SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part VII: Working with Specialized Functionality

Creating key points

Next, move the time bar to the 5-second mark and bring up the View Orientation box again and

activate view 2. This causes the view to swing around, and adds an additional key point to the

timeline. The black bar between the 2-second key point and the 5-second key point indicates that

MotionManager will interpolate the view orientation between the two defined points. The

MotionManager now looks like Figure 33.8.

Note
There is a bit of odd functionality here. If you have the time bar selected and press the spacebar, the time bar
advances 1 second. If you need to access View Orientation instead of advancing a second, first click in the
graphics window or the timeline area to clear the selection before pressing the spacebar. n

FIGURE 33.8

The timeline at the 5-second mark

Zooming and free view manipulation

The next step is to zoom in to the grippers and simultaneously turn the view slightly to give a bet-

ter view. Before changing the view, though, it would be nice to have another hesitation to give the

viewer the chance to see what is there. To create the hesitation, click on the last key point in the

Orientation and Camera Views row, and then Ctrl+drag it to the 7-second mark. Then move the

time bar to the 10-second mark. Remember that the highlight color is now blue, not the green that