8.1 Create a Presentation

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A Presentation is the best way to capture and share a cmBuilder Scenario. Presentations are based on Milestones; allowing for multiple Slides or view points per Milestone as well as customizations like user created callouts, measurements, view point transitions and timing settings. Presentations can be shared via a view-only link, slide exports or a video export. Pair with Visual Programs and Animate/Highlight to simulate project progress.
 

This article contains the following sections:

• Create Presentations
• Play Presentation
• Time Settings

Create Presentations

Creating a presentation involves creating slides, capturing viewpoints as capture angles, adding markups and adjusting time settings.

1. Access the presentation slides by switching to Presentation mode from the lower-left corner. 

   • The Presentation Mode timeline lists each milestone, all of which will contain a Default slide.

   • Before playing the presentation, these slides will need If the presentation is played with only the placeholder slides, the Milestones will cycle and the sequence shown; however, the view will remain static.

2. A Milestone can have more than one Slide. To add a Slide, click on the 3 dots that appear above an existing slide and choose Add Slide. A new Slide will be created, upon creation the current view point will automatically be added to the new slide as a Capture Angle. 

3. To Edit a Slide, select it from the Timeline, and click on the pencil icon or right-click and select Edit slide, a side sheet will appear with Slide details. Edits can include capturing or recapturing a view point, adding callouts or labels, adding measurements or elevation markers, as well as timing changes like Slide transition and Slide duration. Read more about slide edits and markups in user guide sections 🔗8.2 Markups.
   
   💡Note: It's not necessary to capture a view angle for every Slide because the camera will not move automatically. Camera movements are only triggered when the next slide has a different viewpoint.

3. Any slide can be used as a Cover Slide after setting it's Capture Angle/view point. The view point captured in the Cover slide will appear at the start of your presentation, before it launches into the Slides for the first Milestone. The Cover Slide viewpoint will also appear as the thumbnail image for the Scenario's on the Project Overview page.

• To add a Cover slide to your presentation, follow these simple steps:

• Choose the desired slide to serve as the cover slide. Click three dots, and select "Set as presentation cover slide" button.
• You have successfully added a cover slide to your presentation, and can independently edit its timing settings to customize its appearance.

• You also have the option to edit the cover slide by clicking on the Edit slide button found on the cover slide. A right-pane menu will appear and this will allow you to replace the cover slide and adjust the Slide duration. You can also remove the cover slide by clicking on the Delete cover slide button beside Edit slide.

5. Hiding Slides from the Presentation can be useful from time to time.

• Hide the slide from being shown in the presentation by clicking on the three dots and select Hide slide from presentation
• Hide all slides contained in a particular milestone by clicking on the three dots next at the milestone tab next to the and select Hide from presentation

Play Presentation

Play the presentation to view your 4D simulation along with your selected timeline settings.

• The Play Presentation button is located in the Timeline in the lower-right, click it to view the Presentation.
• The drop-down next to Play Presentation allows users to Play from current slide.
• While in Presentation mode, pause and cycle between Milestones with the side arrows.
• Not just a video - the presentation can be stopped and the site plan interrogated at any time.
• To customize the appearance of your Presentation, refer to the 🔗Presentation Settings user guide.

Time Settings

• Adjust the speed and flow of the presentation by editing the Time settings
  • Click the three dots on the slide, and Edit Slide
  • Time settings are available from the right-side menu
• Slide Transition - time duration of camera transition between slides with different view points. We recommended 2 seconds minimum because fast Slide Transition times result in choppy presentations. 
• Slide Duration - time duration that the slide is static on the screen
  • To edit multiple slides Time settings, you can select slide by slide by holding the Ctrl button or a range of slides by holding the Shift button, then make changes to the side sheet. All selected slides will conform to the change.