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18 Playback the animation to see the results. Autodesk Navisworks will automatically transition the camera
between each key frame.
19 Save the file as Animation.nwf.
TIP A good tip for creating animations is to first create a storyboard. Record each section of the storyboard using
the most appropriate method (interactive recording or key frames) and then join them together by dragging one
onto another. To avoid any transition between sections, try inserting a cut (right-click at the relevant point in the
animation and select Add Cut). If you do want sections to join together smoothly, try using the last frame of one
section as the first frame of the next section.
Rendered Images
Autodesk Navisworks enables you to quickly add materials, lighting, backgrounds and rich photorealistic content
(RPC) to your models, whether to enhance the interactive experience, or to create photorealistic output. The
beauty of Autodesk Navisworks is that you continue to use the same combined data set that youre familiar with
and its easy to use without requiring any specialist CAD or rendering skills, though an eye for knowing what
looks good always helps!
We saw earlier how to create generic search sets for groups of similar items, and we can use these search sets
here. We can create a generic palette of materials that match the materials of our search sets. In doing so, we
can then use Rules to instantly apply the materials to a significant amount, if not all, of the items in the model.
Light studios are a pre-defined collection of lights that work well together. With a simple drag and drop you can
change the entire look and feel of the model. Various light studios are available out of the box enabling a range
of instant effects from sun studies to the most realistic environment lighting.
A range of backgrounds and effects can be applied. Similar to lighting, the most realistic are environment
backgrounds. Lets look at these in combination:
1 Open the file, Conference Center.nwf, and select one of the saved external viewpoints. Auto Hide
the Saved
Viewpoints window.
2 To turn off lines, click Viewpoint tab Render Style panel Lines .
3 Mouse over the Presenter window and pin
it open.
4 In the Materials tab, right-click and Load the pre-defined Conference Center.nwp palette file.
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