Creating Parametric Animations

Parametric animations can be based on parametric sweeps. Following is the general procedure for creating an animation of a plot based a parametric sweep.

Prerequisites

• For animation of a field plot/overlay plot over a geometric variable, you must define and solve at least one optimetric sweep with same variable values and Save Fields selected before you can create a parametric animation of a field solution. See Creating Geometry Animations.
• For animation of geometry and VRT plots, solving parametric setup is not required.
• Animations can be based on time variables and objects whose location is linked to the time variable. See the animated example below.

Procedure:

1. Right-click in the Modeler window, and click View> Animate..., or select the View tab of the ribbon, and click the Animate icon.

   

   If multiple geometries can be varied in the design, the Select Drawing dialog box appears; proceed to step 2. If only one geometry is variable, proceed to step 3.

2. In the Select Drawing dialog box:
   1. Select the geometry variable to vary in the animation.
   2. Select the object you want to animate.
   Note:

   If previous animations have been created for this project, the Select Animation dialog box will appear. You may choose an animation setup from the list if one is associated with the geometry variable of interest, and the animation will start. If no existing animation setup is acceptable, select New and continue at Step 3 below.

   The Setup Animation dialog box appears.

   

3. If your have created one or more Parametric Sweeps for one or more geometric variables, you can select Parametric setup, the setup to use, and the variable values to animate.

   

4. Click OK.

   The animation begins in the view window. It will display one frame for each variable value.

   The Animation control panel lets you to stop, restart, and control the speed and sequence of the frames.

   

   While a parametric animation is running, you can also turn on other field plots.