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Action Types
The following action types are available in Navisworks:
■ Play Animation - action specifies which animation to play back when a script is triggered.
■ Stop Animation - action specifies which currently playing animation to stop when a script is triggered.
■ Show Viewpoint - action specifies which viewpoint to use when a script is triggered.
■ Pause - enables you to stop the script for a specified amount of time before the next action is run.
■ Send Message - action writes a message in a text file when a script is triggered.
■ Set Variable - action assigns, increases or decreases a variable value when a script is triggered.
■ Store Property -action stores an object property in a variable when a script is triggered.
This can be useful if you need to trigger events based on embedded object properties or live data in a linked
database.
■ Load Model - action opens a specified file when a script is triggered.
You may find it useful if you want to present a selection of animated scenes contained in a range of different
model files.
To add an action
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter
.
2 Select the desired script in the tree view.
3 Click the desired action icon at the bottom of the Actions view. For example, click to add a Play Animation
action.
4 Review the action properties in the Properties view, and adjust them as necessary.
To test an action
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter
.
2 Select the desired script in the tree view.
3 Right-click the Actions view, and click Test Action on the shortcut menu.
Navisworks executes the selected action.
To delete an action
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter
.
2 Select the desired script in the tree view.
3 Right-click the action you want to delete in the Actions view, and click Delete Action.
Enable Scripting
To enable animation scripts in your file, you need to click Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Enable Scripts
.
You can now interact with your model.
NOTE When the scripts are enabled, you can’t create or edit scripts in the Scripter window. To disable scripting, click
Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Enable Scripts
again.
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