2010

See also:
■ “Edit Key Frame Dialog Box” on page 411
Capture Keyframes
New keyframes are created by clicking the Capture Keyframe
button on the Animator toolbar. Every time
you click this button, Autodesk Navisworks adds a keyframe of the currently selected animation set, camera, or
section plane set at the current position of the black time slider.
Conceptually, keyframes represent relative translations, rotations and scaling operations from the previous
keyframe or, in the case of the first keyframe, the model’s starting position.
Keyframes are relative to each other and to the model’s starting position. This means that if an object is moved
in the scene (when, for example, a new version of the model is opened, or if movement tools are used in
Navisworks), the animation is done relative to the new starting location rather the animation’s original start
position.
The translation, scaling and rotation operations are cumulative. This means if a particular object is in two
animation sets at the same time, both sets of operations are carried out. So if both are translating across the X
axis, for example, the object will move twice as far.
If there is no keyframe at the start of the timeline for an animation set, camera, or section plane set, then the
very start of the timeline acts like a hidden keyframe. So, for example, if you have a keyframe a few seconds in,
and the frame has the Interpolate option enabled, then over those first few seconds objects would interpolate
between their default starting position and those defined in the first keyframe.
Edit Keyframes
You can edit captured keyframes for animation sets, cameras, and section planes.
To edit a keyframe
1 If the Animator window is not already open, select Tools ➤ Animator from the menu bar.
2 Right-click the desired keyframe in the timeline view, and select Edit on the shortcut menu.
3 Use the Edit Key Frame dialog box to adjust the animation.
4 Click OK to save your changes or Cancel to exit the dialog box.
Play Animation Scenes
Animations created in Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2010 can be played in all Navisworks 2010 products,
including Freedom.
To play a scene in the Animator window
1 If the Animator window is not already open, select Tools ➤ Animator from the menu bar.
2 Select the scene you want to play in the Animator tree view.
3 Click the Play
button on the Animator toolbar.
To play a scene from the Animation toolbar
1 Select the scene you want to play in the Available Animations box on the Animation toolbar.
2 Click the Play
button on the Animation toolbar.
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