Disabling View Key Creation

You can prevent view key creation when creating an animation. Next, you disable view key creation and set time-based views.

  1. Right-click Orientation and Camera Views (MotionManager tree), and click Disable Playback of View Keys .
    View key playback is now enabled. The Orientation and Camera Views icon changes to and Disable Playback of View Keys appears cleared .
  2. Right-click Orientation and Camera Views (MotionManager tree), and click Disable View Key Creation .
    When you select Disable View Key Creation, the button appears selected in the Orientation and Camera Views command list.
  3. Drag the time bar to 0 seconds and click Top View (Standard Views toolbar).
  4. Drag the time bar to 10 seconds and click Bottom View (Standard Views toolbar).
    The view keys for the new views are not created in the Orientation and Camera Views timeline.
  5. Click the Playback Mode flyout (MotionManager toolbar) and click Playback Mode: Reciprocate .

  6. Click Play from Start (MotionManager toolbar).
    The views do not appear in the animation because you disabled the view keys.
  7. Click Stop (MotionManager toolbar).
    You can repeat steps 1 through 7 to observe the animation when you enable view key creation.
  8. Close my_plunger_hook.sldasm.

Congratulations! You have completed this tutorial.