[x3d-public] Vizx3D authoring tool found on Internet Archive

John Carlson yottzumm at gmail.com
Fri Oct 27 19:03:49 PDT 2017


Does X3D Tidy get rid of the name attribute in ProtoInstance nodes with a
USE attribute?

John

On Oct 27, 2017 9:59 PM, "Don Brutzman" <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:

> Yes... you might also use X3D Tidy as a preprocessor/filter to clean
> things up.
>
>         X3D Tidy for Scene Cleanup, Corrections and Conversions
>         http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dTidy.html
>
>         "X3D Tidy is an XSLT stylesheet that checks for simple authoring
> difficulties in X3D scenes and fixes them."
>
> Am happy to update as needed and desired.  X3D version cleanup (of DTD,
> schema and version attribute) is already supported.
>
>
> On 10/27/2017 3:17 PM, John Carlson wrote:
>
>> Note that it doesn’t have a version attribute on the X3D tag.  I wonder
>> if we should modify X3dToJson.xslt to look a the DTD and other information
>> associated with the XML and put in the version (3.0) when generating JSON.
>>
>> John
>>
>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>> Windows 10
>>
>> *From: *Andreas Plesch <mailto:andreasplesch at gmail.com>
>> *Sent: *Friday, October 27, 2017 5:30 PM
>> *To: *X3D Graphics public mailing list <mailto:x3d-public at web3d.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [x3d-public] Vizx3D authoring tool found on Internet
>> Archive
>>
>> Here is the straight x3d export of the  viz3d Puppeteer sample:
>>
>> https://bl.ocks.org/andreasplesch/9e5c894cd83894c5d2731bd8f820d9d9
>>
>> -Andreas
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Andreas Plesch <andreasplesch at gmail.com
>> <mailto:andreasplesch at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I gave Vizx3D a try under Wine and it worked really well. It comes
>> with a few, larger example scene some of which seem worth exporting as .x3d
>> , and preserved separately:
>>
>>     Here is screenshot of the puppeteer example:
>>
>>
>>
>>     cid:ii_j9a1zc1b0_15f5e7381fd346d0
>>>>     (by Adeniké Turner, email: nt at xyz23.freeserve.co.uk <mailto:
>> nt at xyz23.freeserve.co.uk>, http://www.av3d.co.uk)
>>
>>     List of other examples:
>>
>>     - Antz (by John M., no further attriubtion)
>>
>>     - the Aquarium (by Amalgam One, email: amalgam at xyz23.freeserve.co.uk
>> <mailto:amalgam at xyz23.freeserve.co.uk>,
>>
>>     - Articulated HAnim ( (c) 2000 gdruiven )
>>
>>     - C3Fleet (Copyright by Larry Rosenthal, Starbase C3, Cube
>> Productions Inc., larryr at starbasec3.com <mailto:larryr at starbasec3.com>,
>> www.cube3.com <http://www.cube3.com> )
>>
>>     - PoliceShipFA (Copyright by Larry Rosenthal, Starbase C3, Cube
>> Productions Inc., larryr at starbasec3.com <mailto:larryr at starbasec3.com>,
>> www.cube3.com <http://www.cube3.com> )
>>
>>     - Dragon (no attribution)
>>
>>     - Salsa (by Adeniké Turner, email: nt at xyz23.freeserve.co.uk <mailto:
>> nt at xyz23.freeserve.co.uk>, http://www.av3d.co.uk)
>>
>>     - The Brat (Copyright Victoria Turri ( Gammonbrat ),
>> http://av.alleyweb.co.uk); nice HAnim
>>
>>     -Andreas
>>
>>
>>     On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:20 AM,  <x3d-public-request at web3d.org
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>>      >    1. Vizx3D authoring tool found on Internet Archive (Don
>> Brutzman)
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>>      > Message: 1
>>      > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:18:06 -0700
>>      > From: Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu <mailto:brutzman at nps.edu>>
>>      > To: X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public at web3d.org
>> <mailto:x3d-public at web3d.org>>
>>      > Subject: [x3d-public] Vizx3D authoring tool found on Internet
>> Archive
>>      > Message-ID: <47635c45-6677-1957-e440-e02a32b94fce at nps.edu <mailto:
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>>      > The Vizx3D tool was donated by Tucows to Internet Archive for
>> indefinite archive availability.
>>      >
>>      > https://archive.org/details/tucows_353031_Vizx3D
>>      >
>>      > ================================================
>>      > Vizx3D
>>      > by http://www.vizx3d.com
>>      >
>>      > Publication date 2004-02-03
>>      > Topics Vizx3D, Multimedia, Image tools, 3D modeling, Vizx3D
>>      > This 3D modeling and animating application creates X3D VRML97
>> files. To view the files, you will need a 3D plug-in for your Web browser.
>> Features include H-Anim 2001 single-mesh avatar support, an improved
>> IFS/NURBS surface editor, subdivided surfaces and multi-texture functions.
>>      > Notes
>>      >
>>      > Tucows, Inc has graciously donated a copy of this software to the
>> Internet Archive's Tucows Software Archive for long term preservation and
>> access. Please check the Tucows website for all current versions of the
>> software.
>>      > Identifier tucows_353031_Vizx3D
>>      > Rights Commercial
>>      > Tucows_rating 3
>>      > ================================================
>>      >
>>      > Also at
>>      > http://www.tucows.com/preview/353031/Vizx3D
>>      >
>>      > lists Vizx3D as shareware with cost of $299 with a 30-day trial
>> license.
>>      >
>>      > "This 3D modeling and animating application creates X3D VRML97
>> files. To view the files, you will need a 3D plug-in for your Web browser.
>> Features include H-Anim 2001 single-mesh avatar support, an improved
>> IFS/NURBS surface editor, subdivided surfaces and multi-texture functions."
>>      >
>>      > This tool was popular with a number of our students in the VRML97
>> and X3D v3.0 era.  It has a simple learning curve and always seemed to
>> produce excellent results.
>>      >
>>      > The above links are now added to
>>      >
>>      >         X3D Resources: Authoring Tools and Programming Libraries
>> for X3D Scenes
>>      > http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#
>> AuthoringSupport
>>      >
>>      >         Legacy and unsupported X3D authoring tools, Vizx3D
>>      > http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Vizx3D
>>      >
>>      > http://www.vizx3d.com domain name is for sale.
>>      >
>>      > Attached Vizx3D screenshot image is found at
>>      >
>>      > https://ia800605.us.archive.org/25/items/tucows_353031_Vizx3
>> D/vizx3d.jpg
>>      >
>>      > p.s. The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of
>> free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
>>      >
>>      >         Internet Archive (with WaybackMachine search)
>>      > https://archive.org
>>      >
>>      > all the best, Don
>>      > --
>>      > Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
>> brutzman at nps.edu <mailto:brutzman at nps.edu>
>>      > Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA
>> +1.831.656.2149 <tel:(831)%20656-2149>
>>      > X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics
>> http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
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>>
>>     --     Andreas Plesch
>>     Waltham, MA 02453
>>
>>
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>> --
>>
>> Andreas Plesch
>> Waltham, MA 02453
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> all the best, Don
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> brutzman at nps.edu
> Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA
> +1.831.656.2149
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