[x3d-public] announce: updates to X3D Example Archives, added X3D Developers Guide

[John Carlson]

I’d like to discuss additions to X3DUOM to handle length of
OrthoViewpoint.fieldValue MFFloat type, since it’s 4 numbers long.

We can Zoom when convenient, but I’ll probably find a way to add it to my
schema(s).

I already have defaults for each SFFloat, but I’d like an extra check if
they provide an empty array, or any number of elements except 4.   There
are minItems and maxItems in arrays, so it should be easy!

Thanks!

John

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jsonlint and castle-model-converter are key!
>
> Thanks for the developer web page, looks useful.
>
> I am continuing experiments with Cheerpj, hoping to get a second Swing app
> working.   Then, I might try my hand at JOGL/JOGAMP.
>
> Part of the issue with Cheerpj is changing from local file access to URL
> access.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM Don Brutzman via x3d-public <
> x3d-public at web3d.org> wrote:
>
>> In recent weeks I've checked on the correct operation of a number of our
>> open-source tools.  I then ran comprehensive regression tests on the X3D
>> Examples model archives.   This effort enables continuing improvements to
>> both models and tools.
>>
>>    - X3D Resources, Examples: Scene Archives for X3D
>>    - The X3D Examples Archives demonstrate how X3D nodes and scenes
>>    work. Thousands of scenes are provided in all X3D encodings. You can browse
>>    them individually online or download fully complete, separately installable
>>    .zip archives.
>>    - X3D for Web Authors, X3D for Advanced Modeling, Basic, Conformance
>>    Nist, Humanoid Animation (HAnim), VRML 2 Sourcebook
>>    -
>>    https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Examples
>>
>> The .x3d files are the master model files, with all updates maintained in
>> version control so that progress (or recurring errors) can be tracked.
>>
>>    -
>>    https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/code/HEAD/tree/www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples
>>
>> A new help page for developers is also available.  For easy reference, it
>> is cross-linked with X3D Resources and X3D Scene Authoring Hints.
>>
>>    - X3D Developers Guide
>>    - The X3D Developers Guide describes system configuration and setup
>>    recommendations that support various software projects supporting the
>>    Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics International Standards.
>>    - https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dDevelopersGuide.html
>>    - This page is directly derived from the original NPS Savage
>>    Developers Guide.
>>
>> License information:
>>
>>    - Web3D Consortium Open Source License
>>    - https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/license.txt
>>    - https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/license.html
>>    - X3D Resources: License Support
>>    - https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#license
>>
>> A large test-results file was produced by logging the comprehensive build
>> test.  This is a helpful reference to check on validity errors and warnings
>> for each of the nearly four thousand .x3d models in the archives.  It
>> includes a variety of ways that each model gets converted and validated,
>> including
>>
>>    - X3D XML Schema and DOCTYPE validation with XML well-formed tests,
>>    - X3DJSAIL Java and X3DPSAIL x3d.py Python conversion and self-test,
>>    - creation of X_ITE and X3DOM pages,
>>    - creation of X3D JSON with jsonlint checking,
>>    - X3D Ontology .ttl Turtle conversion and semantic-query tests,
>>    - creation of HTML X3D Documentation pages,
>>    - Castle Game Engine castle-model-converter for ClassicVRML model
>>    validation, etc.
>>
>> The comprehensive log file is online as follows.  It is always a good
>> idea to check a model for warnings or errors prior to running it in an X3D
>> player or another modeling tool.
>>
>>    - https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/build.all.log.txt
>>    - 2501 minutes = 41.7 hours, 99MB
>>
>> More information on validation testing can be found at
>>
>>    - X3D Resources: Quality Assurance (QA)
>>    -
>>    https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#QualityAssurance
>>
>> All comments, questions and contributions remain welcome for this
>> significant collection of X3D capabilities.
>>
>> Have fun with X3D!  😀👍
>>
>> all the best, Don
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