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Canvas 3D - Quad Tag

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== Introduction ==
The Quad is one of the basic primatives primitives that can be created on the fly. The Quad is a 2D face that can be displayed in a 3D world. The Quad Tag encompases encompasses the various attributes that are associated with a Quad, such as position, size and orientation. In addition, the Quad can be textured with a predefined image from a specific location.
== Tag Attributes ==
* name
** '''Usage:''' <quad name="myquad" />.
** The ''name'' attribute is optional. If ommitedomited, the name is not used and thus cannot be retrieved within JavaScript.
** The Quad is given an Identifier so that It can be retrieved and modified within JavaScript.
** The name is a only accepts a string of Alpha-numeric characters.
* position
** '''Usage:''' <quad position="0.3, 5.5, 3.8" />.
** The ''position'' attribute is optional. If ommitedomited, the position defaults to the Origin location at {0.0, 0.0, 0.0}.
** The position attribute holds a set of three floating point numbers separated by commas that are associated with the distance away from the Origin Point on the X, Y, and Z axis.
* orientation
** '''Usage:''' <quad size="0.4" />.
** The ''size'' attribute defines the size of the Quad on the screen.
** The size value dictates the distance each face of the cube quad is away from it's center point.
* texture
** '''Usage:''' <quad texture="mytexture" />
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