X3D Model Documentation: RotationCalculatorExample.x3d

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  2  <!DOCTYPE X3D PUBLIC "ISO//Web3D//DTD X3D 3.3//EN" "https://www.web3d.org/specifications/x3d-3.3.dtd">
  3  <X3D profile='Immersive' version='3.3'  xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsd:noNamespaceSchemaLocation='https://www.web3d.org/specifications/x3d-3.3.xsd'>
  4       <head>
  5            <meta name='title' content=' RotationCalculatorExample.x3d '/>
  6            <meta name='creator' content='Don Brutzman'/>
  7            <meta name='created' content='30 December 2015'/>
  8            <meta name='modified' content='30 August 2025'/>
  9            <meta name='description' content='Demonstrate composition of rotation values using X3D-Edit RotationCalculator, select and hold either side to compare direct straight-ahead views without parallax.'/>
 10            <meta name='drawing' content='https://www.web3d.org/x3d/tools/X3D-Edit/images/RotationCalculator.png'/>
 11            <meta name='reference' content='../HumanoidAnimation/RotationTests.x3d'/>
 12            <meta name='identifier' content=' https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/Animation/RotationCalculatorExample.x3d '/>
 13            <meta name='generator' content='X3D-Edit 3.3, https://www.web3d.org/x3d/tools/X3D-Edit'/>
 14            <meta name='license' content='../license.html'/>
 15       </head>
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Index for Viewpoint nodes: ViewCenter, ViewLeft, ViewRight
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 16       <Scene>
 17            <WorldInfo title='RotationCalculatorExample.x3d'/>
 18            <Background skyColor='0.8 0.8 0.9'/>
 19            <NavigationInfo/>
 20            <Viewpoint DEF='ViewCenter' description='Rotation Calculator Example' position='0 0 12'/>
 21 
          <!-- ROUTE information for ViewLeft node:  [from TouchLeftCube.isActive to set_bind ] -->
           <Viewpoint DEF='ViewLeft' description='Left side direct view' position='-3 0 12'/>
 22 
          <!-- ROUTE information for ViewRight node:  [from TouchRightCube.isActive to set_bind ] -->
           <Viewpoint DEF='ViewRight' description='Right side direct view' position='3 0 12'/>
 23            <Transform DEF='LeftSide' translation='-4 0 0'>
 24                 <!-- Individual nested rotations follow -->
 25                 <Transform DEF='OuterRotationXaxis135degrees' rotation='1 0 0 2.356194'>
 26                      <Transform DEF='CenterRotationYaxis45Degrees' rotation='0 1 0 0.785398'>
 27                           <Transform DEF='InnerRotationZaxis-30degrees' rotation='0 0 1 -0.523599'>
 28                                <Inline DEF='CubeWithLabeledSides1'   url=' "../GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.x3d" "https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.x3d" "../GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.wrl" "https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.wrl" '>
 29                                     <MetadataString name='profile' value='"Interchange"'/>
 30                                </Inline>
 31 
                              <!-- Shape AxisLinesShape is a DEF node that has 1 USE node: USE_1 -->
                               <Shape DEF='AxisLinesShape'>
 32                                     <IndexedLineSet colorPerVertex='false' colorIndex='0 1 2' coordIndex='0 1 -1 0 2 -1 0 3 -1'>
 33                                          <Coordinate point='0 0 0 1.78 0 0 0 1.78 0 0 0 1.78'/>
 34                                          <Color color='1 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 1'/>
 35                                     </IndexedLineSet>
 36                                     <Appearance>
 37                                          <Material diffuseColor='0.9 0.9 0.9'/>
 38                                     </Appearance>
 39                                </Shape>
 40                           </Transform>
 41                      </Transform>
 42                 </Transform>
 43                 <Transform translation='0 3 0'>
 44                      <Shape>
 45                           <Text string='"Multiple single-axis" "Transform rotations"'>
 46                                <FontStyle family='"SANS"' justify='"MIDDLE" "MIDDLE"' size='0.5' style='BOLD'/>
 47                           </Text>
 48 
                         <!-- Appearance TextAppearance is a DEF node that has 3 USE nodes: USE_1, USE_2, USE_3 -->
                          <Appearance DEF='TextAppearance'>
 49                                <Material diffuseColor='0.1 0.2 0.9'/>
 50                           </Appearance>
 51                      </Shape>
 52                 </Transform>
 53                 <Transform translation='0 -3 0'>
 54                      <Shape>
 55                           <Text string='"using multiple" "nested Transform nodes"'>
