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created from assemblies. In assemblies you can create a multitude
of configurations. The configurations are controlled by varying the
offset values for the constraint commands (mate, align) To make an
animation you simply create multiple configurations. By creating one
configuration with the parts separated and one configuration with
the parts together, Pro/D can create a simple animation going from
the separated configuration to the together configuration. (sample
animation, .avi, 46KB) |
To
create an simple animation we will start with the simple assembly of two
blocks
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Block
#1: 6" x 3" x 4"
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Block
#2: 1" x 1" x 4"
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- Assemble block
1 & block 2 using one mate and two aligns
- Ensure that you
fix the large box in place so that it cannot move (Assembly>fix component)
- To create the animation,
the offset distance of the mate constraint will be altered to create
two separate configurations
- Tools>Configuration
(a window will pop up)
- Click the Properties
Button (this will allow you to choose what variable you want to alter)
- Chose Mate 1 and
click the right arrow button to move the Mate 1 over to the selected
box. Only the variables moved to the selected box will be able to be
altered for the animation.
- Click OK when done
- Now, lets create
the two separate configuration files.
- Click NEW CONFIG.
Call the first configuration START (the blocks apart)
- Click NEW CONFIG
again. Call the second configuration END (the blocks together)
- Input a start value
of 4 and a end value of 0. The end value is 0 since we want the assembly
to be mated at the end. These values represent the offset between the
mate command. So during the animation the blocks will start 4 inches
apart then come together.
- Click okay when
finish
- To make the animations
from the supplied configuration
- Tools>Animation
- Select both the
start & end configurations
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Put
a start time of 0 and a end time of 3 seconds. This means it will
take 3 seconds for the animation to run. The frames/second pull down
will determine how many frames will be created for each second. 10
is good enough. So if the animation is 3 seconds and there will be
10 frames per second, then the animation should have 30 frames
- Check Movie output,
select a name.avi and browse to where you want to save it
- Click run
- Select MPEG4
- Click the configure
button and move the compression control slider to 50/50
- Click OK>OK
- DON'T DO ANYTHING
ON THE COMPUTER WHILE THE ANIMATION IS BEING CREATED
- The animation will
be created. When the blocks are together again the animation is complete.
Browse out to where you saved the .avi and double click it to run it.
The animation is created based on the orientation that the object
are on the screen at the time you click run. Pan, zoom and rotate the
assembly the way you want it prior to making the animations
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If
the MPEG4 video will not run:
- Make sure
you have the Windows
Media Player 6.4 (Windows NT) or Media
Player 7.0 (Windows 98 & 2000) running on your system
- If the video
will still not play try making the video using MPEG1
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Advanced
Animation
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If you want
to have a multitude of components moving at different times you
must create many configurations. If you had three components and
you wanted each to slide into place separately you would need three
configurations
- Config1:
Start, all 3 components separated
- Config2:
Middle, Part 2 is in place but part 3 is still offset
- Config3:
End, All three part are together
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Viewing
Configurations in Main Pro/D Windows
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| Pro/Desktop
allows you to view different configurations by pulling down the configuration
select box in the left had corner just inside of the object browser. |
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