To Define an Animation

1. Open an assembly, then click Applications >

Animation the Animation tab opens.

2. Click the arrow next to New Animation and select

Explode,

Snapshot, or

Import from MDO as the animation type.

Once you have defined an animation as Snapshot or Explode, the type cannot be changed.

The Define Animation dialog box opens.

3. Type a name or accept the default name.

4. To use a Mechanism playback file for your animation, click

. The Import the result file dialog box opens. Select a file and click Open.

5. Click OK.

6. To create an explode or snapshot animation, click

Key Frame Sequence. The Key Frame Sequence dialog box opens.