Multi content picture

Overview

Definition:

The difference between a normal picture and a Multi Content Picture is that commercial data is stored in the picture, such as article number, manufacturer, color, etc..
This is especially useful for planning, as your customer can see online which articles have been planned and can get additional information via web links.

Prerequisite:

To create a Multi Content Picture it is necessary that the 3D object contains OFML data or is a manual article. Furthermore, it is necessary to use the online service Impress in combination with a cloud provider like DropBox.
Currently it is not possible to connect Impress with the cloud provider Google Drive, because it blocks the web application.

Variants:

There are two variants of Multi Content Pictures:

  • As a single image
  • As 360° panorama

Creating a Multi Content Picture, based on a Tego Wall Shelf

Reading in a standard shelf:
In the Shopfitting tab, click Open Catalog. There, under System Catalog, select the Tego catalog.
In the input field item search, please enter the following item number:
WRS1624CS
Then double-click the shelf to read it into your empty plan.

Converting a VS article into a pCon article

This is necessary so that information is available for the Multi Content Picture can be deposited.
Select the previously read wall shelf and ungroup it, either using the key combination CTRL+U or via the register Shopfitting and there via the button Disband group.
Now select a single shelf and go via Register Shopfitting on the button Tools and click in the opening context menu on Create article.

This turned the shelf into a pCon article converted. You can recognize this by the green Plus symbolwhich is located above the shelf. Clicking on it opens the Properties window, where additional information can be stored.

In the opened Properties window the following fields are prefilled
Article information

  • Manufacturer identification (manufacturer)
  • Serial identifier (color number)
  • Article number
    Article text
  • Short text
  • Long text
  • Variant text (color number)

Purchase price and sales price can be neglected in this example, since this information does not appear online.
You can customize the texts in these fields as you wish.
Under Link you can link the article with a web address, e.g.: the manufacturer or your own company.
To do this, click on the three ... dots, then a window opens where you can specify the name of the link and the web address.
You can do this for every single article. In this example, for the column, the metal shelf, the base, the top back panel and a console.
After all items have been stored with information, select the entire wall shelf and go to Create Group in the Shopfitting tab and assign a name for your wall shelf there.

Rendering the Multi Content Picture

Open the Render window via the tab Presentation and a click on Image.

At Type select Multi Content Picture off. At Size you can determine the image size. In this case 1920 x 1080 (Full HD). As a renderer you can choose between, OpenGL or OSPRay.
It is recommended to use the OSPRay because the images are higher quality and more realistic.
In the Render settings, you can use the following Options set, under the item Special:

    Shadow level

  • Advanced reflections
  • Advanced ambient lighting

After all settings have been made, click on the Start button for rendering and then save the image locally on your computer first. The file type is eimg.

Upload the saved Multi Content Picture to the Cloud

The prerequisite for this is a cloud provider that is connected and set up with the planning program. DropBox serves as an example in this case.
Log in to the cloud provider with your access data and after logging in, switch to the online Apps folder and go to the pCon.planner Shared folder.
Here you can upload your saved Multi Content Picture via drag & drop.


After this is done, copy the link to this file.


 

Then open the following website: https://impress.pcon-solutions.com/

On this website, paste the link you copied earlier. With a click on the right arrow you will be redirected to your Multi Content Picture.


 

If you now move the mouse over one of the round circles, the previously stored information will be displayed.

If you click on one of the circles, a window with the long text opens on the right. Clicking on More Information takes you to the website that was previously stored in the planning program under Link.

Hint:
You can also convert the entire shelf as such into an article. To do this, read in a wall shelf from the catalog again or assemble a shelf from assemblies.
Then select the grouped shelf and go via Shopfitting under Tools to Create article. Then all single articles are listed in the long text with their corresponding article numbers.
You can render this again and upload the saved Multi Content Picture to your cloud provider via drag & drop.

Share function

Now you have the possibility to create a link on the Impress website via the Share button, which you can send to your customers or to embed the Multi Content Picture directly on your own website.
Just as you have created a Multi Content Picture for a single article or an entire shelf, you can also do this for an entire planning and make it available online as a 360° Multi Content Picture.