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I asked this before but I don't think I got any answers. This is a
slight rephrase of the question to help make it clearer.<br>
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I am looking for examples of PROTOs (either internal or external)
that are<br>
1) non-trivial<br>
2) do not use one or more Script nodes<br>
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By (1) I mean something that does something useful that is not easy
to do without using a PROTO. Something like the Universal Media
PROTOs (e.g.,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/UniversalMediaMaterials/_pages/page02.html">http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/UniversalMediaMaterials/_pages/page02.html</a>)
provide a lot of convenience to the X3D developer, but each one just
defines a Material node with specific characteristics.<br>
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A PROTO that is used repeated in a scene providing a critical
feature might be an example of something that meets (1).<br>
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I am asking this to determine if it is necessary or useful to have a
PROTO expander (sort-of like a MACRO). The expander would not
support Script nodes. If there are no examples to this question,
then it indicates that PROTOs need Script node(s). Either way, this
has an impact on the design of V4.<br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Leonard Daly</b></font><br>
3D Systems & Cloud Consultant<br>
X3D Co-Chair on Sabbatical<br>
LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chair<br>
President, Daly Realism - <i>Creating the Future</i>
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