E-drawing in power point presentation

[Marcel de Man]

Hi

I'm using e-drawings objects in my PP presentation.
The problem I have is that it takes about 4 seconds for the e-drawing to
load. During this time I have a white window window on my screen. This looks
unprofessional. My solution was to put a picture on top and have it dissolve
after 4 seconds. This won't work because I cannot send the e-drawing window
to the back.

Any suggestions anyone??

Thanks
Marcel

 

[Austin Myers]

Well, as we don't have a clue what you mean by an e-drawing its going to be
tough to troubleshoot.


Austin Myers

Creators of PFCMedia and PFCPro

 

[Marcel de Man]

E-drawings are solidworks drawings ( 3D Mechanical Engineering Drawings)
I import these using the developers tab and next add in a solidworks 2009
control. This will create a window (object) in my powerpoint presentation.
This window is white and shows the text eDrawings control. When I start the
slide show it will show the same window until the E-drawings is loaded. This
will take 4/5s.
I cannot send this control behind a picture or do animations on it.

Hope this helps.

Thanks
Marcel

 

[Ute Simon]

E-drawings are solidworks drawings ( 3D Mechanical Engineering Drawings)

I import these using the developers tab and next add in a solidworks 2009
control. This will create a window (object) in my powerpoint presentation.
This window is white and shows the text eDrawings control. When I start
the
slide show it will show the same window until the E-drawings is loaded.
This
will take 4/5s.

This can happen, if your objects are very large and PowerPoint has to load
the application first. Can you use smaller drawings? Or take the time to
click through your presentation once before presenting it. Then return to
the first slide without closing the file. PowerPoint should have saved the
objects in the RAM memory and should load them quicker.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Austin Myers]

Ah, if its a CAD drawing I suspect the issue is that it must "draw" it using
a coordinate system (How AutoCAD work). As you are using a control you are
correct, you can't cover it with a PPT object. So, a couple options.

In your Cad app. export it as a standard image (jpg, etc.) and insert the
image in PPT.

Another option might be to put the control OFF the slide (so its not seen)
and the using a move statement (three of four lines of code) move it to the
desired location on the slide.


Austin Myers

Creators of PFCMedia and PFCPro

 

[Marcel de Man]

I like the solution you suggested to move the object into the slide after it
is loaded. One problem is that I heven't worked with visual basic in Power
point a lot. Could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks a lot.
Marcel

 

[Marcel de Man]

Ok I'm getting there but I could use some more help.
I created an action button and entered the following code.

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
EModelViewControl1.Move 50, 50
End Sub

EModelViewControl1 is my Edrawing object Now when I hi the button I get:

Object Doesn't support this property or method.

Help anuone.

Thanks
Marcel

 

[Austin Myers]

Marcel,

I would have to have a copy of he control to see what properties it does
support. However, it might be simpler to set its "Top" and "Left"
properties to get what you want.



Austin Myers
AT&W Technologies

Creators of PowerPoint add-ins

 

[Marcel de Man]

Got it working.

Thanks for your help.
Marcel

Marcel,

I would have to have a copy of he control to see what properties it does
support. However, it might be simpler to set its "Top" and "Left"
properties to get what you want.



Austin Myers
AT&W Technologies

Creators of PowerPoint add-ins

 

[Austin Myers]

Glad to hear it!


Austin Myers
AT&W Technologies

Creators of PowerPoint add-ins