X3D Example Archives: X3D4WA, X3D for Web Authors, Chapter 03 Grouping

Coordinate Axes (North South East West)

Grouping nodes help to organize the scene graph, can establish relative coordinate systems, and can contain most other kinds of X3D nodes.

Grouping nodes include the Anchor, Billboard, Collision, Group, StaticGroup, Switch and Transform nodes. The Inline node is also similar since it adds nodes into the current scene that loaded from another X3D scene, retrieved via a local or online url address.

The supporting Chapter 3 slideset and course videos (NPS, YouTube) for X3D for Web Authors are available online via X3dGraphics.com.

Also available: X3D Scene Authoring Hints for Coordinate Systems, Inline Scenes, Scale Factors and URL Links.

  16 X3D Models       X3D Model Descriptions
   BoundingBoxIllustration BoundingBoxIllustration Simple Inline example illustrating bounding box coverage. Bounding box lines are not typically rendered.
   CoordinateAxes CoordinateAxes X Y Z axis arrows and labels in X3D coordinate system. See CoordinateAxesExample for use as an Inline coordinate-system reference frame.
   CoordinateAxesInlineExample CoordinateAxesInlineExample X Y Z axis arrows and labels in X3D/VRML coordinate system. Shows use of CoordinateAxesVrml as Inline for coordinate-system reference frames.
   CoordinateAxesLines CoordinateAxesLines X Y Z axis lines (red green blue, respectively) in X3D coordinate system, providing a simple reusable widget.
   CoordinateAxesNSEW CoordinateAxesNSEW X Y Z axis arrows and labels in X3D coordinate system. See CoordinateAxesExample for use as an Inline coordinate-system reference frame.
   GroupAnimated GroupAnimated Example for Group node, with animated color for the Sphere
   GroupExample GroupExample Example for Group node
   InlineKelpForest InlineKelpForest Inline example that loads the Kelp Forest world.
   LODExample LODExample Example for LOD node
   LodWithDifferentShapes LodWithDifferentShapes Example to demonstrate LOD forceTransitions field for animating different shapes, navigate in/out or else check Viewpoints to see each separate Shape
   OrderOfOperations1 OrderOfOperations1 Illustration of Order of Operations: initial and final results from translation, rotation, and scale operations.
   OrderOfOperations2 OrderOfOperations2 Illustration of Order of Operations: initial, intermediate and final results for scale, rotation, and translation operations.
   StaticGroupExample StaticGroupExample Example for StaticGroup node
   SwitchExample SwitchExample Example for Switch node
   TransformCenterOffsetForRotation TransformCenterOffsetForRotation Use Transform center field to compare original Cylinder (left) to rotation about middle of object (middle Cylinder) to rotation about bottom of object (right Cylinder).
   TransformExample TransformExample Example for Transform node

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