ISO 17506:2022

FINAL
INTERNATIONAL ISO/FDIS
DRAFT
STANDARD 17506
ISO/TC 184/SC 4
Industrial automation systems and
Secretariat: ANSI
TM
integration — COLLADA digital
Voting begins on:
2021-12-14 asset schema specification for 3D
visualization of industrial data
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2022-02-08
Systèmes d'automatisation industrielle et intégration —
TM
Spécifications du schéma des actifs numériques COLLADA pour la
visualisation 3D des données industrielles
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ISO/FDIS 17506:2021(E)
Contents Page
Foreword . xi
Introduction . xii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 4
4 Notational conventions . 5
4.1 Typographic conventions and notation . 5
4.2 Notation and organization in the reference sections . 5
Child element conventions . 5
Child element order . 6
5 COLLADA format . 7
5.1 Design considerations . 7
Introduction . 7
Assumptions and dependencies . 7
Goals and guidelines . 7
5.2 Tool requirements and options . 11
Introduction . 11
Exporters . 11
Importers . 14
Archive packaging . 15
5.3 Schema concepts . 15
Introduction . 15
XML overview . 15
Address syntax . 16
Instantiation and external referencing . 19
The Common profile . 21
Common profile elements . 21
Example and discussion on techniques . 22
Common glossary . 22
5.4 Programming guideline . 24
General. 24
Parameters in COLLADA . 24
Curve interpolation . 25
Skin deformation (or skinning) in COLLADA . 31
5.5 Core elements reference . 33
General. 33
Elements by category . 34
accessor . 38
ambient . 44
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animation . 45
animation_clip . 47
asset . 49
bool_array . 52
camera . 53
channel . 55
COLLADA . 56
color . 58
contributor . 58
controller . 59
control_vertices . 61
directional . 63
evaluate_scene . 64
extra . 65
float_array . 67
formula . 68
geographic_location . 70
geometry . 72
IDREF_array . 74
imager . 75
input (shared) . 77
input (unshared) . 79
instance_animation . 81
instance_camera . 82
instance_controller . 83
instance_formula . 85
instance_geometry . 87
instance_light . 88
instance_node . 90
instance_visual_scene . 92
int_array . 93
joints . 94
library_animation_clips . 95
library_animations . 96
library_cameras . 97
library_controllers . 98
library_formulas .100
library_geometries .101
library_lights .102
library_nodes .103
library_visual_scenes .104
light .105
lines .107
linestrips .108
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lookat . 110
matrix . 112
mesh . 113
morph . 115
Name_array . 117
newparam . 119
node . 121
optics . 123
orthographic . 125
param (data flow) . 126
param (reference) . 127
perspective . 130
point . 131
polygons . 133
polylist . 136
rotate . 138
sampler . 139
scale . 146
scene . 147
setparam . 149
SIDREF_array . 150
skeleton . 151
skew . 153
skin . 154
source (Core) . 158
spline . 160
spot . 161
targets . 163
technique (Core) . 164
technique_common . 165
Token_array . 166
translate . 167
triangles . 168
trifans . 170
tristrips . 172
vertex_weights . 173
vertices . 175
visual_scene . 176
5.6 Physics Reference . 178
General. 178
Elements by category . 178
attachment . 181
box . 182
capsule . 183
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convex_mesh .184
cylinder.186
force_field .187
instance_force_field .188
instance_physics_material .189
instance_physics_model .190
instance_physics_scene .192
instance_rigid_body .193
instance_rigid_constraint .196
library_force_fields .198
library_physics_materials .199
library_physics_models .200
library_physics_scenes .201
physics_material .202
physics_model .204
physics_scene .206
plane .209
rigid_body .211
rigid_constraint .215
shape .220
sphere .222
5.7 Getting started with COLLADA FX.223
General .223
Using profiles for platform-specific effects .223
About parameters in COLLADA FX .227
Shaders .228
Rendering .228
Texturing .230
5.8 FX reference .232
General .232
Elements by category .232
About COLLADA FX .
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