Tutorial of the VRML-Editor "dune"

http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/vrml/dune/docs/usage_docs/dune_en_tutorial.html

Download the newest version of "dune/white_dune" (now 0.27beta, shortly 0.28) from http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/vrml/dune/down.html

white_dune is program, to change or create VRML97/VRML2 files.
The declaritive language VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) is used to discribe 3D graphic objects ("nodes") in a tree structure ("scenegraph"). Additionly there are ways of messages (ROUTEs) between the nodes to set the runtime behavior.
The VRML-Editor "dune" tries, to show this informations completely in a graphical userinterface.

The 5 windows of "dune"


Beside some toolbars for icons and messages "dune" has 5 windows. Except the "3D Preview" window, alle windows can be switched on or off via the menupoints in View , according to the current operations.

"dune" crashed, work lost ?

Dune is still in development, it do not run as stable as it should.

Is the work since the last save lost, when dune crashs ?

No, notxs automatically.

"dune" tries to save the VRML97 file short before the crash. When this try is successfull, dune write the following under Linux/UNIX/MacOSX

  Internal Crash !
  Try to save Files
  attempt to write file to /home/someone/.dune_crash_NUMBER_NUMBER.wrl
  write successfull
in the standarderror output of the window, that started dune and in the systemconsole (e.g the window of the "xconsole" application).