[x3d-public] Non-Hand Coding of X3D

[Leonard Daly]

There seems to be some confusion about my statements about not 
hand-coding certain things.

I have stated that models and animations are not hand-coded anymore. 
That statement does not mean it can't be done, but there are many tools 
that do it, including open-source ones. There is no way someone is going 
to hand-code models such as you can see at 
http://www.blendswap.com/blends/index. Hand coding models to be printed 
is also not a good idea because things will probably not line up correctly.

Animation is the same thing. Yes you can animate by hand-coding all of 
the motions and deformations, but that is not how it is done. If X3D is 
to get any acceptance into the professional marketplace it MUST work 
with application generated models and animations. There will still be 
some important animations that are hand coded (e.g., camera motions, 
automated systems, etc.).

Nothing I have done in working out the V4 proposal precludes hand-coding 
of animation or modeling. It does not provide a lot of convenience 
features/nodes to make complex work simple. In the marketplace, it is 
much simpler to get someone to do the model or animation in a tool.


-- 
*Leonard Daly*
3D Systems & Cloud Consultant
X3D Co-Chair on Sabbatical
LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chair
President, Daly Realism - /Creating the Future/
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