Animation controls are usually hidden. When the mouse is hovering over the region of animation control, the animation controls are displayed as shown in the figure below. Animation functions such as Play, Stop, and Record are available from the animation control below the table.

Figure 3.3: Activation of animation control

Figure 3.4: Various functions of the animation control

Contents	Description
	Use to move to the first frame.
	Use to move to the previous frame.
	Use to stop playing the animation.
	Use to play the animation.
	Use to move to the next frame.
	Use to move to the last frame.
or	Use to record the animation. The status will be shown in red or gray depending on whether recording is available. See Recording.
	Use to set animation frames such as start, current, and end frames by clicking and dragging the frame bar. Animation Frame Control Content Description Animation starting frame Use to set the frame where the animation starts. Current frame Use to show the frame currently being displayed in the animation view or to move the displayed frame to the specific frame in the sequence. Animation ending frame Use to set the frame where the animation is ends.

When a contour is defined in the animation view, the legend for the contour will be displayed. The legend divides the minimum and maximum values of the contour object into several sections, and shows the value and color corresponding to each section. Several parameters are supported to control the legend from Contour Properties.

Figure 3.5: Contour Legend

Animation view provides frame information. If the animation is for a dynamic solution, Animation Frame, Time, and Result Frame are displayed in the view as shown in the figure and table below.

Figure 3.6: Frame Information for a Dynamic Solution

If the animation is for an eigenvalue solution, Animation Frame, Time, and Result Frame are displayed in the view as shown in the figure and table below.

Figure 3.8: Frame Information for Eigenvalue Solution

You can easily change the view point by using the navigation cube. The view point can be changed by clicking one of faces, edges, or vertexes of the navigation cube as shown in figure below.

Figure 3.10: Face, Edge, and Vertex of Navigation Cube

The view point can also be changed by clicking the buttons near the navigation cube as shown in the figure and table below.

Figure 3.11: Rotation Buttons in Navigation Cube

Animation view and chart view support the reactive UI buttons. The buttons are normally hidden, but are activated when the object is selected as shown in the figure below.

Figure 3.13: Reactive UI Button Activation

The reactive UI buttons shown varies depending on the type of selected object as shown in the table below.

Figure 3.14: Reactive UI Buttons in Animation View

Button	Tool Tip	Object	Description
	Hide	Displayed Objects	Use to hide selected objects.
	Hide Others	Displayed Objects	Use to hide all except the selected objects.
	Show	Hidden Objects	Use to show the selected hidden objects.
	Show All	Hidden or Displayed Objects	Use to show all objects when the view has a hidden object.
	Export Nodal Body Position	Nodal FE Body	Use to export a DFN file.
	Export Modal Raw Data	Modal FE Body	Use to export a DFMODAL file.
	Add to Tree	Node or Element of FE Body or EF (EasyFlex) Body	Use to add the selected node or element to the list of nodes and elements.
	Delete	Objects created by Postprocessor	Use to delete the selected object.
	Enable Camera	Camera Objects	Use to enable the selected camera.
	Disable Camera	Camera Objects	Use to disable the selected camera.

Figure 3.15: Reactive UI Buttons in Chart View

Button	Tool Tip	Object	Description
	Export	Curve	Use to export the numeric data.
	Export	ODT Curve	Use to export the order tracking curve.

View control provides functions for the Cutting Plane and Rendering Mode as shown in the table below.

Figure 3.16: View Control

Button	Description
	Use to fit the screen to see all objects in the view.
	Use to activate or deactivate the cutting plane.
	Use to show the rendering mode.

Figure 3.17: Fit Screen

Cutting plane is used to create a sectional view showing internal details that cannot be seen from the outside. You can observe the internal organization of your model or contour by using cutting plane. The default cutting plane is the XY plane of the inertia reference frame and you can control the cutting plane while translating or rotating the cutting plane reference frame as shown in figures below.

Figure 3.18: Cutting Plane

Figure 3.19: Rotations of Cutting Plane

The cutting plane reference frame can be moved by dragging the origin of the reference frame or entering the position vector in the input field as shown in the figures below.

Figure 3.20: Moving Origin of Cutting Plane Reference Frame

The cutting plane reference frame can be rotated by dragging the arc of the reference frame or entering the angle in the input field as shown in the figures below.

Figure 3.21: Rotating Cutting Reference Frame

Rendering mode provides several techniques to visualize the 3D geometry on a 2D screen as shown in the figure and table below.

Figure 3.22: Rendering Modes

Figure 3.23: Rendering Modes

Button	Rendering	Description
	Surface	Use to see the surface with shading effect.
	Surface Mesh	Use to see the surface with mesh lines.
	Surface Outline Mesh	Use to see the surface with outlines.
	Line	Use to see the mesh lines.
	Points	Use to see the mesh points.
	Outline	Use to see the outlines.
	Hidden Line Removed	Use to see the mesh lines removed hidden lines.