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From VRML 2 Basic Concepts and Definitions CPS616 -- Information Track of CPS -- Spring Semester 98. by Zeynep Ozdemir, Rob Baker, Meryem Ispirli, Geoffrey C. Fox
VRML2.0 Shape Node
In VRML, the basic building blocks are shapes described by nodes and their accompanying fields and field values.
A shape has
  • geometry, that defines its 3-D structure,
  • appearance based on material, a color like red, from which it is made and its surface texture, like wood.
VRML supports several types of primitive shape geometries, such as box, cylinder, cone, sphere, extruded shape and elevation grid.

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