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Overview

Set Hand Animation Color changes the color of hand guidance animations that demonstrate interactions such as tapping, moving, or rotating an object. Reset Hand Animation Color restores the system default for these instructional hands. Use the color to make guidance easier to see against the scene background. To change the trainee’s own hand or glove model, use Set Hand Representation.

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Set Hand Animation Color

Set the color in On Entry before the step’s instruction guidance is displayed. The setting is used for subsequent hand guidance until another Set or Reset Hand Animation Color action changes it.

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Enable Hand Guidance on the Event

The color action does not create or enable instructional hands. Configure Instruction Animation on the interaction event as well. The hand color is separate from the object preview color. Use Set Instruction Animation Color to color the preview object accompanying Move or Rotate guidance.

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Reset Hand Animation Color

Reset restores the system default hand guidance color. There is no color or object to select. The common Wait Until Complete checkbox applies only to executing the reset. Add the reset to On Exit for a color used in one step, or at the end of a phase that shares the color. Reset does not hide the guidance or change the trainee’s hand representation. To stop showing instructional hands, change the instruction animation settings on the relevant event.

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Example: White Hand Guidance for a Button

The scene contains start_button. Create a Locate Start Button step and a Start Procedure step.
1

Set the hand guidance color

In Locate Start Button → On Entry, add Set Hand Animation Color and set Hand Animation Color to #FFFFFF.Optionally add Show Text with Body “Select the start button shown by the hand.” Leave Wait Until Complete unchecked on Show Text.
2

Configure the Tap event

Create a transition targeting Start Procedure. Add a Tap event with start_button selected under Target Objects. Enable Instruction Animation and use One Hand.
3

Restore the default on exit

In Locate Start Button → On Exit, add Reset Hand Animation Color and Hide Text if text was shown.
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Verify the interaction

Play the step and check that the instructional hand is visible against the button and scene. Tap the button to advance to Start Procedure.

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Example: Distinguish the Hand from the Object Preview

For a Move event, enable Instruction Animation and set Hand Mode to One Hand. Configure the object and destination for the required movement. In that step’s On Entry, add:
  1. Set Instruction Animation Color: set Instruction Animation Color to #FFFF00.
  2. Set Hand Animation Color: set Hand Animation Color to #FFFFFF.
The object preview uses yellow, while its instructional hand uses white. Add both corresponding reset actions to On Exit if these colors are only needed for this step.

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Best Practices

  • Choose colors for contrast and readability against the actual scene.
  • Enable a hand mode on the event before expecting a hand color change to be visible.
  • Explain the demonstrated action in the step’s instructions.
  • Verify hand guidance in training playback on the target device.