2012
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2012
- What Is New in This Release?
- How to Get Assistance
- Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Installation Troubleshooting
- General Installation Issues
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- How do I switch my license from stand-alone to network or network to stand-alone?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- Why should I specify the Project Folder and Site Folder?
- How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of repairing it?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- General Installation Issues
- Quick Start
- Work with Files
- Explore Your Model
- Control Model Appearance and Render Quality
- Review Your Model
- Use Viewpoints
- Play Back Animations
- Work Within a Team
- Share Data
- TimeLiner Playback
- Reference
- Background Settings Dialog Box
- Collision Dialog Box
- Default Collision Dialog Box
- Edit Viewpoint Dialog Box
- File Options Dialog Box
- InfoCenter Settings Dialog Box
- Options Editor Dialog Box
- Glossary
- Index
PurposeControl
Pauses animation playback.
Plays the currently selected animation.
Steps forwards one frame or keyframe in the an-
imation.
Moves forward to the end of animation.
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
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