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2 Select the desired viewpoint animation from the Viewpoints control bar.
3 Right-click the desired scene name, and click Add Camera ➤ From Current Viewpoint Animation on the
shortcut menu.
Autodesk Navisworks automatically adds all necessary keyframes to the timeline view.
To capture camera viewpoints
1 If the Animator window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Create panel ➤ Animator .
2 Select the desired camera in the Animator tree view.
3 Click Capture Keyframe on the Animator toolbar to create a keyframe with the current viewpoint.
4 In the timeline view, move the black time slider to the right to set the desired time.
5 Use the buttons on the navigation bar to change your current viewpoint.
Alternatively, select one of the saved viewpoints from the Viewpoints control bar.
6 To capture the current object changes in a keyframe, click Capture Keyframe
on the Animator toolbar.
Work with Section Plane Sets
A section plane set contains a list of cross-sectional cuts of your model, and a list of keyframes to describe how
they move.
NOTE Each scene can only have one section plane set in it.
See also:
■
Gizmos on page 105
■ Sectioning on page 287
To add a section plane set
1 If the Animator window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Create panel ➤ Animator
.
2 Right-click the desired scene name, and click Add Section Plane on the shortcut menu.
You are now ready to capture cross-sectional cuts.
To capture cross-sectional cuts by moving a section plane
1 If the Animator window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Create panel ➤ Animator
.
2 Select the desired section plane set in the Animator tree view.
3 Click Viewpoint tab ➤ Sectioning panel ➤ Enable Sectioning
.
Autodesk Navisworks opens the Sectioning Tools tab on the ribbon, and draws a section plane through the
model in the Scene View.
4 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Planes Settings panel ➤ Current Plane drop-down, and select the plane that
you want to manipulate.
5 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Transform panel and click the sectioning gizmo you want to use (move
or rotate ). By default, the move gizmo is used.
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