X3D for Web Authors - Table of Contents

X3D for Web Authors Examples Archive

X3D for Web Authors is an introductory reference textbook for learning Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics. Online resources include X3D authoring tools and this open-source model archive.

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16 Chapters, 249 Models

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Chapter 01 - Technical Overview	Chapter 02 - Geometry Primitives	Chapter 03 - Grouping
Chapter 04 - Viewing Navigation	Chapter 05 - Appearance Material Textures	Chapter 06 - Geometry Points Lines Polygons
Chapter 07 - Event Animation Interpolation	Chapter 08 - User Interactivity	Chapter 09 - Event Utilities Scripting
Chapter 10 - Geometry 2D	Chapter 11 - Lighting Environmental Effects	Chapter 12 - Environment Sensor Sound
Chapter 13 - Geometry Triangles Quadrilaterals	Chapter 14 - Prototypes	Chapter 15 - Metadata
Kelp Forest Exhibit

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Chapter Links	X3D Scenes
Chapter 01 - Technical Overview Course slidesets, videos and the complete Chapter 1 Technical Overview are available online via X3dGraphics.com. The paper "Computer Graphics Teaching Support using X3D: Extensible 3D Graphics for Web Authors" describes how the example scenes, slides, video and book can be used together to teach and learn X3D.	Header Profile Component Meta Example Hello Triangle Hello World new Scene
Chapter 02 - Geometry Primitives Shape nodes can contain one geometry node and one Appearance node. Geometry primitives include the Box, Cone, Cylinder, Sphere and Text nodes. The supporting Chapter 2 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Box Cone Cylinder Geometry Primitive Nodes Geometry Primitive Nodes White Background Sphere Text Text Length Max Extent Text Special Characters
Chapter 03 - Grouping 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 related, containing nodes loaded from another X3D scene retrieved via a local or online url address. The supporting Chapter 3 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Bounding Box Illustration Coordinate Axes Coordinate Axes Inline Example Coordinate Axes NSEW Group Group Animated Inline LOD Lod With Different Shapes Order Of Operations 1 Order Of Operations 2 Static Group Switch Transform Transform Center Offset For Rotation
Chapter 04 - Viewing Navigation Viewing and navigation nodes include NavigationInfo, Viewpoint and ViewpointGroup nodes. Anchor can also be used to bind a different viewpoint. Only one NavigationInfo and one Viewpoint node can be active a time, with order controlled via a binding stack. The supporting Chapter 4 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Aliasing Example Anchor Anchor Comparison Billboard Binding Operations Collision Navigation Info Viewpoint
Chapter 05 - Appearance Material Textures Appearance is associated with specific geometry within a shared Shape node. Appearance for shapes is defined by Material, TwoSidedMaterial, ImageTexture, MovieTexture, PixelTexture and MultiTexture nodes. Appearance and texture properties are controlled by FillProperties, LineProperties, TextureProperties, and TextureTransform/MultiTextureTransform nodes. The supporting Chapter 5 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Ambient Intensity Circle Fish Prototype Circle Fish PTPrototype Diffuse Color Emissive Color Fill Properties Garibaldi Garibaldi Local Texture Garibaldi Remote Garibaldi Remote No Texture Geometry Primitive Nodes Image Texture Line Properties Movie Texture Authoring Options Pixel Texture Pixel Texture BW Pixel Texture Component Examples Pixel Texture Garibaldi Pixel Texture Snowman Pixel Texture Transform Scale Specular Color Table 5 18 - Pixel Texture Texture Local Garibaldi Texture Remote Garibaldi Texture Transform Texture Transform Full Texture Transform Scale Texture Transform Translation Transparency Two Sided Material
Chapter 06 - Geometry Points Lines Polygons Many kinds of geometry can be created using PointSet, LineSet/IndexedLineSet, IndexedLineSet, ElevationGrid and Extrusion nodes. Geometric properties are controlled by Color/ColorRGBA, Coordinate/CoordinateDouble, Normal, TextureCoordinate/TextureCoordinateGenerator and MultiTextureCoordinate nodes. The supporting Chapter 6 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Color Color Per Vertex Examples Elevation Grid Elevation Grid Non Planar Quadrilaterals Extrusion Pentagon Extrusion Room Walls Indexed Face Set Indexed Line Set Line Set Line Set Comparison Point Set X3D Book Website Logo
