VRML File Reader

The VRML file reader supports files in both VRML1 and VRML2 file formats.

Supported Entities

• All 3D geometry including cuboids, cylinders, cones, spheres, elevation grids, extrusions, face and line sets, and points.

• All grouping nodes, but with the following limitations:

  • VRML2 Billboard nodes - children are loaded but no billboarding takes place.
  • VRML2 Collision nodes - children are loaded but no specification of collision detection occurs.
  • VRML1 WWWAnchor and VRML2 Anchor nodes - children are loaded but clicking objects does not load any referenced VRML world.
  • VRML1 and VRML2 LOD nodes - the most detailed (that is, first) child is always loaded.

Unsupported Entities

• All ROUTE definitions
• All sensor nodes
• All interpolator nodes
• Textures specified within the VRML file (VRML2 PixelTexture nodes and the image component of VRML1 Texture2 nodes).
• VRML2 Script nodes
• VRML2 MovieTexture nodes
• VRML2 Fog nodes
• VRML2 AudioClip and Sound nodes
• All text-related nodes (VRML1 ASCII Text, VRML2 Text, and FontStyle nodes).