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AudioClip VRML97 Helper 655
Ground Colors rollout
Lets you provide a colored background to the
world’s ground plane using a gradient of up to
three colors. The ground appears inside the sky
sphere and below the objects of t he scene.
Number of Colors —Specifies whether the ground is
onesolidcolororagradientoftwoorthreecolors.
Color One/Two/Three—Lets you select the colors
from the Color Selector. Color One is the base
color.
Angle—Specifies the angle at which Color Two and
Color Three merge with the base color, in degrees
from the South pole of the sky (straight down
from the viewer).
Images rollout
Lets you specify a set of images that define a
backg round panorama between the ground/sky
backdrop and the objects in the scene. The
panorama consists of six images, each of which
is mapped onto a face of an infinitely large cube
centered in the local coordinate system.
Image URLs—Specifies the location/file names of
theimagestouse.TheimagescanbeJPEGfiles
or PNG files with or without transparency. Some
browsers also suppor t GIF files.
See the
VRML97 specificat ion (page 3–645) for
diagrams of the typical image configuration.
AudioClip VR M L97 Helper
Create panel > H elpers > VRML97 > Object Type rollout
>AudioClip
The AudioClip rollout lets you specify the name
and characteristics of an audio file that can be used
by the Sound helper .
Procedures
To create a n AudioClip helper:
1.
PresstheAudioClipbutton,andclick-dragin
the Top viewport to create the helper.