Xj3D Tutorials

Using Standard X3D/VRML97 Standard APIs

Use the tutorials here if you want to just use the standard APIs such as the EAI and/or SAI to access the browser functionality. This can work for basic integration into a standard application.

• Using Xj3D in your Java Application
• How to use the SAI
• Xj3D as a Java3D Loader
• Using Xj3D in Eclipse RCP

Using Xj3D in a web page as an Applet

As a piece of Java code, Xj3D can be integrated in to web pages as an applet. The following collection of tutorials show you how to do various things with applets, and with a few of the Xj3D-specific extensions.

• Basic tutorial on how to deploy Xj3D as an applet
• How to bind a named viewpoint in the main scene
• Example of how to send a value to a DEF'ed proto in the main scene
• Launch a webpage from selected Anchor to a target frame on the web page the applet is contained on
• Anchor description displayed on the web browsers status bar
• Making a screen capture
• Tracking the user position and orientation

Custom application integration

If the standard interfaces are not good enough for your needs then you may need to build a custom integration solution. For example you want to modify the caching strategies used during file loading or a different renderer implementation. For most application development, you should not need the advice in this section. First work out if the EAI/SAI is not sufficient for your needs before you get involved in here. You should only read these if you're already building custom code using the Extending Xj3D documents.

• Customising Xj3D's Functionality

Content Processing and Transformation

• Xj3D Filter Chain

Non English Tutorials

If you have translated our tutorials or created you own we'll link to them here.

• Portuguese SAI Tutorial