[x3d-public] Cleaned MultiFacialAnimationMenu.txt

Sun Dec 22 11:42:29 PST 2024

[Oops a runaway email.  Corrected copy follows.]

Hi John.  Thanks for sharing this impressive model.  Incidentally there is no prior version in the examples archive, numerous details follow.

First made some adjustments for inclusion in the archive.  Then had some major trouble with the model, and then discovered that it was invalid.  Started over again.  Found and fixed stray apostrophe at end of line 1245.

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<Material DEF="MenuBackground_Material" diffuseColor="0 0 1" />'

Then found and fixed similar error on line 1251:

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<Script DEF="ScriptToggle">'

At this point the model validates, both with X3D XML DTD and X3D XML Schema.  Checked into version control in that form.  You can View History there to see a series of changes.

Then applied X3D canonicalization (C14N) to regularize whitespace and line breaks, making comparison differencing of changes possible.

Then made initial adjustments to meta-tag metadata.  I think that you and Joe should be listed first as authors since you made changes to the other authors' models, and are the primary authors of this model.

After a bit, began thinking that a more accurate name is FacialAnimationComparisonScripts.x3d with future variations FacialAnimationComparisionDisplacers (and possibly FacialAnimationComparisionInline someday).

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https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/code/HEAD/tree/www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/FacialAnimation/FacialAnimationComparisonScripts.x3d

I'm using X3D-Edit 4.0 to make all of these checks and corrections.  We have a new release available on SourceForge, awaiting NetBeans confirmation on their plugin page.  If you want to use it, available at

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X3D-Edit 4.0 Distribution, 19 December 2024
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/x3d/files

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Apache NetBeans Plugin Portal: X3D-Edit
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(verification pending for NetBeans 24)
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https://plugins.netbeans.apache.org/catalogue/?id=90

My changes are all committed to SourceForge and pushed to Web3D Example Archives.  Lots to see there!

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X3D Example Archives: Humanoid Animation, Facial Animation, Facial Animation Comparison Scripts
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User selection of X3D models with alternate Facial Animation Control System (FACS) behaviors driven by Java
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https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/FacialAnimation/FacialAnimationComparisonScriptsIndex.html
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looks like X_ITE is working OK, full-screen version:
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https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/FacialAnimation/FacialAnimationComparisonScriptsX_ITE.html
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Can experiment with live editing using X_ITE Playground Editor (some fiddling with full-screen buttons may be necessary)
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https://create3000.github.io/x_ite/playground/?url=https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/FacialAnimation/FacialAnimationComparisonScripts.x3d

Continuing improvements welcome. Suggestions to you and Joe for continuing work:

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Better description please, I don't think that I captured it correctly.
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If you don't plan future variations, we might further simplify rename to FacialAnimationComparison.x3d
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Describe design, first an overview/README and then possibly in detail.  With diligent effort this might become a paper in Web3D 2025 conference.
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Fix DEF and name values to better describe each node's purpose and also match HAnim rules.  For example you have a many DEF names claiming to be an interpolator, but they are actually displacers.  Confusing.
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X3DOM apparently still does not support Prototypes, Castle Model Viewer does not support JavaScript.  Looks like you are only using those for the menus (which is really great progress in X3D modeling).

Have fun with X3D HAnim!  🙂

[cid:59795083-f4d5-47f3-bcdb-6f4279e215b8]

P.S. A great many issues reported by X3D Schematron.

P.P.S. X3D HTML documentation shows many HAnim details plus a routing table, which can significantly assist debugging.

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X3D Model Documentation: FacialAnimationComparisonScripts.x3d
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https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/FacialAnimation/FacialAnimationComparisonScripts.html

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Event Graph ROUTE Table shows event connections.
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The following ROUTE chain begins an event-routing loop! Loop occurs at nodeDepth=4.
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ROUTE ScriptToggle.diffuseColor TO MenuBackground_Material.diffuseColor
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https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/FacialAnimation/FacialAnimationComparisonScripts.html#EventGraph

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Visualization report for HAnimHumanoid model hanim0_humanoid
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https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/FacialAnimation/FacialAnimationComparisonScripts.html#humanoidHAnimHumanoidReport

Very respectfully yours.

all the best, Don

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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br        brutzman at nps.edu

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X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman

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Subject: Cleaned MultiFacialAnimationMenu.txt

 Don,

Please upgrade the previous example in the archive that I provided for MultiFacialAnimation.  I  don't see it on the page yet, it's probably waiting for a build.

This one doesn't have useless HAnimDisplacers and corresponding ROUTEs.

Works in Sunrize and not in FreeWRL.  Maybe Doug can take a look.  I tried two separate JavaScript engines (default and -J DUK). Sunrize wins this round. I upgraded and added back a CDATA section, but something else appears to be wrong for FreeWRL.

For those that prefer GitHub, here are a couple of links.  The major magic in the python is figuring out how to do a Script CDATA section.

ci2had/python/cleanup.py at main · coderextreme/ci2had<https://github.com/coderextreme/ci2had/blob/main/python/cleanup.py> (HAnimDisplacer clean up)
ci2had/resources/CleanedMultiFacialAnimationMenu.x3d at main · coderextreme/ci2had<https://github.com/coderextreme/ci2had/blob/main/resources/CleanedMultiFacialAnimationMenu.x3d>

I will continue to work on removing the script.

Here's it's cousin that no longer works in FreeWRL.  I have not tried all versions:

ci2had/resources/MultiFacialAnimationMenu.x3d at main · coderextreme/ci2had<https://github.com/coderextreme/ci2had/blob/main/resources/MultiFacialAnimationMenu.x3d>
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