Hotspots in .pan files

[leediggle]

I have recently been introduced to the exciting world of .pan files and I have heard the phrase Hot spots being bantered around. I have a basic understanding of what they are and would be interested if any one knows how to incorporate these into .pan files.

[aggockel50321]

Take a look here. (http://www.panoguide.com/howto/display/virtualtour.jsp)

It'll give you a good explanation of how to do it.

[leediggle]

Cheers for the web page it is useful but I'm still finding it difficult to create hot spots. I use imove to view my .pan files and the website suggest that I can author my hot spots within this viewer. I would be grateful if any one has any experience in using this viewer ( I'm having a real blonde moment (no offence to anyone blonde))

[aggockel50321]

Unfortunately, I don't think the Imove viewer (pan file) is supported by the original developer.

I've yet to be able to get a Revit generated ivr file to work in any viewer, so have stayed with pan files, which the imove viewer will display.

As for hotspots, as far as I know, I don't think imove supports or implements them.

Imho, I think spherical panoramic files are great for showing a rendered interior view.

But there are still a lot of holes to fill....

[leediggle]

I appreciate you're input on the matter and I agree that spherical renderings are a wonderful tool.

I shall hunt on for a tool that will allow me to create hot spots!

[scottk.104155]

Does anyone know how to place the .pan files in power point?

[archjake]

pan files are very cool. Its THE way to show a client what an interior space will look and almost feel like. I too would like to learn more but its been a while since I've done much with them. I was able to get a pan to work in a web page with some code that I downloaded. It didn't work perfectly, but it worked. I've seen a pan file linked from power point, but not controlled from within a slide. Let us know if you find a way to do this.