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VRML Script Tutorial
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VRML Interactive Tutorial

Introduction
VRML File Structure
Drawing: Shape node
Geometry Nodes:
Box
Sphere
Cone
Cylinder
PointSet
IndexedLineSet
IndexedFaceSet
Extrusion
ElevationGrid
Example: Chessboard
Text
FontStyle
Appearance
Material
Textures
Image Texture
Movie Texture
Pixel Texture
Texture Coordinate
Texture Transform
Let there be Light
Directional Light
Point Light
Spot Light
Materials with Colored Lights
Hierarchical Node Structures
Group
Transform
Collision
Anchor
Billboard
Switch
Inlining Files
Defining and Instancing Nodes
Defining Levels of Detail
Events in VRML
Creating Paths between events: ROUTE
Generating Events based on Timers or User Actions
Timers
Touch Sensor
Visibility Sensor
Dragging Sensors
Plane Sensor
Sphere Sensor
Cylinder Sensor
Proximity Sensors
Example: Proximity sensor
Interpolators
Color
Coordinate
Normal
Orientation
Position
Scalar
Example
Let the Music Play
Sound
AudioClip
Bindable Nodes
Who Am I: NavigationInfo
Where Am I: ViewPoint
Adding Realism to the world
Background
Fog
Information about your world
WorldInfo
Definition for Auxiliary Nodes
Coordinate
Color
Normal

BillBoard Node


Billboard is a special grouping node. All children nodes will turn to face you, as a sunflower to turns to face the sun as it moves. The children nodes will rotate in a user defined axis.

The following fields are present:
  • children which contains all the nodes included in the group.
  • axisOfRotation specifies a 3D vector which will be used for the rotation. If a null vector is specified, (0,0,0), then the object rotates to always face the user.
  • bboxCenter specifies the center of a box that encloses the nodes in the group. The value for this field is a 3D point.
  • bboxSize specifies where the size of a box that encloses the nodes in the group. By default this field has a value of -1 -1 -1, which implies that no box is defined. The values for this field must be greater than or equal to zero. If the children nodes do not fit inside the box defined the results are undefined.
    • The latter two fields are optional. They can be used by the browser for optimization purposes.
    Syntax:
    Billboard {
    children [ ]
    axisOfRotation 0 1 0
    bboxCenter 0 0 0
    bboxSize -1 -1 -1
    }

    If an axisOfRotation different from the null vector is specified then there is one case where results are undefined, this occurs when the user is aligned with the axis of rotation.