[x3d-public] *** COBWEB IS NOW X_ITE ***

[Don Brutzman]

"Have you seen this?"  Announced on twitter, showing the X_ITE home page:

	https://twitter.com/Web3DConsortium/status/911257375796903936

	http://create3000.de/x_ite

Next week we will be following up with additional tweets showing support by X3D Examples Archives and other software tools.  Contributions welcome.


On 9/21/2017 4:14 PM, Don Brutzman wrote:
> Thanks for the great news and steady accomplishments Holger.  Exciting!  8)
> 
> The following updates have been made to take advantage of this release.
> 
>      X3D Resources: Applications, Players and Plugins for X3D / VRML Viewing
>      http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Applications
>      "Special mention. X_ITE X3D Browser (formerly Cobweb) implements a high-performance X3D player in open-source JavaScript. Authors can publish X3D source within an HTML5 page that works with Web browsers without prior plugin installation."
> 
> All of the example models that I've checked have worked fine, further testing welcome.
> 
>      X3D Examples Archives (3904 scenes as test corpus)
>      http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Examples
> 
>      X3D Example Archives: X3D for Advanced Modeling, Animation, Cube With Labeled Sides Viewpoint Sequencer
>      http://x3dgraphics.com/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/Animation/CubeWithLabeledSidesViewpointSequencerIndex.html
>      http://x3dgraphics.com/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/Animation/CubeWithLabeledSidesViewpointSequencerX_ITE.html
> 
> *One portability problem noted.*  X_ITE doesn't seem to work on Windows systems under Internet Explorer browser, works fine on Microsoft Edge browser.  (Perhaps a Javascript version support limitation?  We've tested on three machines and have reported the issue.)
> 
> Conversion stylesheet X3dToX3dom.xslt has been updated.  A parameter designates whether HTML output is tuned for X3DOM or X_ITE.  Cosmetic TODO items will rename internal variables, will likely also rename stylesheet as X3dToDom.xslt in a future release to better reflect generality for X3D version 4 experimentation.
> 
> X3D-Edit build 3.3.124 features include X_ITE export, with "triangles" button and X3D > View Saved Scene menu item now tuned for X_ITE.  X3D-Edit plugin autoupdate tested satisfactorily for both Netbeans plugin and standalone application.
> 
>      X3D-Edit 3.3 open-source Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics authoring tool
>      https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit
> 
> X3DJSAIL now has corresponding methods for output:
> 
>      X3D Java Scene Access Interface Library (X3DJSAIL)
>      http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html
> 
>      X3DObject now has method toFileX_ITE()
>      http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Core/X3DObject.html#toFileX_ITE-java.lang.String-java.lang.String-
> 
> with prior method toFileCobweb() maintained for backwards compatibility and mapping to X_ITE.
> 
> Example Java source and outputs:
> 
>      http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/examples/HelloWorldProgram.java
>      http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/examples/HelloWorldProgramOutput.x3d
>      http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/examples/HelloWorldProgramOutputX_ITE.html
> 
> New features are interesting:
> 
>      http://create3000.de/x_ite/whats-new
> 
>> Cobweb is now X_ITE
>>
>> Leipzig, 23nd August 2017: Cobweb is now X_ITE. We changed its name to X_ITE to better reflect the purpose and design of X3D. Though the project's name may have changed, its programming still includes correctness, usability, flexibility, extensibility, and safety.
>>
>> X_ITE is now available from our own server at code.create3000.de. Just include the following URL's into your HTML and you are up to date again:
>> [...]
>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://code.create3000.de/x_ite/4.0.5/dist/x_ite.css"/>
>> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.create3000.de/x_ite/4.0.5/dist/x_ite.min.js"></script>
>>
>> Additionally X_ITE is now available via GitHub CDN and jsDelivr CDN.
> 
> (am using the "latest" distribution as default so that online examples track the latest/greatest X_ITE implementation.)
> 
>> New Features and Bug Fixes
>>
>>     Better font support for polygon text.
>>     Fixed fog rendering with Gouraud shading in some cases.
>>     If for any reason Phong shading is not available Gouraud shading is used instead.
>>     Better mouse wheel reaction in walk viewer.
>>     The X3DCanvas element can now be styled in IE, this is important if the fallback is visible.
>>     Fixed font kerning in some cases.
>>     X3D functions for external browser are now called when scenes are loaded.
>>     Fixed bug in normalizeVelocity if keyVelocity is 0. See SplineScalarInterpolator.
>>     Fixed bug with LoadSensor if an X3DUrlObject is created from Script.
>>     Fixed event processing from ShaderPart url field.
>>     Fixed BooleanFilter inputFalse output.
>>     Fixed fog calculation if visibilityRange is 0.
>>     Changed handling of fallback css attribute display.
>>     Package is now available via code.create3000.de and jsDelivr.
>>     NPM is now the package management system.
> 
> On 9/20/2017 12:44 PM, Holger Seelig wrote:
>> Leipzig, 20th September 2017: Cobweb is now X_ITE. We finally released version 4.0.5 now of X_ITE now.
>>
>> For more information and brand new examples visit the X_ITE website now:
>> http://create3000.de/x_ite/
>>
>> Wish you all the best,
>> Holger
>>> -- 
>> Holger Seelig
>> Mediengestalter Digital – Digital Media Designer
>>
>> Scheffelstraße 31a
>> 04277 Leipzig
>> Germany
>>
>> Cellular: +49 176 420 479 37
>> E-Mail:   holger.seelig at create3000.de
>> Web:      http://create3000.de
>>
>> X_ITE X3D Browser - Have you seen this?
> 
> Again thanks Holger.  Having fun with X3D!
all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
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X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman