[x3d-public] add 'hidden' field to Shape?

[Don Brutzman]

This potential feature created thanks to discussion on CAD Design Printing Scanning teleconference yesterday.  All feedback welcome.

Now opened as Mantis issue 1271 and tagged as X3D 4.0.

https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view.php?id=1271

On 12/12/2019 8:23 AM, Don Brutzman wrote:
> A common task in 3D graphics is selectively hiding geometry.
> 
> X3D is fairly clumsy about this, typically requiring Switch or LOD animation to achieve it.
> 
> HTML has a much simpler approach, the 'hidden' attribute.  There is a similar construct in CSS.
> 
>      HTML5 6.1 The hidden attribute
> https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interaction.html#the-hidden-attribute
> 
> As a similar way to simplify hidding, either for pure X3D or hybrid html/X3D, wondering if we might add a 'hidden' attribute to Shape.
> 
>      12.4.6 Shape
> https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-WD1/Part01/components/shape.html#Shape
> 
>      SFBool [in out] hidden FALSE


all the best, Don
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