X3D Model Documentation: Figure10_11AnimatingTransparencySpaceStation.x3d

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  5            <meta name='titlecontent='Figure10_11AnimatingTransparencySpaceStation.x3d'/>
  6            <meta name='creatorcontent='Figure 10.11, 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/ch10/10fig11.htm'/>
  8            <meta name='translatorcontent='Don Brutzman'/>
  9            <meta name='createdcontent='13 August 2000'/>
 10            <meta name='modifiedcontent='20 October 2019'/>
 11            <meta name='descriptioncontent='A simple space station with a central sphere whose transparency is animated using a ScalarInterpolator. Also see Figure03_10SpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_05MultiColoredSpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_06PulsatingSpaceStation.x3d and Figure10_10SemiTransparentSpaceStation.x3d'/>
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 16       <Scene>
 17            <WorldInfo title='Figure10_11AnimatingTransparencySpaceStation.x3d'/>
 18            <Viewpoint description='5m space station from 8m awayposition='0 0 8'/>
 19            <Group>
 20                 <Shape>
 21                      <Appearance>
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                         <!-- ROUTE information for BALL_MATERIAL node:  [from TRANSPARENCY_PATH.value_changed to set_transparency ] -->
                         <Material DEF='BALL_MATERIALdiffuseColor='1 0 0'/>
 23                      </Appearance>
 24                      <Sphere/>
 25                 </Shape>
 26                 <Shape>
 27                      <Appearance>
 28                           <Material diffuseColor='0.5 0.25 1'/>
 29                      </Appearance>
 30                      <Cylinder height='0.05radius='2'/>
 31                 </Shape>
 32                 <Shape>
 33                      <Appearance>
 34                           <Material diffuseColor='0.75 0 1'/>
 35                      </Appearance>
 36                      <Cylinder height='5radius='0.15'/>
 37                 </Shape>
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               <!-- ROUTE information for CLOCK node:  [from fraction_changed to TRANSPARENCY_PATH.set_fraction ] -->
               <TimeSensor DEF='CLOCKcycleInterval='10loop='true'/>
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               <!-- ROUTE information for TRANSPARENCY_PATH node:  [from CLOCK.fraction_changed to set_fraction ] [from value_changed to BALL_MATERIAL.set_transparency ] -->
               <ScalarInterpolator DEF='TRANSPARENCY_PATHkey='0 0.45 0.9 1keyValue='0 1 0 0'/>
 40            </Group>
 41            < ROUTE  fromNode='CLOCK' fromField='fraction_changed' toNode='TRANSPARENCY_PATH' toField='set_fraction'/>
 42            < ROUTE  fromNode='TRANSPARENCY_PATH' fromField='value_changed' toNode='BALL_MATERIAL' toField='set_transparency'/>
 43       </Scene>
 44  </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)
TRANSPARENCY_PATH
ScalarInterpolator
set_fraction
SFFloat
then
 
 
 
TRANSPARENCY_PATH
ScalarInterpolator
value_changed
SFFloat

ROUTE
event to
(2)
BALL_MATERIAL
Material
set_transparency
SFFloat
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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