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PurposeControl
Moves forward to the end of anima-
tion.
The playback time slider.
The playback time spinner.
To play an animation
1 Click Animation tab ➤ Playback panel ➤ Available Animations drop-down list and select the animation
you want to play back.
2 On the Playback panel, click Play
.
Use the VCR buttons on the Playback panel to control the animation. The Playback Position slider enables
you to quickly move forward and backward through the animation. Full left is at the beginning and full
right is at the end.
To the right of the Playback Position slider, there are two animation progress indicators: percentage and
time (in seconds). You can type a number into either box to set the camera at a certain point.
3 For viewpoint animations, you may notice that the frame in the animation in the Saved Viewpoints window
(click View tab ➤ Workspace panel ➤ Windows drop-down ➤ Saved Viewpoints) is highlighted when
the animation is playing. Click any frame to set the camera to that point in time in the viewpoint animation
and continue playing back from there.
To enable animation scripts
■ Click Animation tab ➤ Scripts panel ➤ Enable Scripts
.
You can now interact with your model. For example, if there is a script to open a door on pressing a specific
key on the keyboard, pressing this key will open the door.
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