Chapter 07 - Event Animation Interpolation Event animation and interpolation is accomplished by ROUTE connections that pass events between nodes. Strong typing requirements ensure that only valid values are allowed to modify the scene graph. The TimeSensor node produces output stimulus events that track the passage of time intervals using the computer clock. Interpolation values are produced by ScalarInterpolator, ColorInterpolator, PositionInterpolator/PositionInterpolator2D, OrientationInterpolator, NormalInterpolator and CoordinateInterpolator/CoordinateInterpolator2D nodes. The supporting Chapter 7 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Circle Fish Position Interpolator Circle Fish Prototype Circle Fish PTPrototype Color Interpolator Example Color Interpolator Fish Prototype Coordinate Interpolator 2D Example Dolphin Morpher Dolphin Pose 01 Dolphin Pose 02 Dolphin Pose 03 Dolphin Switcher Garibaldi Hello X3D Authors Animation Chain Motion Interpolator Fish Prototype Normal Interpolator Orientation Interpolator Fish Example Orientation Interpolator Fish Prototype Position Interpolator 2D Example Position Interpolator Prototype Position Orientation Interpolators Example Position Orientation Interpolators Example Traced Scalar Interpolator Scalar Interpolator Fish Example Scalar Interpolator Fish Prototype Time Sensor Chaining
Chapter 08 - User Interactivity User interactivity is accomplished by sensing user actions, which create events that are sent via ROUTE connections. Sensor output values are produced by LoadSensor, CylinderSensor, PlaneSensor, SphereSensor, KeySensor and StringSensor nodes. The supporting Chapter 8 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Cylinder Sensor Pump House Doors Key Sensor - Lefty Plane Sensor - Pump House Sphere Sensor - Lefty String Sensor Touch Sensor - Pump House User Interactivity Sensor Nodes
Chapter 09 - Event Utilities Scripting Event utility nodes simplify data-type conversion of events when producing animation chains between nodes. These include BooleanFilter, BooleanSequencer, BooleanToggle, IntegerSequencer, IntegerTrigger and TimeTrigger, which are illustrated in the quick-reference sheet X3D Event Utility Nodes: Field Event Diagrams. The Script node node allows authors to define new functionality produced by JavaScript or Java code. Field declarations define inputOnly, outputOnly, initializeOnly and inputOutput access and types for each field. The supporting Chapter 9 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Background Color Array Animation Boolean Filter Pump House Boolean Sequencer Integer Sequencer Boolean Sequencer Pump House Boolean Toggle Boolean Toggle Pump House Boolean Trigger Pump House Circle Lines Example Circle Lines Example 60 Integer Sequencer Pump House Integer Sequencer Road Sign Switcher Integer Trigger Integer Trigger Pump House Mood Selector Script Complex State Events Script Control Events Script Events Script Events Pump House Script Node Event Out Control - Ecma Script Script Node Field Control - Ecma Script Script Simple State Events Test Script Initialization Time Trigger Pump House Time Trigger Test
Chapter 10 - Geometry 2D Geometry2D nodes simplify creation of simple planar shapes. They include Arc2D/ArcClose2D, Circle2D, Disk2D, Polyline2D, Polypoint2D, Rectangle2D and TriangleSet2D. The supporting Chapter 10 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Arc 2D Arc Close 2D Circle 2D Disk 2D Polyline 2D Polypoint 2D Rectangle 2D Summary 2D Triangle Set 2D
Chapter 11 - Lighting Environmental Effects Lights illuminate geometry in a scene relative to the user's view. Lighting nodes include DirectionalLight, PointLight, SpotLight, and the active NavigationInfo headlight. Environmental effects include Background, TextureBackground, Fog and LocalFog. Lights, NavigationInfo, background nodes and fog nodes are each bound nodes, meaning that only one of each can be active at a time. The supporting Chapter 11 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Background Colors Only Background Images Only Background Kelp Forest Main Background Selector Background Sequencer Background Time Of Day Directional Light Fog - Kelp Forest Main Point Light Point Light Color Spot Light Spot Light Color Spot Light Visualization Texture Background - Kelp Forest Main Texture Background
