[x3d-public] View3DScene in X3D-edit 4.0 on Linux

[John Carlson]

When I specify /usr/bin/view3dscene and press launch, it tries to
VivatyPlayer.  SwirlX3Dplayer (sp?) overwrites /usr/bin/view3dscene.

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 5:05 AM Michalis Kamburelis <
michalis.kambi at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is the problem exactly? Where is the bugreport?
>
> If you download view3dscene from
> https://castle-engine.io/view3dscene.php , it is a zip file, and the
> binary is available whenever you unpacked it.
>
> If you installed view3dscene from binary packages, it is available in
> /usr/bin/ , but you should probably not hardcode this path. It is
> available on $PATH , and you should call it assuming that.
>
> There's nothing special about launching view3dscene. I mean we have a
> number of command-line options (
> https://castle-engine.io/view3dscene.php#section_command_line_options
> ) but from X3D-Edit you probably just want to launch it with 1
> parameter - filename of X3D scene. view3dscene isn't different from
> freewrl or other viewers in this regard.
>
> Regards,
> Michalis
>
>
> niedz., 30 maj 2021 o 16:55 John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> napisał(a):
> >
> > I believe view3dscene gets installed in /usr/bin, last I checked, but
> Michalis would know better.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 9:52 AM Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 5/29/2021 12:05 PM, John Carlson wrote:
> >> > Michalis, you may want to monitor the bug report for adding
> view3dscene as an x3d player in X3D-Edit 4.0 on Linux.  I don’t know if
> your users use X3D-Edit or not.   I haven’t dug into why adding view3dscene
> doesn’t work yet.   Note that adding freewrl does work, so I’m puzzled.
> >>
> >> Agreed, please let me know how to set defaults correctly.  X3D-Edit
> includes author-convenience functionality for launching related X3D viewers
> and authoring tools effectively.  The source includes user-modifiable
> default installation locations for Windows Mac and Linux, so I'm happy to
> include any updated default values whenever possible.
> >>
> >> * X3D-Edit Preferences panel exposes numerous settings for users
> >>    https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/#Features
> >>
> >> all the best, Don
> >> --
> >> 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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