[x3d-public] X3DJSAIL release: Blender and Meshlab support

[Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)]

Am happy to announce that X3DJSAIL now has support for launching Blender and MeshLab programmatically in headless" mode to perform a variety of conversions.

	X3D Java Scene Access Interface Library (X3DJSAIL)
	X3DJSAIL supports programmers with standards-based X3D Java interfaces and objects, all as open source.
	http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html

Example invocations, via CommandLine or within a Java program, are provided in detail:

	http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html#Blender

	http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html#MeshLab

Acknowledgement:  Blender python scripts by National Institutes of Health (NIH) 3D Print Exchange were instrumental to building this capability.

TODO: am looking to improve the snapshot capture to match each model viewpoint.  If anyone with Blender python script experience is interested, please let us know.  Current scripts are available at

	https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/code/HEAD/tree/www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/java/src/python/blenderScripts/

Having fun with X3D and Java!  8)

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