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Action Types
The following action types are available in Autodesk Navisworks:
■ Play Animation - action specifies which animation to play back when
a script is triggered.
■ Stop Animation - action specifies which currently playing animation
to stop when a script is triggered.
■ Show Viewpoint - action specifies which viewpoint to use when a script
is triggered.
■ Pause - enables you to stop the script for a specified amount of time before
the next action is run.
■ Send Message - action writes a message in a text file when a script is
triggered.
■ Set Variable - action assigns, increases or decreases a variable value when
a script is triggered.
■ Store Property -action stores an object property in a variable when a
script is triggered.
This can be useful if you need to trigger events based on embedded object
properties or live data in a linked database.
■ Load Model - action opens a specified file when a script is triggered.
You may find it useful if you want to present a selection of animated scenes
contained in a range of different model files.
To add an action
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab
➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter
.
2 Select the desired script in the tree view.
3 Click the desired action icon at the bottom of the Actions view. For
example, click
to add a Play Animation action.
4 Review the action properties in the Properties view, and
adjust them
as necessary
(page 522).
To test an action
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab
➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter .
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