 56                                <FontStyle family='"SANS"' justify='"MIDDLE" "MIDDLE"' size='0.5' style='BOLD'/>
 57                           </Text>
 58                           <Appearance USE='TextAppearance'/>
 59                      </Shape>
 60                 </Transform>
 61                 <Shape DEF='TransparentBacking1'>
 62                      <Box size='7 7 0.1'/>
 63 
                    <!-- Appearance TransparentAppearance is a DEF node that has 1 USE node: USE_1 -->
                     <Appearance DEF='TransparentAppearance'>
 64                           <Material transparency='1'/>
 65                      </Appearance>
 66                 </Shape>
 67 
               <!-- ROUTE information for TouchLeftCube node:  [from isActive to ViewLeft.set_bind ] -->
                <TouchSensor DEF='TouchLeftCube' description='Hold for direct left-side view, no parallax'/>
 68                 < ROUTE  fromNode='TouchLeftCube' fromField='isActive' toNode='ViewLeft' toField='set_bind'/>
 69            </Transform>
 70            <Transform DEF='RightSide' translation='4 0 0'>
 71                 <!-- Composed equivalent rotation follows, X3D-Edit can reload rotation array values from embedded comment -->
 72                 <Transform DEF='ComposedRotation' rotation='0.87262 0.40202 0.27735 2.24592'>
 73                      <!-- RotationCalculator composed rotation: 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.35619, 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.785398, 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.523599 -->
 74                      <!-- Can't re-use USE node for independent TouchSensor selection <Inline USE='CubeWithLabeledSides'/> -->
 75                      <Inline DEF='CubeWithLabeledSides2'   url=' "../GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.x3d" "https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.x3d" "../GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.wrl" "https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/GeometricShapes/CubeWithLabeledSides.wrl" '>
 76                           <MetadataString name='profile' value='"Interchange"'/>
 77                      </Inline>
 78                      <Shape USE='AxisLinesShape'/>
 79                 </Transform>
 80                 <Transform translation='0 3 0'>
 81                      <Shape>
 82                           <Text string='"Single composed" "Transform rotation"'>
 83                                <FontStyle family='"SANS"' justify='"MIDDLE" "MIDDLE"' size='0.5' style='BOLD'/>
 84                           </Text>
 85                           <Appearance USE='TextAppearance'/>
 86                      </Shape>
 87                 </Transform>
 88                 <Transform translation='0 -3 0'>
 89                      <Shape>
 90                           <Text string='"computed with X3D-Edit" "Rotation Calculator"'>
 91                                <FontStyle family='"SANS"' justify='"MIDDLE" "MIDDLE"' size='0.5' style='BOLD'/>
 92                           </Text>
 93                           <Appearance USE='TextAppearance'/>
 94                      </Shape>
 95                 </Transform>
 96                 <Shape DEF='TransparentBacking2'>
 97                      <Box size='7 7 0.1'/>
 98                      <Appearance USE='TransparentAppearance'/>
 99                 </Shape>
100 
               <!-- ROUTE information for TouchRightCube node:  [from isActive to ViewRight.set_bind ] -->
                <TouchSensor DEF='TouchRightCube' description='Hold for direct right-side view, no parallax'/>
101                 < ROUTE  fromNode='TouchRightCube' fromField='isActive' toNode='ViewRight' toField='set_bind'/>
102            </Transform>
103       </Scene>
104  </X3D>
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Event Graph ROUTE Table shows event connections.
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Index for Viewpoint nodes: ViewCenter, ViewLeft, ViewRight
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X3D Tooltips element index: Appearance, Background, Box, Color, Coordinate, FontStyle, head, IndexedLineSet, Inline, Material, meta, MetadataString, NavigationInfo, ROUTE, Scene, Shape, Text, TouchSensor, Transform, Viewpoint, WorldInfo, X3D, plus documentation for accessType definitions, type definitions, XML data types, and field types

Event Graph ROUTE Table entries with 2 ROUTE connections total, showing X3D event-model relationships for this scene.

Each row shows an event cascade that may occur during a single timestamp interval between frame renderings, as part of the X3D execution model.

TouchLeftCube
TouchSensor
isActive
SFBool
→
ROUTE
event to
(1)
ViewLeft
Viewpoint
set_bind
SFBool

TouchRightCube
TouchSensor
isActive
SFBool
→
ROUTE
event to
(1)
ViewRight
Viewpoint
set_bind
SFBool

Additional guidance on X3D animation can be found in the 10-Step Animation Design Process and Event Tracing hint sheets. Have fun with X3D! 😀
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