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X3D Design Patterns

This blog post will present three techniques to improve 3D visualizations of mechanical parts published on the web. Web users expect standard and intuitive user interaction patterns without a steep learning curve or need a User’s Manual to read and use the links on that page. Standard web content practices give users familiar patterns for hyperlinks, for text search features, and audiovisual playback; this article is a start at establishing conventions for interactive 3D content delivered on a web page.

Vincent Marchetti

President, Kshell

Vincent Marchetti is a consultant currently working  on projects involving GPS applications for surveying and the construction industry, and machine learning techniques for financial market analysis and bioinformatics. He has developed X3D applications for landfill management and is currently working on using the X3D standard as a tool for visualization of CAD/CAM information represented in STEP files. A component of this work is an online web application that extracts solid models from STEP files and renders them as X3D or X3DOM content.

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