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Chapter 40. Animation Exercise
To follow the procedures in this section, you need to open the file called gatehouse_pub.nwd located
under the Examples\Gatehouse folder in the NavisWorks installation directory.
Note:
If you can't see the Examples folder, it means that it's not been installed with NavisWorks. You
can use the Add/Remove Programs option in the Control Panel to change the installation
parameters.
Opening a Gatehouse Door
In this exercise you will animate a door in the Gatehouse model, and make it open and close when you
press a button on the keyboard.
Animating a Door
To create an animation of a door:
1. Select Tools > Animator from the menu bar, and dock the Animator window at the bottom of the
screen.
2. In the Animator window, click , and click Add Scene on the shortcut menu.
3. Click the added scene, and rename it to 'Gatehouse Door'.
4. In the main NavisWorks window, select the front red door. You may need to adjust the view of the
gatehouse slightly. In the example below, a portion of the Gatehouse was selected first, and then the
rest of the model was hidden by pressing on the Selection Tools toolbar.
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