Jvx Format

Data Formats

JavaView JVX Format

Example with Detailed Comments

This page discusses a sample JVX file in detail. The plain sample Format_Jvx.jvx without comments can be downloaded additionally.
The JavaView JVX file format is an xml format. It was developed for storing geometrical data platform and application independent. Following you find an example (jvx) which can be downloaded and viewed with JavaView. JavaView provides several import and export filters to convert among different files formats, and to convert to the JVX format.
The tags below are linked to their explanations. So if you want to know about the structure just take a look at the example and if you want to know about the meaning or purpose of some tag just click on it and you will go right to the explanation. Tags without the remark "optional" at the right end of the line are necessary.
<jvx-model>
   <meta generator="JavaView v.2.00" />                  - optional -
   <meta date="Sun May 35 25:12:34 GMT+17:00 2000" />    - optional -
   <version type="final">1.41</version>                  - optional -
   <title>deLoreon Surface</title>
   <authors>                                             - optional -
      <author>
         <firstname>Emmett</firstname>
         <lastname>Brown</lastname>
         <affiliation>
            <organization>Time Travel Labs</organization>
            <address>
               <line>parking lot</line>
               <line>12345 Twin Pines Mall</line>        - optional -
                         - here may follow additional address lines -
            </address>
         </affiliation>
         <email>Brown@TimeTravelLabs.org</email>
         <url>http://www.TimeTravelLabs.org/</url>       - optional -
      </author>
                           - here may follow additional author tags -
   </authors>
   <description>
      <abstract>Very difficult 2.5 dimensional surface.</abstract>
      <detail>                                           - optional -
         This surface was evolved while working on the
         verification of the concept of a flux capacitor
         and it was necessary to increase the energy to
         exactly 1.21 giga watts of electricity.
      </detail>
      <keywords>                                         - optional -
         <keyword>flux capacitor</keyword>
         <keyword>deLoreon</keyword>                     - optional -
         <keyword>plutonium</keyword>                    - optional -
                              - here may follow additional keywords -
      </keywords>
      <msc2000>                                          - optional -
         <primary>83E99</primary>
         <secondary>86A15</secondary>                    - optional -
                        - here may follow additional secondary tags -
      </msc2000>
      <software>Geometry Creator 3.14</software>         - optional -
   </description>
               - There are several possible forms for geometries:   -
               -  * point set + vector fields + material            -
               -  * point set + line set + vector fields + material -
               -  * point set + face set + vector fields + material -
   <geometries>
      <geometry name="flux">        - pointSet+vectorField+material -
         <pointSet dim="3" point="show" color="show">
            <points>                                     - optional -
               <p>-0.7 0.  1.4</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.4 0.  0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.1 0.  0. </p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.1 0. -0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.1 0. -1.4</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.1 0. -1.4</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.1 0. -0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.1 0.  0. </p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.4 0.  0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.7 0.  1.4</p>                       - optional -
                                - here may follow additional p tags -
               <thickness>5</thickness>                  - optional -
            </points>
            <colors>                                     - optional -
               <c>255   0   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>255 127   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>255 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>127 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255 127</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255 255</c>                        - optional -
               <c>127 255 255</c>                        - optional -
               <c>255 255 255</c>                        - optional -
            </colors>
                                    - here may follow a normals tag -
                                   - here may follow a textures tag -
         </pointSet>
         <vectorField name="forward flux" arrow="show" base="vertex">
            <vectors>
               <v>0.08 0. -0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0. -0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0. -0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0. -0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.2  0.  0.  </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0.  0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0.  0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0.  0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0.  0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0.  0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <color>255 255 0</color>                  - optional -
            </vectors>
         </vectorField>
         <vectorField>                                   - optional -
            <vectors>
               <v>-0.08 0.  0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0.  0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0.  0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0.  0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0.  0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.2  0.  0.  </v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0. -0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0. -0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0. -0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0. -0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <color>255 0 255</color>                  - optional -
            </vectors>
         </vectorField>
                      - here may follow additional vectorField tags -
      </geometry>
                             - following geometry tags are optional -
      <geometry name="case">- pointSet+lineSet+vectorField+material -
         <pointSet dim="3" point="hide">
            <points>                                     - optional -
               <p>-0.8 -.2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.8 -.2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.8  .2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.8  .2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-1.  -.2  2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 1.  -.2  2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 1.   .2  2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-1.   .2  2.</p>                       - optional -
                                - here may follow additional p tags -
            </points>
         </pointSet>
         <lineSet line="show">
            <lines>
               <l>0 1</l>                                - optional -
               <l>1 2</l>                                - optional -
               <l>2 3</l>                                - optional -
               <l>3 0</l>                                - optional -
               <l>0 4</l>                                - optional -
               <l>1 5</l>                                - optional -
               <l>2 6</l>                                - optional -
               <l>3 7</l>                                - optional -
               <l>4 5</l>                                - optional -
               <l>5 6</l>                                - optional -
               <l>6 7</l>                                - optional -
               <l>7 4</l>                                - optional -
                                - here may follow additional l tags -
               <color>255 255 0</color>                  - optional -
            </lines>
         </lineSet>
                            - here may follow some vectorField tags -
      </geometry>
                            - pointSet+faceSet+vectorField+material -
      <geometry name="backplate">
         <pointSet dim="3" point="hide">
            <points>                                     - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.0 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.0 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.2 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.2 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.0  2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.0  2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.2  2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.2  2.5</p>                      - optional -
                                - here may follow additional p tags -
            </points>
         </pointSet>
         <faceSet face="show" edge="hide">
            <faces>
               <f>3 2 1 0</f>                            - optional -
               <f>4 5 6 7</f>                            - optional -
               <f>0 1 5 4</f>                            - optional -
               <f>2 3 7 6</f>                            - optional -
               <f>0 4 7 3</f>                            - optional -
               <f>1 2 6 5</f>                            - optional -
                                - here may follow additional f tags -
               <color>63 63 255</color>
            </faces>
         </faceSet>
      </geometry>
                         - here may follow additional geometry tags -
   </geometries>
</jvx-model>