Chapter 12 - Environment Sensor Sound Event-producing environmental sensors include LoadSensor, ProximitySensor, and VisibilitySensor. Audio nodes include Sound for aural spatialization and AudioClip for identifying sound files. MovieTexture nodes can also be used as an audio soundtrack source. The supporting Chapter 12 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Collision - Kelp Forest Main Load Sensor - Kelp Forest Main Load Sensor - Kelp Forest Main time Out Load Sensor Proximity Sensor - Kelp Forest Main Proximity Sensor Proximity Sensor Multiple Proximity Sensor No Overlap Proximity Sensor Overlap Proximity Sensor Single Sound Audio Clip Sound Load Sensor Test Sound Visualization Visibility Sensor - Kelp Forest Main
Chapter 13 - Geometry Triangles Quadrilaterals Low-level high-performance nodes for geometry definition and fast rendering include TriangleSet/IndexedTriangleSet, TriangleFanSet/IndexedTriangleFanSet, TriangleStripSet/IndexedTriangleStripSet, and QuadSet/IndexedQuadSet. Special definition rules apply to each node in order to best match underlying graphics hardware requirements. The supporting Chapter 13 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Indexed Quad Set Indexed Triangle Fan Set Indexed Triangle Set Indexed Triangle Strip Set Morphing Triangle Set Nonplanar Polygons Normal Quad Set Summary Indexed Triangle Sets Triangle Fan Set Triangle Set Triangle Strip Set
Chapter 14 - Prototypes Authors can create prototype declarations and instances to define new X3D nodes. Prototypes are built using ProtoDeclare or ExternProtoDeclare definitions with ProtoInstance nodes. The supporting Chapter 14 slideset and course videos are available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Art Deco Examples Excerpt Art Deco Prototypes Excerpt Heads Up Display Example Heads Up Display Prototype Hud Kelp Forest Material Modulator Text String Prototype View Frustum Example View Frustum Prototype Where Am IPrototype
Chapter 15 - Metadata Typed metadata information can annotate any X3D node, either for use offline or for queries within an active scene graph at run time. Metadata nodes include MetadataBoolean, MetadataDouble, MetadataFloat, MetadataInteger, MetadataString and MetadataSet. The supporting Chapter 15 Metadata Information is available online via X3dGraphics.com.	Metadata Examples
Kelp Forest Exhibit The Kelp Forest Exhibit is a large student-produced project that illustrates how X3D can build a large collection of large Web-based models. The paper Teaching 3D Modeling and Simulation: Virtual Kelp Forest Case Study describes how such modeling efforts provide an excellent way to organize course work and student projects.	Black Surf Perch Blue Rock Fish Changing Fog Circle Fish Example Circle Fish Lod Example Circle Fish Lod Prototype Circle Fish Prototype Copper Rock Fish Placard Viewer Fish Fish Examples Fish Model Comparison Fish Prototype Fish School Garibaldi Half Moon Group Half Moon Prototype Introduction Message Kelp Bass Kelp Bulb Kelp Examples No Base Kelp Flexible Stipe Kelp Forest Main Kelp Forest No Nancy Kelp Prototype Kelp Surf Perch Kelp Tank Kelp Tank External Light Kelp Tank External Lights Kelp Tank Water Surface Pump House Rock Floor Rubber Lip Group Sardine Sardine School Sardine School Double Sardine School Final Sardine School Midterm Sardine School Original Sardine School Triple Sardine Shape Sardine Wagging Sardine X Sea Star Group Sea Star High Resolution Example Sea Star High Resolution Prototype Sea Star Prototype Sea Star Simple Shark Lefty Shark Lefty Locale Shark Lucy Shark Lucy Locale Striped Surf Perch Striped Surf Perch Plaque Tree Fish Plaque

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Don Brutzman (brutzman at nps.edu)

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Autogenerated 23 January 2012
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