
<Transform translation='0 4 0'>
<Billboard axisOfRotation='0 0 0'>
<Shape>
<Text string='"Animation using PositionInterpolator" "and OrientationInterpolator"'>
<FontStyle justify='"MIDDLE" "MIDDLE"size='0.6'/>
</Text>
<Appearance>
<Material/>
</Appearance>
</Shape>
</Billboard>
</Transform>
</Scene>
</X3D>
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<!-- Index for DEF nodes: AnimationClock, ConeMaterial, Floor, OrientationAnimator, Pointer, PositionAnimator

Index for Viewpoint nodes: Viewpoint_1, Viewpoint_2
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Event Graph ROUTE Table with 4 ROUTE connections total, showing X3D event-model relationships for this scene.

Each row shows an event cascade that may occur during a single timestamp interval between frame renderings, as part of the X3D execution model.

AnimationClock
TimeSensor
fraction_changed
SFFloat

ROUTE
event to
(1)
PositionAnimator
PositionInterpolator
set_fraction
SFFloat

 
 
then
PositionAnimator
PositionInterpolator
value_changed
SFVec3f

ROUTE
event to
(2)
Pointer
Transform
set_translation
SFVec3f
AnimationClock
TimeSensor
fraction_changed
SFFloat

ROUTE
event to
(1)
OrientationAnimator
OrientationInterpolator
set_fraction
SFFloat

 
 
then
OrientationAnimator
OrientationInterpolator
value_changed
SFRotation

ROUTE
event to
(2)
Pointer
Transform
set_rotation
SFRotation


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