[X3D-Ecosystem] Updated my contacts; Layer/LayerSet for HAnimPose Menus

[Don Brutzman]

John, thanks for your note.  Here is an explanation of the text selections.

The interface is simple, TouchSensor nodes on Text and transparent boxes to
activate ProtoInstance nodes.  X3D-Edit interface for Shape simplifies that
by providing an option for SelectableText.  Now added to X3D-Edit features:

   - X3D-Edit 4.0 Authoring Tool for Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics:
   Selectable Text
   <https://www.web3d.org/x3d/tools/X3D-Edit/X3D-Edit.html#SelectableText>


   - *Selectable Text* design pattern simplifies text selection with
   TouchSensor or Anchor by providing a transparent rectangle background. The
   Shape panel provides a Selectable Text
   <https://www.web3d.org/x3d/tools/X3D-Edit/images/SelectableTextShapePanelInterface.png>
option,
   as shown in Selectable Text example
   <https://www.web3d.org/x3d/tools/X3D-Edit/images/SelectableTextExample.png>
screenshot
   which is demonstrated in X3D Example Archives: Humanoid Animation,
   Poses, HAnim Pose Prototype
   <https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/Poses/HAnimPosePrototypeIndex.html>.
   Providing each TouchSensor with a description offers the user a helpful
   hint for each Text selection.

I try to keep example models as simple and focused as possible, so there is
no need to add Layers.

all the best, Don
-- 
X3D Graphics, Maritime Robotics, Distributed Simulation
Relative Motion Consulting  https://RelativeMotion.info


On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don,
>
> I’ve updated my contacts for your email address.  I’d like to discuss the
> menus you created for IMPORT/USE to see if we can add Layering/Layout
> components like was done for FACS.
>
> Here’s the Layer and MenuItem ProtoDeclare built for FACS, in XML encoding:
>
> https://github.com/coderextreme/ci2had/blob/e6008aafdc6af9b857cf785b6f640b41db6fdc7e/resources/ManyClocks.x3d#L3291
>
> Here’s the start of the LayerSet and first Layer:
>
> https://github.com/coderextreme/ci2had/blob/e6008aafdc6af9b857cf785b6f640b41db6fdc7e/resources/ManyClocks.x3d#L17
>
> I do have another version of this in the same folder.
>
> I think that just adding Layers/LayerSet to your current HAnimPose model
> is an easy thing to add, and will significantly add to the user
> experience—there won’t be rotating Text nodes!
>
> If you want to change any licenses to Web3D Consortium, that works for me,
> all the work is based on the Facial Animation X3D archive examples and the
> python located in that repository, written by me.
>
> But first, laundry!
>
> John
>
>
>
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