The Animation tab in the Output Tools dialog box includes the following settings which appear when you click .
Output File
The animation functions are available only in SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional.
The Animation tab has two sections, Animation Options and Render Options. The Animation Options are described below.
| Filename |
Lets you name the output file. |
| Image Format |
Sets the format of the output images. |
| Render Output Passes |
Renders specialized output passes that you can use in post-processing software (such as Adobe® Photoshop®) to enhance the normal output pass. |
| Movie Format |
Sets the format of the output movie. |
| Include Alpha |
Includes an alpha channel in the output file. |
| Create Movie |
Encodes the animation data into a movie format using the parameters below. |
| Start Frame |
Sets the first frame to render in the animation sequence. |
| End Frame |
Sets the last frame to render in the animation sequence. |
| Start Time |
Sets the time the animation begins, relative to the zero keyframe. |
| End Time |
Sets the time the animation ends, relative to the zero keyframe. |
| Frames Per Second (FPS) |
(Read-only.) The frame rate of playback. The value is taken from the FPS you set in the animation timeline.
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