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To Create an Initial Condition from a Playback
1. Click the arrow next to PLAYBACKS in the Mechanism Tree. The playbacks available in the design are listed.
2. Select a playback, right-click, and select Initial condition. The Initial Condition Definition dialog box opens with a new snapshot, containing data from the playback.
3. To change the name of the initial condition, type a new name in the Name box.
4. To edit values for one of the Velocity conditions, select it from the list. The values for Magnitude, Direction, and Vector appear below.
5. To remove a velocity condition, clear the check box.
6. Click OK.