About the Animation User Interface
The Animation tab consists of commands, tabs, and playback buttons. Click Applications > Animation to open the Animation tab.
Model Animations Group
Use these commands to create new animations, to view animations, and define animation settings
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Animation Settings—Opens the
Settings dialog box.
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Animation Interpolation—Opens the
Interpolation dialog box.
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Animation Display—Opens the
Entity Display dialog box.
• New Animation—Click the arrow to display options for creating new animations.
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Explode—Opens the
Define Animation dialog box to define an explode animation.
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Snapshot—Opens the
Define Animation dialog box.
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Import from MDO—Opens the
Define Animation dialog box to import a playback file.
Playback Group
Use these commands to playback and export an animation.
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Playback—Opens the
Playbacks dialog box.
• Click
Playback to display the
Export—Exports the animation FRA file to your working directory.
Create Animation Group
Use these commands to create and manage your animations.
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Key Frame Sequence—Opens the
Key Frame Sequence dialog box.
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Event—Opens the
Event Definition dialog box.
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Remove—Removes the selected entities in the animation timeline.
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Manage Key Frame Sequences—Opens the
Key Frame Sequences dialog box.
• Click Create Animation to display additional commands.
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Selected—Allows editing of the selected object.
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Subanimation—Opens the
Include in Animation dialog box to include a second animation in the selected animation.
Graphic Design Group
Use these commands to change the timeline display.
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View @ Time—Opens the
View at Time dialog box.
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Trans @ Time—Opens the
Transparency at Time dialog box.
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Style @ Time—Opens the
Style at Time dialog box.
Mechanism Design Group
Use these commands to define movement and bodies in the mechanism assembly.
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Drag Components—Opens the
Drag dialog box.
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Servo Motor—Opens the
Servo Motor Definition dialog box.
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Manage Servo Motors—Opens the
Servo Motors dialog box.
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Connection Status—Opens the
Connection Status dialog box.
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Lock Bodies—Opens the
Lock Bodies dialog box.
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Body Definition—Opens the
Bodies dialog box.
Timeline Group
Use these commands to change the display of the timeline.
• ![](../../../simulate/des_anim/images/anim_zoom_in16x16.png)
—Zooms in on the timeline.
• ![](../../../simulate/des_anim/images/anim_zoom_out16x16.png)
—Zooms out on the timeline.
• ![](../../../simulate/des_anim/images/anim_refit16x16.png)
—Resets the timeline zoom level.
• ![](../../../simulate/des_anim/images/anim_timedomain16x16.png)
—Opens the
Animation Time Domain dialog box.