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+## Copyright (C) 2002 Etienne Grossmann <etienne@egdn.net>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## s = vrml_material (dc,ec,tr) - Returns a "material" vrml node
+##
+## dc : 3x1 : diffuseColor
+## ec : 3x1 : emissiveColor
+## or 1x1 : use dc as emissiveColor if ec is true. Default = 0
+## tr : 1x1 : transparency Default = 0
+
+function s = vrml_material (dc, ec, tran,DEF)
+
+if nargin < 1, dc = [0.3 0.4 0.9] ; # Default color
+elseif prod (size (dc)) != 3,
+ error ("dc should have length 3 (it is %i x %i)",size (dc));
+end
+
+emit = 1;
+
+if nargin < 2, ec = 0; end
+if nargin < 3, tran = 0; end
+if nargin < 4, DEF = ""; end
+
+if prod (size (ec)) == 1 && !isnan (ec) , emit = ec ; ec = dc ; end
+if isnan (tran)
+ tran = 0;
+end
+
+if emit && !isnan (ec)
+ se = sprintf (" emissiveColor %8.3g %8.3g %8.3g\n",ec);
+else
+ se = "";
+end
+if ! isnan (tran) && tran
+ st = sprintf (" transparency %8.3g\n",tran);
+else
+ st = "";
+end
+
+if isempty (DEF), sd = "";
+else sd = ["DEF ",DEF];
+end
+
+s = sprintf ([" material ",sd," Material {\n",\
+ se,st,\
+ " diffuseColor %8.3g %8.3g %8.3g \n",\
+ " }\n"],\
+ dc);
+endfunction
+