Engines | Animation Control

This option is used to  play and control the animation files. Based on the type of file, VCollab pops up the any one of the following dialog boxes.

CAE Animation Controller

This option is used to play and control the animation of CAE files

 

Select Animation Set Used to select the animation sequence.
Show Selected Only Used to set option to show the geometry that only related to this animation sequence.
Play/Stop Used to Start / Stop the animation of frames.
|<< Used to stop the animation and sets current frame as the very first frame.
<< Used to backward one frame
>> Used to forward one frame
>>| Used to stop the animation and sets current frame as the very last frame.
Cycle Used to set animation sequence as frame 0 to N then again start the animation sequence as frame 0 to N
Swing Used to set animation sequence as frame 0 to N then again start the animation sequence as frame N to 0
CAE Explorer Used to manage product tree across frames. It manages Show/Hide parts, delete parts
Capture CAE Animation Used to export animation into movie file or animated gif file used in web publishing.

CAE Explorer

Invert Show / Hide : Toggle to show or hide the inverted selection.

Delete All Hidden Parts : Deletes all hidden parts in explorer as well as in viewer.

Capture CAE Animation:

This option helps user to save linear or transient animation with AVI with good or normal quality or with loss of data.

Output File : Choose output AVI file name with path.

Frame Rate :  Specify the frame rate. Default value is 16 fps.

Normal / Lossy : Choose Normal for good quality and Lossy for light weight data.

 

 

Adams Animation Controller

This option is used to play and control the animation of Adams files

Start/Stop Used to Start / Stop the animation of frames.
Reverse Used to reverse the animation sequence.
Real Time Used to play the the animation specified as in Adams.
Faster Used to increase the animation speed. For each click animation speed will be increased
Slower Used to decrease the animation speed. For each click animation speed will be reduced.
Every Frame Used to Stop animation in current frame.
Next Used to forward next frame.
Last Used to backward last frame.
Reset Used to reset the above settings.

 
 

Delmia Animation Controller

This option is used to play and control the animation of Delmia files

> Used to Start / Stop the animation of frames.
|<< Used to stop the animation and sets current frame as the very first frame.
<< Used to backward one frame
>> Used to forward one frame
>>| Used to stop the animation and sets current frame as the very last frame.
Speed Used to reduce animation speed
Current Used to display current frame position.
Goto Used to set current frame as specified frame