SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 33: Animating with MotionManager

FIGURE 33.5

The third page of the Animation Wizard: Animation Control Options

After you click Finish, MotionManager populates the timeline with key points along the timeline

for the Orientation and Camera Views. Instead of rotating the part, the software rotates the view. It

seems like a semantic difference, but when you start working with moving parts in assemblies

while changing the view, the difference becomes important. Notice the heavy black line with dia-

monds on the row for the Orientation and Camera Views in Figure 33.6. Each diamond (key

point) represents a view angle, and the line between them represents that MotionManager will

interpolate the view between the key points, making the view transition smoothly. You will learn

how to create key points later in this chapter.

FIGURE 33.6

Change bars in the MotionManager