X3D Model Documentation: Figure08_3PositionInterpolatorWithAxes.x3d

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  6            <meta name='creatorcontent='Figure 8.3, The VRML 2.0 Sourcebook, Copyright [1997] By Andrea L. Ames, David R. Nadeau, and John L. Moreland'/>
  7            <meta name='referencecontent='http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/vrml2sbk/ch08/08fig03.htm'/>
  8            <meta name='translatorcontent='Don Brutzman'/>
  9            <meta name='createdcontent='8 August 2000'/>
 10            <meta name='modifiedcontent='3 May 2024'/>
 11            <meta name='descriptioncontent='Simple PositionInterpolator example. An animation that moves a coordinate system and the cube built within it along a bouncing path, with coordinate axes superimposed to show X3D/VRML directions'/>
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 17       <Scene>
 18            <WorldInfo title='Figure08_3PositionInterpolatorWithAxes.x3d'/>
 19            <NavigationInfo/>
 20            <!-- Animation clock -->
 21 
          <!-- ROUTE information for CLOCK node:  [from fraction_changed to CUBEPATH.set_fraction ] -->
          <TimeSensor DEF='CLOCKcycleInterval='4loop='true'/>
 22            <!-- Key locations in the animation path are captured in the PositionInterpolator. -->
 23            <!-- Intermediate position values are interpolated between key locations. -->
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          <!-- ROUTE information for CUBEPATH node:  [from CLOCK.fraction_changed to set_fraction ] [from value_changed to BOUNCINGBOXTRANSFORM.set_translation ] -->
          <PositionInterpolator DEF='CUBEPATHkey='0.00 0.11 0.17 0.22 0.33 0.44 0.50 0.55 0.66 0.77 0.83 0.88 0.99keyValue='0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.96 1.0 1.5 2.21 1.5 2.0 1.96 2.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 1.96 3.0 1.5 2.21 3.0 1.0 1.96 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.96 2.0 0.0 2.21 1.5 0.0 1.96 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0'/>
 25            < ROUTE  fromNode='CLOCK' fromField='fraction_changed' toNode='CUBEPATH' toField='set_fraction'/>
 26            <!-- Moving box is rotated slightly to better show its shape. -->
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          <!-- ROUTE information for BOUNCINGBOXTRANSFORM node:  [from CUBEPATH.value_changed to set_translation ] -->
          <Transform DEF='BOUNCINGBOXTRANSFORMrotation='0 1 0 .78'>
 28                 <Shape>
 29                      <Appearance>
 30                           <Material diffuseColor='.8 .8 .2'/>
 31                      </Appearance>
 32                      <Box size='1 1.5 1'/>
 33                 </Shape>
 34            </Transform>
 35            < ROUTE  fromNode='CUBEPATH' fromField='value_changed' toNode='BOUNCINGBOXTRANSFORM' toField='set_translation'/>
 36            <!-- Adding this Inline reference to another scene superimposes X3D/VRML coordinate system axes. -->
 37            <Transform scale='4 4 4'>
 38                 <Inline DEF='CoordinateAxes'   url=' "../../X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter03Grouping/CoordinateAxes.x3d" "https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter03Grouping/CoordinateAxes.x3d" "https://savage.nps.edu/Savage/Tools/Authoring/CoordinateAxes.x3d" "../../X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter03Grouping/CoordinateAxes.wrl" "https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter03Grouping/CoordinateAxes.wrl" "https://savage.nps.edu/Savage/Tools/Authoring/CoordinateAxes.wrl" '/>
 39            </Transform>
 40       </Scene>
 41  </X3D>
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Event Graph ROUTE Table with 2 ROUTE connections total, showing X3D event-model relationships for this scene.

Each row shows an event cascade that may occur during a single timestamp interval between frame renderings, as part of the X3D execution model.

CLOCK
TimeSensor
fraction_changed
SFFloat

ROUTE
event to
(1)
CUBEPATH
PositionInterpolator
set_fraction
SFFloat
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CUBEPATH
PositionInterpolator
value_changed
SFVec3f

ROUTE
event to
(2)
BOUNCINGBOXTRANSFORM
Transform
set_translation
SFVec3f
Additional guidance on X3D animation can be found in the 10-Step Animation Design Process and Event Tracing hint sheets. Have fun with X3D! 😀

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