Using Present3D

Start a Presentation as normal using the on screen menu or the P3D loader application. You can also start from the command line :

Starting a Presentation using the command line

Open terminal and "cd" change directory to the location where the Present3D presentation file is located. Then run using the command:

present3D file.xml

The presentation file.xml will be loaded.

Moving through your slides

The following key commands will allow you move throw the presentation slides in different ways.

The left and right arrow keys allow movement back and forward through the slide in a presentation.

The up and down arrow keys allow movement through the layers in each slide.

The "g" key will start the presentation running in auto-play mode.

The "h" key will stop a presentation running in auto-play mode.

The "n" key will auto step through the slides and their layers.

The diagonal keys beside the "help" and "del" will jump between the first and last slide respectively.

The "p" key will pause all rotations and movies.

The "o" key will resume all rotations and movies.

The "r" key will reset the slide, so all movies/animations will start from the beginning.

The "c" key will hide the cursor.

The escape key will exit Present3D

Interacting with objects

A three button mouse is useful when interacting with presentation content. However a single button mouse can be used, and the modifier keys "alt" and "command" can be used to replicate the middle and right buttons respectively.

The three buttons do as follows:

Right button with up and down movements will cause the object to zoom in and out respectively.

Left button will object to be rotated.

Middle Button will move the position of the object in 3D space.

The "space" key will reset the object to its default position.

The "l" key toggles dynamic lighting on and off.

The "k" key will allow you to move the light source if your model has normals.

The “w” key will change the model to wireframe view

When using Volumetric data, the "a" key separates the data by luminance and the "t" key will increase the transparency of the volumes layers.

When using Point Cloud data. the "+" and "-" keys will increase and the decrease the point size of the data.

Manipulators

Present3D has four main manipulators, Trackball, Flight, Drive and Terrain.

Using the Trackball Manipulator

This is toggled on or off by using the "1" key.

This works as described above.

Using the Flight Manipulator

This is toggled on or off by using the "2" key.

The left mouse button will cause acceleration and the right mouse button will cause deceleration or a backwards movement. Clicking both the left and right mouse button will cause an emergency stop.

The up and down mouse movements will cause a decent or lift motion respectively.

The left and right mouse movement will cause a banking left and right respectively.

To move straight centre the mouse on the screen.

Using the Drive Manipulator

This is toggled on or off using the "3" key.

The left and right mouse buttons will cause acceleration and deceleration respectively.

The left and right mouse movements will cause a left and right turn respectively.

The "6" and "9" will cause an upwards or a downwards look.

Using the Terrain Manipulator

The right mouse button and push up/pull down to zoom in/out.

The left mouse button and move the mouse to translate the models position.

The middle button to rotate or travel over the surface of the model, when close in terrain following will be enabled.

Other key Commands

The "z" key will start recording a motion path. Pressing "Z" (shift-z) will stop the recording.

The "f" key will toggle between full screen and windowed mode.