Animated Viewpoint
Animated viewpoints are useful for guided tours and in cases when you want
the browser to control how the user views the scene. Describes a position and
orientation for viewing the scene.
Properties:
Add
allows you to add a viewpoint position to a scene. Click anywhere in the Add field to activate the Add button. Move the camera to the location of the viewpoint and click the button.
ClearAll
removes all added viewpoint positions.
cycleInterval
the length of each cycle of guided tour, in seconds. Must be greater than zero.
description
an animated viewpoint name which the browser will show.
fieldOfView
specifies a view from this viewpoint, in radians.
jump
controls a jump method from the old viewpoint to the new viewpoint.
TRUE - instantaneous transition to the new viewpoint.
FALSE - a jump with the transition effect.
loop
if TRUE, the guided tours is repeated indefinitely.
Events:
bind
if TRUE, activates the viewpoint.
cycleStart
generates the SFTime type outgoing event when each cycle of the guided tour starts.
isMoving
generates the TRUE or FALSE outgoing events of Boolean type when the
guided tour starts or stops.