[x3d-public] X3D-Edt release announcement: author workflow, X3D Tidy, Viewpoint calculator, improved Xj3D

[Don Brutzman]

X3D-Edit is a free, open-source Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics authoring tool for simple high-quality editing, authoring and validation of X3D scenes.

       https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit

Download and auto-update instructions:
       https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/#Downloads

Our SIGGRAPH release includes multiple improvements:

- Establishing authoring workflow as a toolbar button sequence (image attached)
- Workflow includes buttons for improved X3DOM export and experimental JSON export
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HelloWorld.xhtml
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HelloWorld.json
- Also added output button for X3D Tidy for Scene Cleanup, Corrections and Conversions (image attached)
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dTidy.html
- Improvements to Viewpoint Calculator, copying goal look-at point to centerOfRotation field (image attached)
- Improvements to X3D Examples Archive Download panel (image attached)
- Improved handling and correction when HTML color values are used in a Material node
- Experimental support for Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) using X3DOM
- Updated X3D Schema, DTD and Schematron validation checks for Quality Assurance (QA)
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#QualityAssurance

The latest validation improvements are also added to the X3D Validator, both internal to X3D-Edit (checkmark button in author workflow) and online.
       https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator

Steady work on Xj3D improvements also continues.  Latest greatest is checked into SourceForge trunk, details at
       https://sourceforge.net/projects/xj3d
       https://savage.nps.edu/Savage/developers.html#Xj3D

Request: is anyone out their testing on Debian or other linux variants?  If so please advise so we can keep documentation up to date.

Any questions? Am happy to demo or discuss at SIGGRAPH.  Web3D Consortium is at Booth 1018 and a spectacular number of Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions too.

	X3D: Xroads of 3D on the Web
	http://www.web3d.org/event/x3d-xroads-3d-web

Have fun with X3D-Edit, X3D Validator, and Xj3D!

all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA   +1.831.656.2149
X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman


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