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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 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 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>.
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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.
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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>.
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