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Right now here comes the cool part of this site. Select your scene and hit the play button you will see in the middle of the window where your scene
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When the scene has loaded you will see an option in the right hand corner called “Design Scene” and this brings up a menu to search for models of wish there is a radio button to “my models” and this will show your uploaded models. To add your models to the scene, hover the cursor over the thumbnail of your model and you will see “add”. You need to left mouse button click the “add” and then left mouse button click in your scene to add the model. Drag and drop does not work. Your model will be tiny however, so what you will see are some white dots and you need to drag one of these which will scale your model.
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You are now ready to view your model and this is done via your avatar. To move the avatar you can use the arrow keys along with the mouse which will adjust where you are looking or just use the mouse by using a left mouse button click to select a point you wish to walk too. I prefer a combination of both, with the arrows keys for movement and the mouse for where I wish to look.
Your scene is complete and you can now share the experience by inviting other to look around. You will see a mail icon below the scene which says “invite your friends”. This will send them an email asking them to view your scene by going to 3dvia.com. They will need to create an account and once they have done so they will see an on their dashboard your scene. When they select this they will also be able to select an avatar and they can then roam around your scene with the models you have inserted.
It is a great online showroom and may even be a way of businesses operating without the usual constraints of real life showrooms. This technology would allow customers to walk around and take a look at the product you are offering or even of way of having design reviews online perhaps across different countries.I hope you give this a go and I am still discovering new aspects about this site myself, but I like what I have seen so far and wanted to share it.