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Foil 62 Grouping Shapes -- Children

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
Sample VRML2.0 File for Shapes and Groups
1 Shapes can be grouped together to construct larger, more complex shapes.
2 The node that groups together the group's shapes is called parent.
3 The shapes that make up the group are called the group's children.
4 A group can have any number of children.
5 Groups can even have other groups as children.(nested)
6 Group Nodes : Anchor, Billboard, Collision, Group, and Transform.
7 LOD Level of Detail is also a Grouping Node and has an extra level field compared to VRML1
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