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Isometric

As the document is read, the plan becomes a scale model: each part rises into place when its sentence arrives, and its label is attached.

Document: US DOE: How Hydropower Works; US DOE, "How Hydropower Works" (energy.gov/eere/water/how-hydropower-works); the product's writer chose the scenes, narrated in the Ada and Theo voices. Kind: parts and structure; Isometric suits this kind. In the showcase video the Zıpır team chose the format.

Isometric across the eight document kinds

It suits 2 kinds; for the other 6, another format works better. The sentence on a row that does not suit is the note the panel shows on that document.

Places and layoutssuitsParts and structuresuitsConcepts and processesbetter: WhiteboardSteps and rulesbetter: Clay figuresNumbers and databetter: Summary presentationDates and order of eventsbetter: TimelineContracts and legislationbetter: Document walk-throughProducts and featuresbetter: Showcase

  1. Places and layouts — suits

    a site plan, a route, geography, a map, a mountain, a sea or a region.

  2. Parts and structure — suits

    the parts of a machine, building, tool or body and how they work together.

  3. Concepts and processes — does not suit

    “This document explains a concept; Isometric works better on machine, facility and system documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Whiteboard

  4. Steps and rules — does not suit

    “This document explains steps and rules; Isometric works better on machine, facility and system documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Clay figures

  5. Numbers and data — does not suit

    “This document explains numbers and data; Isometric works better on machine, facility and system documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Summary presentation

  6. Dates and order of events — does not suit

    “This document explains dates and an order of events; Isometric works better on machine, facility and system documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Timeline

  7. Contracts and legislation — does not suit

    “This document is a text such as a contract or legislation; Isometric works better on machine, facility and system documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Document walk-through

  8. Products and features — does not suit

    “This document presents the features of a product; Isometric works better on machine, facility and system documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Showcase

Two rules hold in every format: every sentence on screen is a verbatim quote from your document, shown with its page and line; no video is produced until you approve the scene plan. See it in a video

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Does your document suit Isometric?

If you leave the format to Zıpır, it picks the one that suits your document. If you choose, no option is closed; if the document does not suit it, you see a short warning in the panel.

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