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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
1 In VRML, the basic building blocks are shapes described by nodes and their accompanying fields and field values.
2 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.
3 VRML supports several types of primitive shape geometries, such as box, cylinder, cone, sphere, extruded shape and elevation grid.
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