Animation (Done in OSDM 2005)

[jriopel]

I'd love to see better animation capabilities. The current one is pretty bad. Yes, it can be done (with getting some animating gif software). It would be REAL nice if you could export the animation to mpeg or avi format.

[Michel Gendron]

• Export animation in avi or mpeg
• Allow "sequential" animation (step by step)
• Allow rotation and zoom during the animation (like SD/adams)
• Allow "camera path" in the "recording"
• Link "formation goodie" with animation step for fast "exploded view" creation
• Allow "pushing" in the animation with check at clash

Let me explain few point:
Sequential... I have an automation background. In our project we used "grafcet" and "ladder" programmation (from Festo!). Grafcet is a visual representation of a sequence. It's using input variables, output action and sequence number. Ladder is a simple reprensation of electrical "relay". There is no sequence here. It's possible to create one, but it's long and some time hard. It's similar to the assembly module, but we don't need to specify a value and step increment .

I think we need that knid of parameter for each individual "step" bu not for all the process

I already did that this once in the assembly module, but that was very hard. I found it easier to record my change, than edit the recorded lisp. Unfortunatly, I just get one motion that way.

Michel

[Michael Kahle]

Many of the Animation requests had been added to 13.00.

To download a nice example use this link:
http://ezshare.de/files-en/47446/wg_film.wmv.html
;-)

I would suggest to open a new Enghancement request to collect the remaining wishes..

[Michel Gendron]

Amazing!