Animations / Videos

With the help of animations, you can simulate a walkthrough of your design and then save it as a video file.

Overview

Animations

To create an animation, follow these steps. Navigate to the Presentation tab, and then click the Animation button.

Overview

  1. Name of the currently selected animation
  2. Create a new animation
  3. Delete selected animation
  4. Add or create a new animation path
  5. Timeline, shows the duration of the current animation
  6. Play and stop the animation
  7. Close animation view

By default, the animation name is displayed in the top left corner.Animation 1), to create an additional animation, you can go to the front of New click.
You have the following options available:

  • Empty animation
  • Circle animation
    Here, you can draw a circle around the center to focus on a single object.
  • Duplicate animation

To remove an animation, click the button Delete.

Creating an animation path

To add a new animation path to the animation, click the button Add position. After that, an orange arrow icon will appear on your cursor. Now you can define at which point your Animation should begin. To do this, click on a spot in your plan in the view above where you want to start. You can then orange arrow align using mouse movement. This defines the viewing direction, in which the Animation Camera schauen soll. Wenn Sie mit der Ausrichtung zufrieden sind, klicken Sie mit der Maus in die gewünschte Richtung.
After you define the viewing direction, your mouse cursor will display a blue Line. This defines the path that the Animation Camera follows. Move the mouse to the spot in your drawing to where the Camera can then set the target gaze direction again, where the Camera should show.
These steps to set up the Gaze direction and defining the Path, you can now repeat this as many times as necessary until you have gone through your drawing completely. Once you are finished with the creation of the Animation path, press the [ESC] key, to end the drawing process. Afterwards, you could Animation path as follows:
To create your Animation As can be seen in your drawing, click at the top of the Animations Menu on the Play button.

Editing an animation path

To the Path To edit your animation, click once on the blue path. Afterwards, the individual points of the path that you previously defined will be highlighted. If you click on one of the Points click, you can drag it with the mouse button held down to change its position. For the selected point, you will also see the orange arrow, with a click on its tip you can also change the viewing direction afterwards. Furthermore, it is possible to Properties to change the selected point by moving to the right in the Toolbar Click on properties.
The following options are available to you:

  • Name
    You can change the name of the previously selected point here
  • Speed
    This indicates the speed from point to point, measured in meters per second and can be freely defined. This allows the animation to run faster or slower at specific points.
  • Pause
    You can specify here whether to wait for a certain amount of time at the selected point. This is done in milliseconds. (1000 milliseconds = 1 second)
  • Viewing height
    Indicates at what height the Camera lies
  • Target altitude
    Specifies the height at which the Camera Look.
  • Fixed direction
    Here you can by clicking on the Checkbox, set whether the viewing direction should be fixed.

This Properties must always be considered point by point. After that, you must select the next point and can make the corresponding settings there.

Rendering an animation

To render an animation, go to the top of the Register on Presentation and click the Video button there.

The following window will open, where you can select the following:

  • Animations
    At this point, you choose the Animation path from which to render.
    In this example, Animation 1
  • Frames per second
    Here you can specify how many frames per second the later video should run at. This affects, on the one hand, the time required for rendering and, on the other hand, how fluidly the video runs in the end. The following frame rates are recommended for a fluid video:, 25, 30, or 60 Frames per second. The higher the refresh rate, the higher the number of individual frames.
  • Start with image
    Here you can specify which image the animation should start with. This is useful if, for example, the animation were to be interrupted, you can then restart at that point later.
  • Size
    Here you can set the video resolution, whether HD, Full HD, 4K, etc.
  • Renderer
    Here you have the choice between OpenGL and OSPRay as Renderer

When choosing the renderer, it is recommended to use the OpenGL Renderer, as it is many times faster than the OSPRay Renderer.
Once all settings are made, click Rendering window above on the green Play button, this starts the rendering.