ANIMATIONEDITOROPEN command

Opens the Animation Editor panel.

BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Description

Opens the Animation Editor panel to display it in the current workspace. The Animation Editor panel appears at the same size and on the same location as it did before it was closed or collapsed. Like any other dockable panel, the Animation Editor panel can be either floating, docked or stacked.

The Animation Editor panel allows you to create schedules for multi-parametric animations with complex camera movements and render them as 2D videos.

Note: The Animation Editor panel is disabled on macOS and Linux.
  1. Add scene
  2. Add timeline
  3. Render video
  4. Record graphics for the current scene
  5. Load animation graphics
  6. Configurator
  7. Lock/unlock timeline button
  8. Disable/enable timeline effects button
  9. Slider

Add scene

Opens the Add scene dialog box to specify the scene name and its duration (s):



Add timeline

Adds the selected parameter to the timeline.

One of the parameters that can be added is the sun effect. Once the sun animation sequence is added to the timeline, several properties are available in the properties configurator of the Animation Editor panel.

Sequence properties
Defines the properties of the sun sequences on the timeline.
Sun properties
Defines the properties of the sun itself regarding its position and timing.

Render video

Opens the Render video dialog box to specify the render options.

Record graphics for the current scene

Records animation graphics and saves it to a zip-archive or to a folder of your choice.

Load animation graphics

Loads animation graphics data from a zip archive or a folder and opens the special mode for playing these graphics.

Configurator

Toggles the settings panel.

Lock/unlock timeline button

Toggles the timeline to lock any timeline changes or vice versa, in order to enable changes.

Disable/enable timeline effects button

Toggles the timeline effects between enabled and disabled. Disabled timeline effects are excluded from the animation.

Slider

Allows you to move the slider to zoom in/out on the timelines.