[x3d-public] resetting a viewpoint

[GPU Group]

via a route to set_bind, it works (resets current viewpoint) in
freewrl, H3D, octaga
but not in
instant, vivaty
-D
http://dug9.users.sourceforge.net/web3d/tests/navigation/reset_viewpoint.x3d


On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 7:24 PM, Andreas Plesch <andreasplesch at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The question came up of how to reset the view after some navigation to the
> initial position/orientation of the viewpoint. One could go to another
> viewpoint and then back but the idea is to directly reset the current
> viewpoint.
>
> Would it work to send true to the set_bind field of the currently bound
> viewpoint to reset the view, with retainUserOffsets false ?
>
> I could not really find in the spec. what should happen if an already
> bound viewpoint's set_bind field receives true. Is the event just ignored ?
>
> x3dom has a resetView() function and x_cite has browser.bindViewpoint(viewpoint),
> a nonstandard SAI function which can be used for this purpose. What would
> be the standard way to reset a view ?
>
> Thanks, -Andreas
>
>
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> Andreas Plesch
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