  The concept of the X3D pathway was introduced by Vogt et al. (2016) as a new
approach to sharing and publishing 3-D structures interactively in online
scientific journals. The core characteristics of the X3D pathway are that: 1)
it does not rely on specific software, but rather a file format (X3D), 2) it
can be implemented using fully open-source tools, and 3) article readers can
access the interactive models using most main stream web browsers without the
need for any additional plugins. In this article, we further demonstrate the
potential of the X3D pathway to visualize datasets from optical integral field
spectrographs. We use recent observations of the oxygen-rich young supernova
remnant 1E0102.2-7219 in the Small Magellanic Cloud to implement additional
X3DOM tools & techniques and expand the range of interactions that can be
offered to article readers. In particular, we present a set of javascript
functions allowing the creation and interactive handling of clip planes,
effectively allowing users to take measurements of distances and angles
directly from the interactive model itself.
