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PurposeControl
Records the viewpoint animation.
Stops animation playback or recording.
Pauses animation playback or recording.
Plays the currently selected animation.
Steps forwards one frame or keyframe in the anim-
ation.
Moves forward to the end of animation.
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 the animation is playing. Click any frame to set the
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