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3DZOOM
Zooms in and out in a perspective view.
Create Motion Path Animations
Motion path animations, such as 3D animated walk-throughs of a model,
allow you to visually demonstrate a model to both a technical and
non-technical audience. You can record and play back a navigation to
communicate your design intent dynamically.
Control a Camera Motion Path
You control the camera motion, and therefore the animation, by linking the
camera and its target to a point or a path.
To create an animation using motion paths, you link the camera and its target
to either a point or a path. If you want the camera to remain still, link it to a
point. If you want the camera to move along a path, link it to a path.
If you want the target to remain still, link it to a point. If you want the target
to move, link it to a path. You cannot link both the camera and the target to
a point.
Use the same path when you want the animation view to follow in line with
the camera's path. You do this by setting the target's path to None in the
Motion Path Animation dialog box. This is the default setting.
NOTE To link a camera or target to a path, you must create the path object before
you create the motion path animation. A path can be a line, arc, elliptical arc,
circle, polyline, 3D polyline, or spline.
To create a motion path animation
1 In the drawing, create a path object for either the camera or the target.
A path can be a line, arc, elliptical arc, circle, polyline, 3D polyline, or
spline.
NOTE The path you create is not visible in the animation.
2 If the Animations panel is not displayed on the Render tab, right-click
the Render tab and click Panels Animations.
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