Autodesk 507B1-90A211-1301 User Guide - Page 263

Record and Play Animations In Autodesk Navisworks there are two types of animation: viewpoint animation and object animation. Viewpoint Animation Viewpoint animation is a quick and efficient way of recording both your movement through the model and views of the model. There are two ways to produce a viewpoint animation in Autodesk Navisworks: ■ By recording interactive navigation ■ By creating animated transitions between saved views You can also create slide show animations, which are, essentially, viewpoint transitions with a number of cuts (pauses) added between viewpoints. Object Animation In addition to viewpoint animation, you can also animate and interact with 3D geometry in your model. Although the ability to record animations and produce scripts necessary to interact with animated objects is limited to users with access to the Animator and Scripter functionality, any user can actually play them back once they have been recorded. See "Animate Objects" on page 271 for step-by-step instructions on how to record animations and scripts. 10 Create and Edit Viewpoint Animations There are two ways to create viewpoint animations in Autodesk Navisworks. You can either simply record your real-time walk through, or you can assemble specific viewpoints for Autodesk Navisworks to interpolate into a viewpoint animation later. Viewpoint animation is controlled through the Tools ➤ Animation menu, the Saved Viewpoints dockable window, and the Animation toolbar. It is worth remembering that you can hide items in viewpoints, override colors and transparencies and set multiple section planes and these will all be respected by a viewpoint animation. This way you can easily create powerful viewpoint animations. 251