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3 On the navigation bar, select the Constrained Orbit tool.
4 Click Animation tab Create panel Record
. To the far right of the Animation tab, notice that
the Recording panel displays.
5 Hold down the left mouse button and, while moving the mouse slowly to the left, release the mouse button.
This will spin the model slowly.
6 Once the model has rotated through 360 degrees, on the Recording panel, click Stop
.
7 The animation is saved automatically in the Saved Viewpoints window.
8 On the Playback panel, click Play
to re-run the animation.
Now well create a series of viewpoints which will be our key frames and allow Autodesk Navisworks to do
the rest for us.
9 Navigate towards the left-hand corner of the surrounding ground, looking back at the building.
10 Right-click the Saved Viewpoints window and select Save Viewpoint.
11 Walk approximately one third of the way along the surround, looking in a similar direction to the first
viewpoint, and then save your second viewpoint.
12 Walk further along and tilt your head up to frame the glass section of the building, and then save your third
viewpoint.
13 Walk past the end of the surrounding ground and then look back towards the building. Save your fourth
viewpoint.
14 Use the mouse wheel as a button to dolly the camera up until you are just above the building then tilt the
camera down to look down on the building. Save your final viewpoint.
15 Right-click the Saved Viewpoints window and select Add Animation.
16 Drag your five viewpoints (in order) into the empty animation, each now being a key frame.
17 Right-click the animation and select Edit. Set the duration to 10 seconds and click OK.
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