Animation

The Animation PropertyManager enables you to animate a plot and save the animation as an .avi file.

• Basics

• Play . Starts the animation from the current frame.

• Pause . Stops the animation at the current frame.

• Stop . Resets the animation to the starting frame.

• Frames . Sets the number of frames to be used in animation. Linear interpolation is used to determine frames. Not used for transient thermal, nonlinear, or drop test analyses.

• Speed . Controls the speed of the animation. Drag the slider to the right for faster animation or to the left for slower animation.

• Forward Only . Select to play the animation forward one time.

• Loop . Select to play the animation in a continuous looping pattern. It will play from start to end, then start to end again, and continue to repeat.

• Reciprocate . Select to play the animation in a continuous reciprocating pattern. It will play from start to end, then end to start, and continue to repeat.

• Options (available only for transient thermal, nonlinear, dynamic and drop test analyses)

• Start . Sets the time step associated with the first frame to be used in animation. Note that the real frame time appears next to that field.

• End . Sets the time step associated with the last frame to be used in animation.

• Increment . Sets the increment between time steps to define animation frames.

• Frames before impact . Sets the number of frames to be played in the animation before the object hits the impact plane. You can exclude those frames by entering 0 in this field. You can include up to 20 frames before impact in the animation. This parameter is available only for drop test studies.

• Save as AVI File

• Option. Sets the compressor to be used.

• Browse. Click to specify a name and location of the animation file.

• View with Media Player. Select to view the animation using the Microsoft® Media Player©.