I wanted to share the results of my first attempt at an interactive process guide using Storyline. I am an engineer so this is testament to ease of use of the software AND the great sharing of ideas/tutorials that are available. Hence my desire to try and give back to the community. This is the interactive process guide (for metal 3d printing) - would welcome feedback (or questions on how stuff was done) from this community.
First of all, I love 3D printing! If I ever win the lottery, I run out and buy a 3D printer :-).
Just a few suggestions, don't take any of them as criticism:
There are quite a few orphaned paragraphs, were a single word is on one line. Maybe you coud try and 'juggle' the text a bit to reduce or eliminate them.
Make the punctuation consistent. Some instructions end with a period, others do not.
Accuracy Factors>Melt process and Business case Study>Inspection: Text overlaps video -> Should the text be in a scrolling panel? Or, the text is shown first and, when clicked, reveals the video.
Cost Drivers: The top two sliders don't have the blueish rollover color for the slider track.
Cost Drivers: The thumb of the Relative Cost slider can be dragged. Maybe the thumb should be covered by a transaprent object so that it it not draggeable?
There is (at least for me) a disconnect between the Example lables in the menu and the screen headings, e.g. Menu says 'Level 3 GE Fuel Nozzle', the screen header says 'Level 3 - System Optimization'.
Level 0 Protype Aero: Maybe the animated plane should be shown in front of the graph curve, not behind.
Additive Levels: Have the Risk dial background on the baselayer and then only move the dial as the mouse is hovered over the pyramid.
In the credits: it should be 'thank you', not 'thankyou'
Thanks for pointing out the inconsistencies - it would have been good to have prototyped the site via this audience (I can't change it now). As you say 3D printing is a very seductive technology, but it is also misunderstood and the guide was an attempt to provide some self help. The cost driver page was originally much simpler (I hadn't spotted you can drag the cost slider, but it does function correctly when you click Calc). Appreciate your expert eye.
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First of all, I love 3D printing! If I ever win the lottery, I run out and buy a 3D printer :-).
Just a few suggestions, don't take any of them as criticism:
There are quite a few orphaned paragraphs, were a single word is on one line. Maybe you coud try and 'juggle' the text a bit to reduce or eliminate them.
Make the punctuation consistent. Some instructions end with a period, others do not.
Accuracy Factors>Melt process and Business case Study>Inspection: Text overlaps video -> Should the text be in a scrolling panel? Or, the text is shown first and, when clicked, reveals the video.
Cost Drivers: The top two sliders don't have the blueish rollover color for the slider track.
Cost Drivers: The thumb of the Relative Cost slider can be dragged. Maybe the thumb should be covered by a transaprent object so that it it not draggeable?
There is (at least for me) a disconnect between the Example lables in the menu and the screen headings, e.g. Menu says 'Level 3 GE Fuel Nozzle', the screen header says 'Level 3 - System Optimization'.
Level 0 Protype Aero: Maybe the animated plane should be shown in front of the graph curve, not behind.
Additive Levels: Have the Risk dial background on the baselayer and then only move the dial as the mouse is hovered over the pyramid.
In the credits: it should be 'thank you', not 'thankyou'
Hope this helps.
Hi Michael
Thanks for pointing out the inconsistencies - it would have been good to have prototyped the site via this audience (I can't change it now). As you say 3D printing is a very seductive technology, but it is also misunderstood and the guide was an attempt to provide some self help. The cost driver page was originally much simpler (I hadn't spotted you can drag the cost slider, but it does function correctly when you click Calc). Appreciate your expert eye.
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