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Chapter 13. Animation
In NavisWorks there are two types of animation:
• Object animation
• Viewpoint animation
Viewpoint animation contains pre-recorded user and camera movements in the model. Object animation
contains pre-recorded object movements in the model. You cannot record any animation in Freedom, but
you can play back animations saved with the model. If there are any animation scripts, you can switch
them on and interact with animated objects.
The Animation Toolbar
The Animation toolbar in Freedom enables you to play viewpoint animations. It can also be used to play
back object animations and enable/disable interactive animation scripts.
The Animation toolbar is shown below.
To open it, right-click anywhere in the toolbar area of the screen, and click Animation on the shortcut
menu.
Rewind - rewinds the animation back to the beginning.
Step Back - steps back a single keyframe.
Reverse Play - plays the animation backwards.
Pause - pauses the animation at the frame you press it at. You can then look
around and wonder off in the model, or step forwards and backwards through the
animation. To continue playing from where you paused, just press Play again.
Stop - stops the animation playing and rewinds it back to the beginning.
Play - plays the currently selected animation.
Step Forward - steps one keyframe forwards.
Fast Forward - fast forwards the animation to the end.
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