[x3d-public] 0001239: NavigationInfo avatarSize type should be SFVec3f rather than MFFloat - Web3D MantisBT

[Michalis Kamburelis]

As far as I recall, we actually wondered about changing it to 3
independent SFFloat fields. This would make the intention and
modification obvious.

So a change like

    MFFloat [in,out] avatarSize [0.25 1.6 0.75] [0,?)

->

    SFFloat [in,out] avatarCollisionRadius 0.25 # [0,?)
    SFFloat [in,out] avatarHeight               1.6   # [0,?)
    SFFloat [in,out] avatarClimbAllowed    0.75 # [0,?)

The fact that these 3 values are now "packed' in a one field is
probably more confusing than helpful. Also, the above change could be
implemented in browsers in a backward-compatible manner (i.e. browsers
may decide to still support "MFFloat avatarSize" and internally
convert it to 3 new independent fields, when encountered.)

Regards,
Michalis

śr., 16 gru 2020 o 08:32 Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu> napisał(a):
>
> During Mantis review rediscovered this overlooked issue, which I had thought was already taken care of.  Schema and X3DUOM remain MFFloat rather than SFVec3f.
>
> Recommend we change.  Any objections or observations out there?
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> https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view.php?id=1239
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> Summary 0001239: NavigationInfo avatarSize type should be SFVec3f rather than MFFloat
>
> Description     23.4.4 NavigationInfo avatarSize always contains 3 values. Thus type should be SFVec3f rather than MFFloat for proper assignment.
>
> Additional Information  Posted by John Carlson 13 May 2018
> http://web3d.org/pipermail/x3d-public_web3d.org/2018-May/008743.html
>
> http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V3.3/Part01/components/navigation.html
> 23.4.4 NavigationInfo
>
> NavigationInfo : X3DBindableNode {
>    MFFloat [in,out] avatarSize [0.25 1.6 0.75] [0,?)
>
> Should this be SFVec3f instead of MFFloat? Strict typing is always preferred since it detects errors.
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> all the best, Don
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