Tool support for X3D components
The Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics standard has many capabilities. X3D components are modular collections of nodes that make it easier for software to gradually implement the full range of X3D capabilities.
Authors can also indicate what components are needed in an X3D scene in order to ensure that proper support is provided at run time.
This table records support for the official X3D components by each of the various X3D authoring tools and X3D conversion tools. It is maintained by the X3D Working Group and member companies in the Web3D Consortium.
The X3D Resources page provides lots of additional information about X3D. Please Contact Web3D if you want to learn more or report an update.
Related pages: Plug-in and browser compliance, Player support for X3D components, X3D Resources: Authoring Software, X3D Implementations, and X3D Plugfest.
Table key
- yes all nodes, all fields supported for all levels of this component (though some bugs may be present)
- partial some nodes and fields supported
- level # which component level number (1-4) is supported (found at end of each component specification)
- no no support provided
- ? unknown, need status report
| Types | Authoring tools | Conversion tools | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tools | BS Editor | SwirlX3D Editor | X3D-Edit | Flux Studio | Vivaty Studio | Okino Polytrans | SwirlX3D Translator | Xj3D Filter Chain | |
| Versions | v7.1 | v3.0.0 | v3.2 | v2.1 | v1.0 build 900 | v5.0 | v3.0.0 | v2.0 | |
| Profiles | nearly Full Profile | TBD | nearly Full Profile | Immersive Profile | Immersive Profile | Immersive Profile | Immersive Profile | nearly Full Profile | |
| X3D Conformance Certification | none | none | Interchange Profile | Interchange Profile | Interchange Profile | none | none | Interchange Profile | |
| Development Status | Active | Active | Active | Inactive | Inactive | Active | Active | Active | |
| File Encodings | |||||||||
| XML (.x3d) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| ClassicVRML (.x3dv) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Compressed Binary Encoding (.x3db) | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | |
| VRML 97 (v2.0) (.wrl) | ? | ? | yes | yes | yes | yes | ? | yes | |
| VRML 1 (v1.0) (.wrl) | ? | ? | no | partial | partial | yes | ? | no | |
| X3D component list | |||||||||
| CAD geometry | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | |
| Core | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Cube map environmental texturing | yes | no | partial | partial | partial | no | no | no | |
| Distributed interactive simulation (DIS) | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | |
| Environmental effects | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Environmental sensor | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
| Event utilities | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
| Followers (Chasers and Dampers) | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | |
| Geometry2D | partial | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | partial | |
| Geometry3D | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Geospatial | partial | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | |
| Grouping | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Humanoid animation (H-Anim) | yes | partial | yes | yes | yes | no | partial | yes | |
| Interpolation | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Key device sensor | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
| Layering | yes | yes | partial | partial | partial | no | yes | partial | |
| Layout | yes | yes | partial | partial | partial | no | yes | no | |
| Lighting | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Navigation | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | partial | yes | yes | |
| Networking | level 2 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
| NURBS | yes | yes | yes | partial | partial | yes | yes | no | |
| Particle systems | partial | no | partial | partial | partial | no | no | yes | |
| Picking sensor | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | |
| Pointing device sensor | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
| Programmable shaders | yes | partial | yes | no | no | no | partial | no | |
| Rendering | level 3 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Rigid body physics | partial | no | yes | no | no | no | no | partial | |
| Scripting - ECMAScript | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | |
| Scripting - Java | partial (external) | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | |
| Shape | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| FillProperties node | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | partial | |
| LineProperties node | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | |
| Sound | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | partial | |
| Text | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
| Texturing | yes | partial | yes | yes | yes | partial | partial | yes | |
| Texturing3D | yes | no | partial | no | no | no | no | partial | |
| Time | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Volume Rendering (X3D v3.3) | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | |
| Tools | BS Editor | SwirlX3D Editor | X3D-Edit | Flux Studio | Vivaty Studio | Okino Polytrans | SwirlX3D Translator | Xj3D Filter Chain | |
