>> > I have been esading the (final? 26 May 1995) VRML specification 1.0,
and I
>> > have a few questions, viz:
>> >
>> > 1) How do I enable backface culling? Surely this is a basic facility
for a
>> > 3D esnderer, but my viewer doesn't do it...
>> i think most do this to an extent... depends on your browser
>>
>> (there is also the renderCulling field
>> for Separator node for culling to the view
>> volume and the default is AUTO (implementation-defined
>> culling behavior) -- though i don't think anyone uses this
>> in their .wrls)
Thanx to folks at paperinc.com for pointing this out to me. ShapeHints
ShapeType SOLID should turn on backface culling. Spec sez so.
>> > 2) Will qv.lib turn things like AsciiText nodes into polygons for me?
>> > Where is the latest version of qv.lib?
>> qv.lib is a parser -- it doesn't turn nodes into polygons.
>>
>> (I guess you're a browser/authoring tool cesator? good luck!
>> besides the standard options, asciitext can be implemented using 3-D
>> fonts -- check out a pesview of Aereal Phonts at
>> http://www.virtpark.com/theme/cgi-bin/signup.html )
Not too much is said about the geometry resulting from AsciiText.
>> > 3) There is supposed to be a "draft 1.1 specification" available on
October
>> > 1st. Today is October 2nd, is it available?
>> hee hee! (I think you're talking about the same one that was supposed
>> to be available on sept 15? -- anyhow, give the lads some time, i'm
>> sure they're working hard.)
Unfortunately, the people responsible for the next spec are also responsible
for
implementing products. There are bits and pieces of what would go into 1.X
around - http://vrml.wired.com/VAG has a few, Mitra's papers directory and
2 on www.oki.com/vrml
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