Create an animation using the Animation Editor
-
On the Animate toolbar, click the Animation Editor button
. -
On the Animation Editor tool, click the New Animation button
. -
On the New Animation dialog box, type the animation name, frames per second, and animation length you want, then click OK.
-
On the Animation Editor tool, in the left pane, do one or more of the following:
-
To define a camera path, right click the Camera Path entry in the Event Category list, then click Edit Definition.
-
To add an existing motor, right-click the Motors entry, then click Edit Definition.
-
To add an existing exploded view, right-click the Explosion entry, then click Edit Definition.
-
To add an appearance event, on the Animation Editor tool, click the Appearance button
, then use the Appearance Event command bar to define an appearance event. -
To add a motion path event on the Animation Editor tool, click the Motion Path button
, then use the Motion Path Event command bar to define a motion path event. -
On the Animation Editor tool, click the Save Animation button
.
-
-
You can only define one camera event and one exploded view per animation.
-
You can define as many motor events, appearance events, and motion events as needed for an animation.
-
You can use the Save As Movie command on the Animation Editor tool to save your assembly animation as an AVI file.
© 2021 UDS