Tutorial 13: Embed Interactive Buttons in a document without JavaScript

Creating interactive buttons in QuadriSpace is simple. Buttons are easily identified and make it easy to send documents to recipients that may not be familiar with interactive documents. With QuadriSpace, there is no need to write JavaScript code to add buttons.

1. Select the Insert Ribbon.
2. From the Shapes Pull-down, select a rectangle and drag this out to the page below the parts list.
3. Right click this rectangle and select “Properties…” This will display the Properties Panel.
4. From the Properties Panel, select the Interactive Tab.
5. In the Mouse Click Rollout, select “Submit Parts to Web”. This will automatically bring up a dialog for this action’s settings. Click OK to just take the defaults. This action would be used to notify a web page of the select parts in the 3D scene, so that an interactive parts catalog could be created easily. Let’s set this up to submit the parts to: “http://www.quadrispace.com/special/submit.php”
6. Now, click the Edit Page Button to turn OFF page editing.
7. Click a part in the parts list and then click the button. This will bring up your browser with a sample page that indicates the part to be ordered. This action can be set up to use the part meta-data to send a part number, price or other information to a web page.

Buttons on document pages are very useful for effective communication and hyperlinks.