[X3D-Public] new build X3D-Edit available: visualization assists

[Don Brutzman]

A new build of X3D-Edit is now online, usable as a standalone application
or as a Netbeans plugin.  Open source Java, runs on most all PCs or laptops.

	https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/X3D-Edit.html#Downloads
	(or auto-update if already installed)

Visualization graphics have been added for the following X3D nodes:

     * Shape, grouping and bounded nodes outline a semitransparent bounding
	Box that shows bboxCenter and bboxSize location (if defined)

     * Transform nodes also use the CoordinateAxes prototype to show center,
	axis of rotation and scaling (if any)

     * Extrusion editor provides a 2D plot of the defined crossSection array,
	while Extrusion visualization hides the original <--<Extrusion/>-->
	node and appends a corresponding ExtrusionCrossSection prototype
	instance that shows the spine line along with semitransparent
	outer hull and crossSection slices.

https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/X3D-Edit.html#Visualization
https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/images/ShapeVisualizationBoundingBox.png
http://x3dgraphics.com/examples/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter03-Grouping/CoordinateAxes.x3d
https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/images/TransformVisualizationRotation.png
https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/images/TransformVisualizationScaling.png
https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/images/ExtrusionCrossSectionPanel.png
https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/images/ExtrusionCrossSectionVisualization.png

This version was built with the new Netbeans 6.8 so further performance
improvements may be evident.  The new build is backwards compatible with
Netbeans 6.7 distributions.  A refreshed X3D-Edit overview slideset is also
online, recently presented at the Web3D Korea Chapter meeting in Seoul.

http://www.netbeans.org
http://x3dgraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/presentations/X3D-EditUpdateSiggraphAsiaDecember2009.pdf

We've accomplished a lot with X3D-Edit in 2009!  Thanks for all test reports
and contributions.  Looking forward to even more progress in 2010, aloha.

all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br           brutzman at nps.edu
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