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Grouping nodes help to organize the scene graph, can establish relative coordinate systems,
and can contain most other kinds of X3D nodes.
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Grouping nodes include the
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Anchor" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Anchor</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Billboard" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Billboard</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Collision" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Collision</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Group" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Group</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#StaticGroup" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">StaticGroup</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Switch" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Switch</a>
and
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Transform" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Transform</a>
nodes.
The
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Inline" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Inline</a>
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.
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The supporting
<a href="https://x3dGraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter03Grouping.pdf" target="X3dChapterSlideset">Chapter 3 slideset</a>
and course videos
(<a href="https://www.movesinstitute.org/Video/Courses/X3dForWebAuthors/X3dForWebAuthorsVideo.html#3" target="X3dChapterVideos">NPS</a>,
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuSIsM-86sim7B4ScA35FzmA8DxYXElEq" target="X3dChapterYouTubeVideos">YouTube</a>)
for <i>X3D for Web Authors</i> are available online via
<a href="https://x3dGraphics.com" target="_blank">X3dGraphics.com</a>.
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Also available:
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html" target="_blank">X3D Scene Authoring Hints</a>
for
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#CoordinateSystems" target="_blank">Coordinate Systems</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#InlinesPrototypes" target="_blank">Inline Scenes</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#Scale" target="_blank">Scale Factors</a>
and
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#urls" target="_blank">URL Links</a>.
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