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Chapter 15. Animating
JetStream allows the recording, playing and editing of both your movement through the model and views
of the model. An animation toolbar is provided for the recording and playback of animations and this is
linked to the Viewpoints control bar, which can be used to make animations from scratch by building up
an animation frame by frame (viewpoint by viewpoint). The Viewpoints control bar can then be used to
save, edit, rearrange and manage your animations in folders, including inserting cuts and dragging and
dropping animations onto other animations to build up a more complex animation from simpler ones. At
any time during an animation playback, you can stop the animation and have a real time look around
before restarting it. Once you are happy with the animation, you can export it as an .avi file.
It is worth remembering that you can hide items in viewpoints, override colors and transparencies and set
multiple section planes and these will all be respected by an animation. This way you can very simply
create powerful animations.
15.1. Creating Animations
There are two ways to create animations in JetStream. You can either simply record your real time walk
through, or you can assemble specific viewpoints for JetStream to interpolate into an animation later for a
more controlled animation.
All animation is controlled through the Tools, Animation menu, the Viewpoints control bar and the
Animation toolbar, which is shown below.
Creating an animation in real time
1. Click on the Record button on the Animation toolbar.
2. Navigate around in the main navigation window while JetStream records your movement. You can
even move the section plane(s) through the model during your navigation and this will be recorded
into the animation too.
3. At any point during the navigation, you can click on the Pause button . This will pause the
recording while you maneuver into a new position. Click on the Pause button again to continue
recording the animation. The resulting animation will contain a cut for the duration of the pause.
4. When finished, click on the Stop button .
5. A new animation called "AnimationX", where 'X' is the latest available number, will be added to the
Viewpoints control bar. The name will be editable at this point if you want to name it yourself. This
animation will also become the current active animation in the Animation toolbar's drop down.
While the above method is useful for creating quick animations on the fly, sometimes you need more
control over the animation camera. To do this in JetStream, you need to set up several viewpoints and
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