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See also:
■ “Event Types” on page 346
Actions Properties
Currently, there are eight action types in Navisworks. When an action is added, the Properties view displays the
properties for that action type. The action properties can be configured immediately, or at a later time.
Play Animation
Animation Selects the animation to play. If you don’t have any object animation in your Navisworks file, this
property is not available.
Pause at End Check this check box if you want the animation to stop at the end. When this check box is
unchecked, the animation snaps back to the starting point when it ends.
Starting At Defines the starting position of the animation playback. Choose from:
■ Start - the animation plays forward from the beginning.
■ End - the animation plays backward from the end.
■ Current Position - the animation plays from its current position, if the playback has already started. Otherwise,
the animation plays forward from the beginning.
■ Specified Time - the animation plays from the segment defined in the Specific Start Time (Seconds) property.
Ending At Defines the finishing position of the animation playback. Choose from:
■ Start - the playback ends at the beginning of the animation.
■ End - the playback ends at the end of the animation.
■ Specified Time - the playback ends at the segment defined in the Specific End Time (Seconds) property.
Specific Start Time (Seconds) The starting position of a playback segment.
Specific End Time (Seconds) The finishing position of a playback segment.
Stop Animation
Animation Selects the animation to stop. If you don’t have any object animation in your Navisworks file, this
property is not available.
Reset To Defines the playback position of the stopped animation. Choose from:
■ Default Position - the animation is reset to its starting point.
■ Current Position - the animation remains at the position it was stopped at.
Show Viewpoint
Viewpoint Selects the viewpoint or a viewpoint animation to show. If you don’t have any viewpoints in your
Navisworks file, this property is not available.
Pause
Delay (Seconds) Defines the amount of time delay before the next action in the script is run.
Send Message
Message Defines the message to send to a text file defined in the Options Editor.
You can output the Scripter variables in your message. To do this, use %variable_name% style.
Set Variable
Variable Name The alphanumeric name for the variable.
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