2009
Table Of Contents
- Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate 2009
- Contents
- Part 1. Welcome to Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate 2009
- Part 2. Installation
- Chapter 3. Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Chapter 4. Move to NavisWorks from a Previous Release
- Chapter 5. Install NavisWorks for an Individual User
- Chapter 6. Install NavisWorks for Multiple Users
- Quick Start to Network Installation
- System Requirements for a Deployment
- Creating Network Deployments
- Preliminary Tasks for a Network Deployment
- Use the Installation Wizard to Set Up a Deployment
- Start the Deployment Process
- Create a Deployment
- Enter Product and User Information
- Specify Log File Locations
- What Is Silent Mode?
- Customer Involvement Program (CIP)
- Select a License Type (optional)
- Select the Installation Type (optional)
- Final Review and Complete Setup
- Register the Product
- Modify a Deployment (optional)
- Point Users to the Administrative Image
- Uninstall the Program
- Chapter 7. Installation Troubleshooting
- What are the minimum system requirements?
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- What is the difference between a stand-alone license and a network license?
- What is the benefit to using a network licensed version of the software?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- Where are my product manuals?
- Deployment Issues
- Networking Issues
- Maintenance Issues
- Part 3. Basic NavisWorks Functionality
- Chapter 8. Overview
- Chapter 9. File Management
- Chapter 10. Converting Files
- File Readers
- NWF Files
- NWD Files
- NWC Files
- DWG and DXF Files
- DWF Files
- Bentley AutoPLANT Files
- 3DS Files
- DGN and PRP Files
- MAN Files
- PDS Files
- IGES Files
- STEP Files
- Inventor Files
- VRML world files
- Riegl Scan Files
- Faro Scan Files
- Leica Scan Files
- Z+F Scan Files
- ASCII Laser Scan Files
- STL Stereolithography files
- AVEVA Review RVM and RVS files
- IFC files
- Sketchup SKP files
- File Exporters
- CAD Previewing
- File Readers
- Chapter 11. Publishing
- Chapter 12. Navigating
- Chapter 13. Selecting Items
- Chapter 14. Finding
- Chapter 15. Editing
- Chapter 16. Display Modes
- Chapter 17. Viewpoints
- Chapter 18. Sectioning
- Chapter 19. Animation
- Chapter 20. Reviewing
- Chapter 21. Object Manipulation
- Chapter 22. Interface
- Chapter 23. Tools
- Chapter 24. Options
- Chapter 25. DataTools
- Chapter 26. Getting Help
- Part 4. Using Presenter
- Part 5. Object Animation
- Part 6. Using TimeLiner
- Glossary
- Index
If you right-click an area without a keyframe in it, the shortcut menu will contain only the Edit and
Paste options; and to use the paste option, you must have the keyframe data on the clipboard.
Animation Bars
The colored animation bars are used to visualise the keyframes in a timeline, and cannot be edited. Each
animation type is shown in a different color, and the animation bars for the scenes are grey. Typically, the
animation bar ends with the last keyframe. If an animation bar carries on in a faded color after the last
keyframe, this indicates that the animation will play indefinitely (e.g., loop animation).
Sliders
You can use two sliders in the timeline view:
• Time Slider
The black vertical line is the time slider, representing the current position in the playback. This can be
adjusted by either using the VCR controls on the toolbar or by dragging the slider left or right in the
timeline view, or by selecting a timeline in the timeline view and using the left and right cursor keys. As
the time slider is moved, the model in the main NavisWorks window updates to reflect movements
caused by keyframes in the current scene as if the animation were playing back.
• End Slider
The red vertical line is the end slider, representing the end point of the current active scene. It is
hidden if you selected the Infinite check box for the current scene in the scene view. By default, the
end slider set to the last keyframe in the scene and can’t be moved. You can switch on manual control
of the end slider in a scene by right-clicking it, and selecting the Manually Position Endbar option
from the shortcut menu. To manually adjust the slider, drag it left or right. This end marker will be used
as the animation end point when scenes are set to loop or ping-pong.
The Manual Entry Bar
The optional Manual Entry bar is located at the bottom of the Animator window, and enables you to
manipulate geometry objects by typing in numerical values, instead of using the visual tools in the main
NavisWorks window. The contents of the bar change depending on the button last selected from the
Animator toolbar. For example, if you clicked , the Manual Entry bar will look something like this:
You can toggle the Manual Entry bar on and off by using the Options Editor.
To toggle the display of the Manual Entry bar:
1. On the Tools menu, click Global Options.
2. Expand the Tools node, and click the Animator option.
The Animator page is displayed:
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