Changes

 Made a lot of changes today. Added help and rearranged the menus to be drop down menus instead of a panel that opens on the left.

Removed log at bottom of screen for more real estate for the scene. 

Changed a lot of colors that were really hard to read.

Added dialogs for scene defaults and various other functions. 

Added a way to add a sensor remotely to Hal. The user still needs someone to put the sensor in and click on the join button at the home or facility. 

Added a device dialog that shows all the devices and allows renaming them. That also makes it so that when a new sensor is added, it shows up as a large alphanumeric label that can be renamed so that you know what the sensor is so that when you bind it to an animated object, you'll know what you're connecting to.

All in all, a really big day.

Pierre

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