Thread: [Openvrml-develop] Examine mode

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Hello list,

Are there any VRML browsers based on OpenVRML that support the examine
mode (like freewrl has)??

TIA, Rob

Not at the moment, unless you grab an older version.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob van der Leek" <r.v...@fo...>
To: "OpenVRML mailing list" <ope...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:20 AM
Subject: [Openvrml-develop] Examine mode

> Hello list,
> 
> Are there any VRML browsers based on OpenVRML that support the examine
> mode (like freewrl has)??
> 
> TIA, Rob
> 
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Christopher M Morley wrote:
> 
> Not at the moment, unless you grab an older version.
> 
> > Hello list,
> >
> > Are there any VRML browsers based on OpenVRML that support the examine
> > mode (like freewrl has)??
> >

Is this version tagged in the repository? Why isn't examine mode present
in current lookat viewers?

Again TIA, Rob

Rob van der Leek wrote:
> 
> Is this version tagged in the repository? Why isn't examine
> mode present in current lookat viewers?
> 

 Because nobody has coded it yet :-)

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"Christopher K. St. John" wrote:
> 
> Rob van der Leek wrote:
> >
> > Is this version tagged in the repository? Why isn't examine
> > mode present in current lookat viewers?
> >
> 
>  Because nobody has coded it yet :-)
> 

Allright, that explains ;-) I think it would make a really useful
feature (duh). I favour freewrl above lookat to view models because it
has the examine mode.
How easy would it be to add code for examine mode to lookat? Can anyone
help me with it?

Regards,
Rob

Rob van der Leek wrote:
> 
> How easy would it be to add code for examine mode
> to lookat? Can anyone help me with it?
> 

 The code itself isn't that hard, it's more a 
matter of digging through the navigation code to
figure out what needs to be done. The navigation
code is "in transition" (read: really hacked up)
so it's a little ugly. It also depends on if you've
ever written similiar code before. (You need to
be comfortable enough with matrix math to tell 
the difference between 'clever' and 'buggy' :-)

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Christopher St. John ck...@di...
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