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Foil 20 Coordinate System and How Fields are entered into Nodes in VRML

From Overview of VRML 1.0 Language with Examples CPS616 Basic Information Track for Computational Science -- Winter-Spring Semester 96 and 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Alvin Leung, Meryem Ispirli * See also color IMAGE

Nodes may contain zero or more fields.
Each node type defines the type, name, and default value for each of its fields.
The default value for the field is used if a value for the field is not specified in the VRML file.
The order in which the fields of a node are read is not important;
  • for example, "Cube {width2height4depth6}"
  • and "Cube {height4depth6width2}" are equivalent.
Note that each VRML node uses local coordinates centered at (0,0,0)
The data implied by the node is placed in 3D world at position and orientation implied by current accumulated transformation



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