Example of Animation presentations for deformed shape
In Post-Pro module you can generate real-time animation of fields. In comparison with sweeping, animations are created on the base of frames, displaying field presentations generated on EVERY timestamp of your field. So, the frame displaying the field presentation created on the base of the first timestamp will begin your animation and the frame displaying the field presentation created on the base of the last timestamp will end it. In sweeping ONLY ONE timestamp is used for its generation.
In the case of animation of several fields Parallel Animation will display the animations simultaneously, while Successive Animation will display them one after another.
In the case of Parallel Animation you can set different kinds of presentations for each of the selected fields. This animation type also requires that the number of timestamps > 1 and is the same for all animated fields.
For Successive Aimation the kind of presentation should be the same for all selected fields, which means that it is not possible to select a field from the list. It is also necessary that the number of timestamps > 0 and the number of components is the same for all animated fields.
Slider functionality also allows to create real-time animation on every time stamp of the field. This is another, somewhat more user-friendly, implementation of animation on fields.
To generate an Animation:
Right-click on the field in the Object Browser.
From the pop-up menu select Parallel or Successive Animation. The following dialog box will appear:
Animation dialog box is destined for management of your animation.
Click Setup Animation button. The following dialog box allowing to set the parameters of your animation will appear.
– Use range of time stamps check box allows to select the range of time stamps, which will be used for generating your animation.
– Use sequence of time stamps check box allows to select the time stamps, which will be used for generating your presentation from the list of time stamps
– Fields: list of fields for animation.
– Properties: Here you can adjust properties of each field selected from the list:
Click OK to validate your parameters. You will return back to Animation dialog box.
Running animations:
Additional options of the animation: