About Sequences

A sequence is a series of animated steps. For example, a disassembly procedure for a motor.

If a figure has a sequence, the sequence is indicated by a

sequence icon. To play the sequence, use the playback controls in the Animation ribbon or the figure window playback bar. You can play a sequence from start to end, or start at any step. You can also pause between steps.

A figure can contain either a sequence or an animation. It cannot contain both.

The

Step Editor tab shows the sequence steps in chronological order. Each step has a frame which contains the figure thumbnail for the step, the step name, and any icons for tags applied to the step.

Edit the steps in a sequence using the Animation ribbon. For more information, see About Editing Sequence Steps.

In order to playback a set of steps, reorder steps or edit steps in a sequence you must first select the step in the

Step Editor. Click Animation > Playback Controls to play the animation in a sequence step.

In the

Step Editor tab, select one or more steps and drag them to a new location in the sequence. Special effect animations, such as the unscrew, pulse, and shake effects, contained in a step are applied to the part at its relative position to the updated sequence.

You can move a group of nonconsecutive steps. They become consecutive on insert.

In the

Step Editor tab, select one or more steps to copy. Click Animation >

Copy.

To create a new figure with the selected steps, click Animation > Copy Steps to New Figure. A new figure is created with the selected steps.

Annotations in the selected steps will be copied with the step. When pasting the steps into another figure, there could be conflicts between the annotations in the copied steps and annotations in the figure the steps are being pasted into. When this is the case, select one of the following options:

• Keep the existing figure annotations

• Replace the conflicting figure annotations

• Don’t copy any annotations

An auto alignment of part positioning happens when steps are reordered to prevent parts jumping position between steps. This auto alignment is applied after moving, copy/pasting, duplicating or reversing a step in a sequence and in some circumstances the result can be unexpected.