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6 Click OK.
Play Animations and Scripts
You can play back both pre-recorded object animation and viewpoint animation in the Scene View.
The viewpoint animations play in real time; this means that the Autodesk Navisworks engine is still attempting
to maintain the guaranteed frame rate so some drop-out may still occur, just as in real-time navigation.
Quick Reference
PurposeControl
Rewinds the current animation back
to the beginning.
Steps back a single animation frame
or keyframe.
Plays the current animation back-
wards.
Records the viewpoint animation.
Stops animation playback or record-
ing.
Pauses animation playback or record-
ing.
Plays the currently selected anima-
tion.
Steps forwards one frame or keyframe
in the animation.
Moves forward to the end of anima-
tion.
The playback time slider.
The playback time spinner.
To play an animation
1 Click Animation tab ➤ Playback panel ➤ Available Animations drop-down list and select the animation
you want to play back.
2 On the Playback panel, click Play
.
Use the VCR buttons on the Playback panel to control the animation. The Playback Position slider enables
you to quickly move forward and backward through the animation. Full left is at the beginning and full
right is at the end.
To the right of the Playback Position slider, there are two animation progress indicators: percentage and
time (in seconds). You can type a number into either box to set the camera at a certain point.
3 For viewpoint animations, you may notice that the frame in the animation in the Saved Viewpoints window
(click View tab ➤ Workspace panel ➤ Windows drop-down ➤ Saved Viewpoints) is highlighted when
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