Creating an animated Solar System with multiple cameras for navigation
We conclude this 3D graphics overview with our first application, a Solar System with several cameras and planets undergoing multiple animations. First, we will look at the organization of these objects in a condensed version of the X3D code (the <IndexedFaceSet> node in the Earth was removed from here since it consists of thousands of values).
Engage thrusters
Earth comprises of three <Transform> nodes for its rotation around the Sun, the seasons, and the 24-hour day. Note that in the Earth's outermost transformation, center (0, 0, 10) is at the same distance from the Sun as the Earth's translation (0, 0, -10). This is because the center of the Earth's yearly rotation is the ...
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