Previewing an Animation in Arbortext IsoDraw
When editing an animation, you can view your changes by closing the Edit Animation and Timeline dialog boxes, saving the file, then choosing > . If you don’t save the file first, any changes made to the animation since the last save will not appear in Arbortext IsoView.
If you want to preview changes to an animation without saving the file first, you can do so in Arbortext IsoDraw if the Edit Animation and Timeline dialog boxes are still open.
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For better animation performance when previewing animations in Arbortext IsoDraw, clear the Use buffered drawing check box on the Redraw page in the Preferences dialog box. (This setting is cleared by default. See Redraw.) |
To preview an animation in Arbortext IsoDraw without saving changes
In the Timeline dialog box:
1. Select a start time for your test animation run.
You can do this in any of the following ways:
◦ Enter the start time (in seconds) in the Current time box and then press ENTER.
◦ Click and drag the red timeline to the start time. The timeline snaps to the nearest 1-second increment unless you press and hold the ALT key while you click and drag. Using the ALT key lets you position the timeline anywhere on the scale.
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If the Current time is 0, you must click on the time scale before you can drag the red timeline.
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◦ ALT-click on any sequence bar. The red timeline jumps to the end of sequence you clicked.
2. Start the animation.
Press and hold the CTRL key, then click on the red timeline (above the time scale line). The timeline starts advancing.
When the timeline enters a sequence bar, that sequence plays.
◦ To keep the timeline moving forward after you start it, keep holding down the CTRL key.
◦ Release the CTRL key to stop the timeline.
If you release the CTRL key when the timeline is:
▪ in one sequence, the timeline stops a the end of that sequence.
▪ in two or more sequences, the timeline stops at the end of the sequence that completes first.
▪ not in a sequence, the timeline stops immediately (at the next time increment).
