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

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