Bag Protect

Introduction

Two students asked a coworker at University for support in a start-up company. A product idea was existing and should be presented to decision makers. He asked me for a quick and inexpensive possibility to present the product concept. The result was this VRML model prepared with two days effort.

Usage

Start

bag-protect-show.wrl	bag-protect-show.wrl	BagProtect.zip
displays VRML model in embedded view.	displays VRML model in extra view.	downloads all files of VRML model as Zip archive. (Eventually, you have to use right button menu with item Save target as...)

Views

The model provides various views:

Overview	view from above
Front, Right, Back, Left	views from front, right, back, left
Fly around	Continuous flight around the model
Operator	Position of operator suitable to start demo

The view menu can be displayed and activate clicking the view item usually in the bottom area of the VRML browser.

Demo of Function

A simple demo of the function can be started clicking the green button in the model. The animation stops automatically after one cycle. It can also be stopped clicking the red button. (Emergency stop)

The Operator view can (but not necessarily) be used to have an optimal view onto the model and its buttons.

Navigation is possible during animation including activation of other views.

Development

The models have been created in VP Modeler which is yet another development of mine. Due to its native file format they had to be converted to VRML2 using a converter which is also another development of mine. The only exception is the model of the woman which I once upon a time assembled from two individual models (unknown source) using MultiGen II (a VR modeler).

The textures are based on images provided by a coworker post-processed with Gimp.

View animation and animation of product is done in a seperate VRML2 file which was prepared completely using a text editor. (I like and prefer XEmacs due to its search and replace facilities supporting grep and regular expressions.)