<table bgColor="#ffffff" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" cellpadding="10"> <a href="index.html"><img alt="Coordinate Axes (North South East West)" title="Coordinate Axes (North South East West)" border="0" hspace="10" src="CoordinateAxesNSEW.WhiteBackground.png" width="163" height="177" align="left"/></a> </td> <td> <p> Grouping nodes help to organize the scene graph, can establish relative coordinate systems, and can contain most other kinds of X3D nodes. </p> <p> Grouping nodes include the <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Anchor" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Anchor</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Billboard" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Billboard</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Collision" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Collision</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Group" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Group</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#StaticGroup" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">StaticGroup</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Switch" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Switch</a> and <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Transform" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Transform</a> nodes. The <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Inline" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Inline</a> node is also similar since it adds nodes into the current scene that loaded from another X3D scene, retrieved via a local or online url address. </p> <p> The supporting <a href="https://x3dGraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter03Grouping.pdf" target="X3dChapterSlideset">Chapter&nbsp;3 slideset</a> and course videos (<a href="https://www.movesinstitute.org/Video/Courses/X3dForWebAuthors/X3dForWebAuthorsVideo.html#3" target="X3dChapterVideos">NPS</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuSIsM-86sim7B4ScA35FzmA8DxYXElEq" target="X3dChapterYouTubeVideos">YouTube</a>) for <i>X3D for Web Authors</i> are available online via <a href="https://x3dGraphics.com" target="_blank">X3dGraphics.com</a>. </p> <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#CoordinateSystems" target="_blank">Coordinate Systems</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#InlinesPrototypes" target="_blank">Inline Scenes</a>, <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#Scale" target="_blank">Scale Factors</a> and <a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#urls" target="_blank">URL&nbsp;Links</a>. </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>