Animations
Animations you can view in the SolidWorks eDrawings Viewer:
Animations generated
in eDrawings (Reorder Views tab
). Play through the
view orientations or drawing views with shaded data in the order displayed
on the Reorder Views tab. Reorder the views to control the order
of the animation. The animation tools are on the eDrawings toolbar.
SolidWorks Motion
Studies animations (Animations
tab 
). The Animations
tab is available only when SolidWorks Motion Studies are included in the
document. Use the animation tools, including playback options, on the
Animations tab.
Animations generated in eDrawings
Use the eDrawings animation tools to animate models using drawing views
contained in drawings and standard views for parts and assemblies. You
can animate drawing files published as eDrawings (*.edrw)
files if the drawing views contain shaded data.
When animating drawing files (*.edrw
and .eDw), section lines and detail
circle annotations hyperlink to the associated section or detail view.
When you stop an animation, if you click a section line or detail circle
annotation, the related view appears in the graphics area, and vice versa.
See Hyperlinking
Views in Drawings.
To animate a model or drawing:
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Continuous Play |
Starts a continuous forward play loop. |
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Stop |
Stops the animation at its current position. When you
stop the animation, you can use the zoom, rotate, and pan tools. When
you restart the animation, it zooms to fit the animated view in the graphics
area and returns to the previous active view. |
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Next |
Advances to the next view in the animation sequence. |
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Previous |
Returns to the previous view in the animation sequence. |
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Home |
Returns the model to its original orientation. |
To customize
animations:
Click Tools, Reorder Views or select the Reorder Views tab .
On the tab, the current view sequence appears
in animation order.
To reorder
the views, select one and click Up
or Down 
. To reset to the default order, click Reset
.
For drawings, on the Sheets tab 
, as the animation
cycles through the views, the current view is shown with the icon 
and all other views change to 
.
SolidWorks Motion Studies Animations
When you publish eDrawings files
from SolidWorks files that contain SolidWorks motion studies animations,
you can view these animations in the eDrawings Viewer.
You must have SolidWorks eDrawings Professional
to publish eDrawings files that contain SolidWorks motion studies animations.
Once published, the SolidWorks motion studies animations can be viewed
with the complimentary SolidWorks eDrawings Viewer.
Limitations
Mixed-mode
rendering, where the animation shows the model in different modes such
as HLR and wireframe, is not supported.
Animations
that contain body size or shape changes are not shown in eDrawings files.
Perspective
cameras saved in SolidWorks Motion Studies animations are not supported
when viewing animations in eDrawings.
To publish SolidWorks Motion
Studies animations:
Click File, Save
As.
Select
the eDrawings file type in Save as type.
Click Options and select Save
Motion Studies to eDrawings file, then click OK.
Click Save.
If you use the Publish
SolidWorks eDrawings <version> File 
tool, animations
are included in the published eDrawings file.
To view SolidWorks Motion Studies
animations:
Select
the Animations tab .
Drag the
slider to adjust the animation speed.
Select
a playback option:
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Normal Playback |
Plays the animation once. |
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Loop Playback |
Plays the animation from start to end in an infinite
loop until you stop or reset it. |
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Ping-pong Playback |
Plays the animation from start to end, then from end
to start, in an infinite loop until you stop or reset it. |
Click a
command:
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Play Animation |
Plays the animation in the selected playback mode. |
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Stop Animation |
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Reset Animation |
Resets the animation to the beginning at any time. |
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Home |
Returns the model to its original orientation. |