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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for continued troubleshooting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please do not do anything with containerField handling in x3d.py since it is unique to XML encoding.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you encounter any incorrect handling, please provide a regular issue report that notes<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Model, in .x3d/.x3dv and also .py<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Error or warning that was encountered, relevant tools, etc.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I can then isolate the problem and fix it. When errors do occur, it is usually an error in the scene, but sometimes a simple omission of some sort somewhere deep in the code autogeneration of the library.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>p.s. also thanks for your recent issue reports on X3DJSAIL, very helpful. I have made a number of improvements this weekend, hoping to publish tonight.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>all the best, Don<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br brutzman@nps.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> John Carlson <yottzumm@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 24, 2023 11:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <brutzman@nps.edu>; Michalis Kamburelis <michalis.kambi@gmail.com>; Peitso, Loren (CIV) <lepeitso@nps.edu>; X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public@web3d.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Discussion: containerField for x3d.py XML export<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>First of all, great work on x3d.py, Loren and Don, I feel like I am polishing a diamond. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am considering adding the containerField attribute (not field) to XML output in x3d.py. This is mainly to support requirements of view3dscene. It complains if I don’t add the containerField attributes in HAnim (skeleton and joints containerFields, maybe more)—the default, children, is not an acceptable to view3dscene. Also, not having a skin containerField is weird when dropping arbitrary Shape nodes into a HAnimHumanoid. <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Does adding the containerField attribute seem like a good idea, or should I push back on browser vendors?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I plan to do something like I do for VRML when printing out joints and skeleton fields etc. I won’t print out the containerField for obvious fields, i have a list of these somewhere…geometry, appearance, material, etc <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Should I allow the x3d.py app programmer to add a containerField attribute, or should I compute it as best i can, and save browser vendors the pain?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think what this means is passing an optional parameter to some each.XML() method calls.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>After writing this message, the answer seems obvious.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Comments?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>