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4 Click the drop-down arrow in the Animation Behavior field, and
select how the animation will play during this task:
■ Scale - the duration of the animation is matched to the duration of
the task. This is the default setting.
■ Match Start - the animation starts when the task starts. If the
animation runs past the end of the TimeLiner simulation, the end
of the animation will be clipped.
■ Match End - the animation starts early enough so that it ends just
when the task end. If the animation starts before the beginning of
the TimeLiner simulation, the start of the animation will be clipped.
Add Scripts to Tasks
When you add scripts to TimeLiner tasks, the script events are ignored, and
the script actions are run regardless of the events.
Using scripts enables you to control how the animation will play (forwards,
backwards, a segment at a time and so on). You can also use scripts to change
the camera viewpoints for individual tasks, or play several animations at the
same time.
NOTE Before you simulate (page 656) your schedule, be sure to enable animation
scripts in your file, by clicking the Enable Scripts button on the Animation
tab ➤ Scripts panel.
To add a script
1 If the TimeLiner window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools
panel ➤ TimeLiner .
2 On the Tasks tab, click the task you want to add a script to, and use the
horizontal scroll bar to locate the Script column.
3 Click the drop-down arrow in the Script field, and select the desired
script to run with this task.
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