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NVIDIA QuadroView User’s Guide
You can use many Animation options with toolbars available in QuadroView
and AutoCAD:
QuadroView Animation Options (AutoCAD)
Animation Toolbar in QuadroView
Note: Also see “QuadroView Toolbar Options in AutoCAD” on page 86,
“Animation Toolbar” on page 50.
More About Animation
The Camera Animation feature in NVIDIA QuadroView allows you to easily
create virtual Walk-throughs and Fly-throughs of the current scene in two
modes: simple and complex.
Figure 2.10
Scene with Animation
Simple mode: You can draw a simple spline in the AutoCAD drawing and
declare this spline as the Camera Path. This means the camera moves
tangentially along this spline when playing the animation. (See Figure 2.12.)
Complex mode: You can improve this animation sequence by drawing a
second spline and declaring it as the LookAt Path. The LookAt Path is the target
path of the camera. While moving on the Camera Path, the direction of the
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