Package Vrml2Sourcebook.Chapter06RotatingShapes

package Vrml2Sourcebook.Chapter06RotatingShapes

Rotations can transform the orientation of a shape in any direction.

Rotation orients a coordinate system about a rotation axis by a rotation angle measured in radians. To help remember positive and negative rotation directions: open your hand, stick out your thumb, aim your thumb in an axis positive direction, and curl your fingers around the axis. The curl direction is a positive rotation.

These X3D scenes are adapted directly from the original VRML 2.0 Sourcebook chapter examples. Also available: Introduction to VRML97 SIGGRAPH98 course notes.

This X3D VRML2 Sourcebook Chapter 06 RotatingShapes examples archive is online.

The X3D Java Scene Access Interface (x3djsail) package provides concrete classes for each X3D node and statement.

Online: X3D Java Scene Access Interface Library (X3DJSAIL) and X3DJSAIL Javadoc

See Also:

• X3D VRML 2 Sourcebook Examples Archive
• X3D Resources
• X3D Scene Authoring Hints
• X3D Tooltips
• Package
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22095487/why-is-package-info-java-useful
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/624422/how-do-i-document-packages-in-java

Classes

Class	Description
Figure06_04bRotation45xWithAxes	Rotating 45 degrees about X axis, with coordinate axes superimposed to show X3D/VRML directions.
Figure06_05bRotationMinus45xWithAxes	Rotating -45 degrees about X axis, with coordinate axes superimposed to show X3D/VRML directions.
Figure06_06bRotation45yWithAxes	Rotating 45 degrees about Y axis, with coordinate axes superimposed to show X3D/VRML directions.
Figure06_07bRotationMinus45zWithAxes	Rotating -45 degrees about Z axis, with coordinate axes superimposed to show X3D/VRML directions.
Figure06_08Asterisk3dWithAxes	A 3D asterisk created with cylinders built within one vertical and two rotated coordinate systems, with coordinate axes superimposed to show X3D/VRML directions.
Figure06_09TripleAsterisk3dWithAxes	A 3-D asterisk ball built with cylinders in rotated coordinate systems, with coordinate axes superimposed to show X3D/VRML directions.
Figure06_10SimpleArch	An archway with pieces of the roof built within translated, rotated coordinate systems.
Figure06_11DeskLampBase	The lower arm of a desk lamp, rotated using a center of rotation at the lower end of the arm.
Figure06_12DeskLampBaseTwoArms	The first and second arms of the desk lamp, each rotated using a center of rotation at the lower end of each arm.