WRL Files - Version 2.0

These are some examples of WRL version 2.0 files, also known as VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language).

The WRL version 2.0 format has been superseded by the X3D format.

WRL File characteristics:

ASCII
Color
3D
No compression
1 image

Programs to view a WRL file include:

NETSCAPE
PARAVIEW is a 3D graphics program which can read VTK files and display the data. The home page for PARAVIEW is http://www.paraview.org/ .

Programs to create a WRL file:

MATHEMATICA has an Export command that can output graphics files in VRML 2.0 format.

Programs to convert a file to WRL format:

IVREAD can read a variety of 3D file formats, and write a corresponding WRL file.

The Visual Toolkit routine vtkVRMLExporter can write a VTK image to a VRML file.

Sample WRL Files:

bridge.wrl;

cube.wrl;

dodec.wrl;

dodec_texture.wrl;

fish.wrl;

hello_world.wrl;

materials.wrl;

red_sphere.wrl;

simplex.wrl;

sphere.wrl;

two_shapes.wrl;

vrml_balance3d.wrl an animation of some objects on a balance, by Gary Hart;

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Last revised on 30 March 2009.