MotionManager
Step-By-Step Self-Paced Learning Guide
(Formerly Animator)
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Description: A self-study guide to animating 3D CAD assemblies. Learn the fundamentals of SolidWorks Animator at your own speed, as you progress from simple to more complex animations.
Features:
- Unlock the full power of SolidWorks® design tools with the helpful instructions and tips available only from technical training experts on staff with SolidWorks Corporation.
- Build your skills and confidence quickly with 24 easy-to-understand tutorials and practice exercises, each building upon the previous lesson.
- Reinforce your new skills with the accompanying CD, which features time-saving project files for tutorials and practice exercises.
- Learn at your own pace - review each lesson as often as you want or quickly move on to the next lesson.
- Follow along with more than 400 full-color images and screen captures that serve as easy-to-understand visual cues.
- Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies
The topics covered in this guide are:
Chapter 1: Introduction
About This Book
What is the SolidWorks MotionManager software?
MotionManager Pane
MotionManager User Interface
Getting Help
MotionManager Tips
Chapter 2: Basic Animations
Basic Animations
Stages in the Process
Storyboard
Animation Wizard
View Orientation
Interpolation Modes
Recording Animations
Chapter 3: Editing the Timeline
Editing the Timeline
Storyboard
Timeline Symbols
Changing Displays and Appearances
Chapter 4: View Orientations
View Orientations
Storyboard
View Orientation States
View Orientation Changes
Component Visibility Changes
Chapter 5: Component Motion
Component Motion
Storyboard
Dragging a Component
Using Simulation Elements to Create Animations
Chapter 6: Component Collisions
Component Collisions
Storyboards
Check Interference Over Time
Collision Detection
Physical Dynamics
Chapter 7: Free Component Motion
Free Component Motion
Storyboard
Move and Rotate Component
Triad
Reverse Path
Chapter 8: Advanced Topics
Advanced Topics
Storyboard
Using In-context Parts
Animating Sub-assemblies
Driving Animations with Angle or Distance Mates
MotionManager Filters
The PhotoWorks® Buffer
Saving a Series of Images
Chapter 9: Introduction to Cameras
Introduction to Cameras
Topics
Camera Options
Adding a Camera
Camera Position
Editing a Camera
Multiple Cameras
Cameras in an Animation
Chapter 10: Using Camera Sleds in Animation
Using Camera Sleds in Animation
Topics
Storyboard
Using a Camera Sled
The Camera and Camera Sled
Chapter 11: Walk-through Animations
Using Cameras in Animations
Topics
Storyboard
Walk-through Animations
Walk-through with a Fixed Location
Walk-through Using Only a Camera
Camera Aimed Along Path
