VRML Tutorial

[Bruce Lehmann]

While looking through my archives I ran across a Zip file of Floppy's VRML Tutorial. This tutorial assumes a basic knowlege of VRML but that being said, it is a great aid. Merely download the zip file and unzip wherever you want. It is a zipped folder so you don't have to create a folder for it. When unzipped, open the index.html file and it works. I thought I would make it available as vapourtech seems to be no more.

[Hiperia3D - Jordi R Cardona]

Floppy said me that in some future he will take the tutorial online again, but it was long time ago.

[Bruce Lehmann]

I hope he does, I learned alot from his site. Until then, I hope he won't mind me sharing his tutorial

[Doctor]

Is this discussion thread intended to only be about your attachment (i.e. Floppy's VRML Tutorial) or can it be a place for discussion members to add their own tutorials? I think it would be a good idea to have a special discussion thread in which users can post their own tutorials or references to tutorials that they know about --- to build up a central repository from which any newcomer can start learning about any aspect of VRML/X3D. Does anyone else agree?

If this discussion thread is not appropriate then I could open a new "VRML/X3D Tutorials Repository" discussion here in the knowledgebase if people think it is a good idea. I would open the discussion with links to the VRML and X3D specification documents on the Web3D Consortium website. They may not really be tutorials (i.e. they are specification documents), but they are must-have references when trying to follow other tutorials.

[Bruce Lehmann]

It doesn't have to be limited to Floppy's tutorials, I just started it out with that one. Feel free to add more.

[Deighv]

Here are a couple of tutorials I have stumbled across:

LightHouse3D - Interactive
VRMLworlds
MicroGoodies
TechiWarehouse

[fabricator]

Here is another Floppy related item, which I'd thought had vanished for good. Plus now we get the source code as well.

vrmltoolbox
The VRML Toolbox consists of four tools for Windows platforms:

Dizzy, an axis-angle rotation calculator.
Peek, a Viewpoint node calculator.
Twister, a calculator for Euler to axis-angle rotation conversion.
SpinDoctor, a general-purpose 3D vector/rotation calculator.

This code was originally developed by Vapour Technology (www.vapourtech.com), and has been released as open source software as a gift to the VRML community.

[thyme]

I have recently written a new tutorial:

Duplicating Objects Using References

This tutorial should be of value to anyone who wants to understand VRML/X3D references (DEF & USE).
It shows how more complex and interesting scenes can be made from a simple object by only adding Transform & Group nodes & node references to the scene.
All nodes and node references are added using drag and drop.
Not only can you add references more easily and faster this way, the end result should be as efficient as that produced by well seasoned VRML/X3D hand coders using a text editor.
This does not mean however that text editing is obsolete :)