Hi, my name is Erin Sullivan, and in this lesson, we are going to be talking about 3D models in Microsoft PowerPoint 2021. In Microsoft PowerPoint 2021, there are a variety of different images you can add. And one type of image that you can add into a presentation is a 3D model. 3D models differ from other clip art or images that you might put in a presentation in that they can be rotated and you can see all facets of the image. So for example, on this slide, I have a 3D image of an an airplane and of a submarine. If I click on the image, it looks like other images where I have my resize handles. And you can see I can resize the image and I can click and drag and move the image. But you'll also notice in the middle is a gyroscope looking handle. And if I click and drag that, you'll see I am rotating image so that I can see all sides and facets of the image. So this is how a 3D image differs from other images and clip art that you might put in a PowerPoint presentation. When you are working with these 3D images, you will notice that you have on the ribbon a context tab or 3D models. So if I select that tab, you'll see that there are some commands that are specific to the 3D image or 3D model that you're working with. So you'll see here I have different model views, so I can rest my mouse over these views and see different sides of the 3D model. So if I am wanting to get to a specific type of view of my model, I can use these. You'll see the more button here. There are many different angles of the 3D model. Now these views, though they are similar, will obviously be a little different when I change to the submarine, but still you can see all of the different directions that I can view this 3D model with. And again, I click on the more button and there are plenty of different views for each model. So let's take a look now at how I can put an image or 3D model into my presentation. So if I have a slide in my presentation that I wanna place a 3D model in, then I would go to the Insert tab just like putting in another image. But instead of going to the Images group, I'm gonna go to the Illustrations group and the 3D models. You'll see there is a dropdown there for 3D Models and I can insert one from this device or from a stock image that Microsoft has. So I'm gonna just go ahead and choose the stock images and you will see all of these different 3D models that I can choose from categories. And if you scroll down, you'll see there are many different categories I can choose from. So let's say that I would like to put in a building. I'm going to click on Buildings and I'm going to see a variety of different options for things that might be in buildings when creating a 3D model. I'm gonna go ahead and just choose this little village scene here. Click on Insert. I can click and drag and move the image so it is not on top of my other 3D models. And just like the other models, you'll see I can move it to look at it from a variety of angles. So if you are working with multiple 3D models on a slide and you're not sure which one you wanna select, you can also use the Selection Pane that's gonna open up a pane over here on the right. And you'll see this model that I just inserted which is selected is 3D model eight. I earlier renamed my plane and my sub so that I could choose either of those. 'Cause sometimes if you have your models stacked on top of one another, you wanna make sure that you're selecting the right one. Sometimes it can be difficult. So you can use the Selection Pane here. One of the other great things about using the Selection Pane is if I want to I can hide other items on the slide while I work with, for example, just the sub. So by clicking in the Selection Pane, I was able to hide the plane and the other 3D model so that I can work with just the sub, and I can resize it or I can change the angle of it without the other items in my way. Then I can click on these again to show them again and they're part of my slide again. In the Arrange group, you'll see I have the option to bring forward and send backward items. And what that does is right now the airplane is behind the submarine. So if I were to select the plane, I'm gonna use the Selection Pane over here on the right and I want it to be in front of the sub. I would use the Bring Forward button. If I click on Bring Forward, I have two options, I can bring it forward or bring it to front. I'm gonna choose Bring to Front. So bringing this to the front, the airplane is now in front of both the village and the submarine. If I choose Send Backward, I have the option to Send Backward or Send to Back. Send to Back will put it behind both of the other objects. But if I send it backwards, it's just going back one layer or one level, and you'll see now it's behind the village. If I send backward again, it'll be behind the sub. We can work with the pan and zoom. I'm gonna go ahead for this example, I'm gonna hide the village and the sub. So we're just working with the plane right now. And I'm going to select Pan & Zoom. This allows you to focus in on a particular part of your 3D image. So let's say I wanted to just be looking at the propeller but I wanted to fill up this space. You'll see I have the zoom option here. And if I click on the zoom and I move my mouse, it's zooming in on the image. Now all that is going to be shown when I let go is what is in the selection handles there. And now I can also pan to move. So we see just the propeller and maybe I need to tilt it a little bit more so I can show the parts of the propeller that I wanted. So this is how the pan and zoom works. If I'm resizing, I'm resizing what I've zoomed in on at this point. If I want to zoom out, I need to click on that zoom again and then just drag my mouse. I'm clicking and dragging for this to zoom out. Now after we've made all of these changes and you're like, I'm not sure that's what I want. You can go back to the way that the image originally looked. Now if the image is not selected, I do not have the 3D model tab on the ribbon. It is context sensitive, so I have to select the image. So I'm gonna go ahead and select it again, and then my 3D Model tab is available. And I can go over to the Adjust group and click reset model and I can reset the model and it will discard all of the changes I made and go back to the way that the image looked when I originally inserted it into my slide. Stay tuned for the next lesson where I will take a look at importing 3D models from external sources.
