[x3d-public] release announcement: X3D-Edit 4.0, Xj3D, and opendis7-java

[Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)]

Happy New Year everyone.  Am happy to report that an updated release is available for X3D-Edit.

 

*	X3D-Edit is a free, open-source Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics authoring tool for simple high-quality authoring, editing, import/export, validation and viewing of X3D scenes.
*	https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit

 



 

Distribution:

*	Apache NetBeans X3D-Edit Plugin is our primary distribution.
*	10,549 installations since May 2023
*	https://plugins.netbeans.apache.org/catalogue/?id=90

 

*	SourceForge X3D-Edit Distribution offers executable installers.
*	Averaging 80 downloads per month
*	https://sourceforge.net/projects/x3d/files

 

All validation tools and numerous conversion stylesheets for X3D 4.0 Architecture have been updated as part of this release.  Numerous launchers are provided that simplify installation and handoffs to X3D viewing and modeling tools.  A convenience launcher for Wireshark network monitoring tool has just been added to the repertoire as well.  Numerous capabilities are available for X3D model authoring and validation, with select details available on the home page.

 

*	X3D-Edit Features
*	https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/#Features

 

We are now maintaining issue reports and resolution on the Web3D Consortium github project.  Test reports welcome, especially for Linux and Mac.

 

*	https://github.com/Web3DConsortium/X3D-Edit/issues
*	Issue 3: X3D-Edit autoinstaller and zip for Windows fails, found workaround
*	https://github.com/Web3DConsortium/X3D-Edit/issues/3

 

Also happy to report that two major supporting libraries integrated within X3D-Edit were updated as part of this release.

 

*	Xj3D viewer: NPS source
*	Xj3D is an open-source browser and application programming interface written in Java for X3D and VRML97 graphics scenes.
*	https://savage.nps.edu/Savage/developers.html#Xj3D

 

*	opendis7-java
*	The opendis7-java library project provides a complete type-safe Java implementation of the IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Protocol. Current support includes IEEE DIS Protocol version 7 (IEEE 1278.1-2012) and Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization SISO-REF-010 Enumerations specifications.
*	https://savage.nps.edu/opendis7-java

 

Special thanks to Terry Norbraten NPS for world-class software development in all three of these projects.

 

It has been a great year with many achievements, we are looking forward to even more progress in 2024.

 

Have fun with X3D!  😊

 

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 https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://web3d.org/pipermail/x3d-public_web3d.org/attachments/20240103/62affca5/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 138980 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://web3d.org/pipermail/x3d-public_web3d.org/attachments/20240103/62affca5/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 5464 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://web3d.org/pipermail/x3d-public_web3d.org/attachments/20240103/62affca5/attachment-0001.p7s>