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2. Select the desired geometry objects in the main NavisWorks window, or from the Selection Tree
control bar.
3. Right-click the scene name, and click Update Animation Set > From Current Selection on the
shortcut menu.
To update an animation set based on current search set or selection set:
1. If the Animator window is not already open, select Tools > Animator from the menu bar.
2. Select the desired search set or selection set from the Selection Sets control bar.
3. Right-click the scene name, and click Update Animation Set > From Current Search/Selection
Set on the shortcut menu.
Manipulating Geometry Objects
In this section you will learn how to modify position, rotation, size, color and transparency of geometry
objects in animation sets, and how to capture these changes in keyframes.
All object manipulation is carried out the in the main NavisWorks window. To change an object's position,
rotation and size, three visual manipulation tools are provided. These tools act like 3D objects in that the
axis rotate with the viewpoint. However, they are overlaid over the top of the 3D scene, and can’t be
obscured by other objects. When you hover over a grabable part of the tool, the cursor changes to a hand
icon.
Using Snapping
When you manipulate geometry objects by changing their position, rotation or size you can use snapping
to control the precision of your operations in the main NavisWorks window. To turn on snapping mode,
click the Toggle Snapping button on the Animator toolbar.
The snap works like a 'gravity' around the snap points. This enables you to snap the start position of the
selected visual tool to a relevant point in the animation set, such as center, corner of bounding box, vertex
of geometry. Similarly, the end point of the translation, rotation or scale operation can also be snapped to
a desired point on the screen (for example, center of another geometry object).
You can adjust the way snapping works by using the Options Editor.
To adjust snapping:
1. On the Tools menu, click Global Options.
2. Expand the Interface node in the Options Editor dialog box, and click the Snapping option.
The Snapping page is displayed.
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