<table bgColor="#ffffff" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1"> <a href="index.html"><img alt="X3D for Web Authors book" title="X3D for Web Authors book" border="0" hspace="10" src="X3dForWebAuthorsBookCoverScan.400x498.jpg" width="90" height="112" align="middle"/></a> <br/> <a href="index.html"><img alt="X3d for Web Authors video course is online" title="X3d for Web Authors video course is online" border="0" hspace="10" src="X3dForWebAuthorsVideo.jpg" width="90" height="57" align="left"/></a> </td> <td align="left"> <p> Introductory slidesets for <a href="http://x3dgraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter00GettingStarted.pdf">Getting Started</a> and <a href="http://x3dgraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter00GettingStarted.pdf">X3D-Edit Update</a> describe good ways to begin learning and authoring X3D. The supporting <a href="http://x3dgraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter01TechnicalOverview.pdf">Chapter&nbsp;1 slideset</a>, course videos (<a href="https://www.movesinstitute.org/Video/Courses/X3dForWebAuthors/X3dForWebAuthorsVideo.html" target="X3dChapterVideos">NPS</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuSIsM-86sikI5ut0Seh0JQ2S_yZMI3xp" target="X3dChapterYouTubeVideos">YouTube</a>) and the complete <a href="Chapter01Technical_Overview.pdf">Chapter&nbsp;1 Technical Overview</a> for <i>X3D for Web Authors</i> are available online via <a href="http://X3dGraphics.com" target="_blank">X3dGraphics.com</a>. All of these examples were created using the <a href="https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit">X3D-Edit authoring tool</a>. </p> <p> A published paper "<a href="CGEMS_X3dGraphicsForWebAuthorsModule_Brutzman2008October16.pdf">Computer Graphics Teaching Support using X3D</a>" describes how X3D is used to teach introductory 3D in university courses. Together these assets can be used to learn X3D. </p> Also available: <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html" target="_blank">X3D Scene Authoring Hints</a> for <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#Authoring" target="_blank">Authoring Practices</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#Credits" target="_blank">Credits</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#Dates" target="_blank">Dates</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#license" target="_blank">License</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#metaTags" target="_blank">meta Tags</a> and <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#NamingConventions" target="_blank">Naming Conventions</a>. </p> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1"> <a href="index.html"><img alt="X3D for Web Authors book" title="X3D for Web Authors book" border="0" hspace="10" src="X3dSpecificationsHoneycombDiagram.png" width="100" height="85" align="middle"/></a> <br/> <a href="index.html"><img alt="X3D Profiles define levels of common functionality" title="X3D Profiles define levels of common functionality" border="0" hspace="10" src="X3dProfilesOnionDiagramBook.png" width="100" height="100" align="left"/></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>