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Instructions for inserting a 3DC file into a Powerpoint document
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How to add a 3D object to a MicroSoft Word document

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Plug-in Instructions for Rhino Users



Instructions for inserting a 3DC file into a Powerpoint document:
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  1. Create a compressed .3dc file.
  2. Open Powerpoint and create a slide in which to place the object.
  3. Choose View --> Toolbars --> Control Toolbox.
  4. Click on the bottom right “tool” icon in the Control Toolbox (named More Controls) .
  5. Choose "3DCT Viewer Class" from the list of controls.
  6. Left click in your slide to place the ActiveX control. A rectangle will appear, and it will say “URL Property not set”.
  7. Right click on the 3DCT Viewer control and choose "Properties" .
  8. In the Properties box, you will see “atch://0”. Replace this with the URL and name of the .3dc file and enter return. (Your file name will be replaced by “atch://0”.)
  9. Close the Properties box. Your file should appear in the 3DCT Viewer control!
  10. To view the 3D file in 3D mode, use the slide show mode.If you share your ppt file with someone else, they need to download 3DCT Viewer. Send them to our website’s demo page and they will be asked to download the viewer. (Alternatively, if their security settings won’t accept an ActiveX control, they can visit our download page to get the 3DCT Viewer application.)

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How to add a 3D object to a MicroSoft Word document
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Once you have downloaded 3DCT Viewer, you can insert .3dc files into Microsoft Office products such as Word, Xcel, and Powerpoint. (Instructions below.)

Instructions for a Word document:

  1. Create a compressed .3dc file.
  2. Open Word.
  3. Choose View --> Toolbars --> Control Toolbox
  4. Click on the bottom right “tools” icon in the Control Toolbox (More Controls)
  5. Choose "3DCT Viewer Class" from the list of controls.
  6. Left click in the page to place the 3DCT Viewer control.
  7. Right click on the 3DCT Viewer control and choose "Properties"
  8. In the Properties box, you will see “atch://0”. Replace this with the URL and name of the .3dc file and enter return. (Your file name will be replaced by “atch://0”.) Close the Properties box. Your file should appear in the 3DCT Viewer control!
  9. To activate viewing (e.g., rotation & zoom control), click on the triangle-ruler-pencil icon in the upper left of the Control Toolbox toolbar to exit Design Mode.
  10. To modify the properties (e.g., color or viewing method) of the 3D object, click on the Design Mode icon to enter this mode. Place the cursor over the object and right click to bring up a menu; choose Properties.
  11. If you share your Word file with someone else, they need to download 3DCT Viewer. Send them to our website’s demo page and they will be asked to download the viewer. (Alternatively, if their security settings won’t accept an ActiveX control, they can visit our download page to get the 3DCT Viewer application.)

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Plug-in Instructions for Rhino Users

Basic Use

To create a web page containing your model:
  • Select objects to be exported.
  • Pick File->Export Selected.
  • Enter the name of the html file.
  • Change Save As Type to 3DCT Web File.
  • Pick Save.

Two files are created: an HTML page and a compressed mesh file (with a .3dc extension). Simple web pages can be produced with a variety of options described below. More complex, fully customized web pages can be created by using an HTML template.

Options

To access the web page options, pick Tools->Options from the Rhino menu, then under Rhino Options pick 3DCT Web Export.


Rhino options dialog

Viewer

Width and Height
Sets the size in pixels of the 3D viewer on the web page.
Color
Sets the color of surfaces with no material definition. If unchecked, will appear as in Rhino.
Background
Sets the background color of the viewer. If unchecked, it will match the background color of the web page.
Spin
Activates the autospin feature. The amount of spin (in degrees) for each axis can be set.
Force Two Sided
Turns off back-face culling.
One Light
If checked, a single light source is used.
Caption Bar
If checked a Caption bar at the bottom of the viewer appears.
Menu
If checked a menu control appears in the corner of the viewer. This gives users greater control of the viewer.

Viewer options

Hyperlink Controls

When any of these are checked, text with a hyperlink control of the viewer is inserted. If the menu is turned on, these are not needed.

Hyperlink options

Heading and Footing

The heading and footing text is inserted immediately before and after the 3D view. They may contain plain text or HTML. The string %n is replace by the name of the file. To include the % character in the heading or footing, use %.

Heading and footing

Template Settings

Template Pathname
Pathname of the source html template file.
Base URL
If the compressed (.3dc) file is to be stored in a different location than the web page, specify the base URL for that file here.

HTML template settings

HTML Templates

A template HTML file can be any HTML file that contains an IMG tag with the SRC attribute set to the value of "img3d". A copy of the template is made, replacing the dummy image with an OBJECT tag and an EMBED tag that will insert a 3D viewer in the place of the image. The combination of EMBED and OBJECT tags will allow the page to be viewed properly with Internet Explorer, Netscape or Opera browsers. The dummy IMG tag can be inserted anywhere that an image can be (e.g. within text, inside a table, etc.). If the width and height of the dummy image is specified, that size will be used for the 3D viewer. The following is an example image tag:

<IMG SRC="img3d" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=350>

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