Examples of Usage

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The following are the typical scenarios for creating animations when creating a new plot or from existing plots.

Create an Animation at Plot Creation Time (Static or Transient)

1. Decide what type of plot you wish to animate: deformation, fringe, vector, tensor, etc. Set the Action to Create and Object and/or Method accordingly.
2. Select the Results Case(s) from the first listbox. Select one Results Case for an animation of a static result. Select multiple Result Cases for a transient style animation. You may wish to use the Select Subcases button icon to more easily filter multiple Result Cases.
3. Turn ON the Animate toggle. If an Animate toggle is not present on the main Select Results form for the desired Object, then that plot type does not support animation.
4. (Optional) Set any other options such as target entities, display attributes, and plot options by changing the form and subsequent settings with the button icons at the top of the form just below the Action and Object menus.
5. Modal style animations are the default for static, single Result Case data. For transient style animations, press the right most button icon (Animation Options) to select a global variable (time, frequency, etc.). This is necessary for determining proper interpolation of results for each animation frame.
6. Press the Apply button. If the Animate toggle was not turned ON, then no animation will result. Instead the Results application will simply create a static plot of the selected Result Case or a maximum plot of multiple Result Cases. Figure 9‑1 Modal Animation of Cantilever Plate

1. Decide what type of plot you wish to animate: deformation, fringe, vector, tensor, etc. Set the Action to Create and Object and/or Method accordingly.

2. Select the Results Case(s) from the first listbox. Select one Results Case for an animation of a static result. Select multiple Result Cases for a transient style animation. You may wish to use the Select Subcases button icon to more easily filter multiple Result Cases.

3. Turn ON the Animate toggle. If an Animate toggle is not present on the main Select Results form for the desired Object, then that plot type does not support animation.

4. (Optional) Set any other options such as target entities, display attributes, and plot options by changing the form and subsequent settings with the button icons at the top of the form just below the Action and Object menus.

5. Modal style animations are the default for static, single Result Case data. For transient style animations, press the right most button icon (Animation Options) to select a global variable (time, frequency, etc.). This is necessary for determining proper interpolation of results for each animation frame.

6. Press the Apply button.

If the Animate toggle was not turned ON, then no animation will result. Instead the Results application will simply create a static plot of the selected Result Case or a maximum plot of multiple Result Cases.

Figure 9‑1 Modal Animation of Cantilever Plate

1. First make sure that the plots you wish to animate are posted to the current viewport. This is done by setting the Action to Post and the Object to Plots and selecting the desired plots from the listbox and pressing Apply.
2. Set the Action to Create and the Method to Animation.
3. If necessary, set the Method to software (2D) or hardware (3D) mode (hardware mode allows for dynamic rotation while animating in software does not). Speed performance may also differ between the two methods.
4. From the Plots to Animate listbox, select a plot that you wish to animate.
5. Change the Animate By option pulldown menu to the desired animation attribute which can either be None, Modal, Ramped, or by Global Variable. Global Variable is only selectable if the plot has been set up with multiple Result Cases for a transient style animation.
6. (Optional) You may need to change other options such as the Angle Offset for modal animations or global variable information for transient animations.
7. Repeat steps 4. to 6. for each plot you want to animate (to not animate, but still plot, set the attribute to None).
8. (Optional) Set any other animation options on this form as desired such as the number of frames to create and interpolation method for transient animations.
9. Press the Apply button. Any combinations of animation types can be combined together. An example of simultaneously animated plots is shown in Figure 9‑2.

1. First make sure that the plots you wish to animate are posted to the current viewport. This is done by setting the Action to Post and the Object to Plots and selecting the desired plots from the listbox and pressing Apply.

2. Set the Action to Create and the Method to Animation.

3. If necessary, set the Method to software (2D) or hardware (3D) mode (hardware mode allows for dynamic rotation while animating in software does not). Speed performance may also differ between the two methods.

4. From the Plots to Animate listbox, select a plot that you wish to animate.

5. Change the Animate By option pulldown menu to the desired animation attribute which can either be None, Modal, Ramped, or by Global Variable. Global Variable is only selectable if the plot has been set up with multiple Result Cases for a transient style animation.

6. (Optional) You may need to change other options such as the Angle Offset for modal animations or global variable information for transient animations.

7. Repeat steps 4. to 6. for each plot you want to animate (to not animate, but still plot, set the attribute to None).

8. (Optional) Set any other animation options on this form as desired such as the number of frames to create and interpolation method for transient animations.

9. Press the Apply button.

Any combinations of animation types can be combined together. An example of simultaneously animated plots is shown in Figure 9‑2.