Viewing an Animation

The controls for viewing animations are organized much like those of a VCR.

ControlFirst.png (932 bytes)ControlStepBack.gif (909 bytes)ControlPlay.png (908 bytes)ControlStop.png (907 bytes)ControlStepForward.gif (911 bytes)ControlLast.png (918 bytes)

ControlPlay.png (908 bytes) plays the animation.

ControlStop.png (907 bytes) stops the playing of the animation.

ControlFirst.png (932 bytes) rewinds the animation to its beginning.

ControlLast.png (918 bytes) fast forwards the animation to its end.

ControlStepBack.gif (909 bytes) and ControlStepForward.gif (911 bytes) step through the animation one key-frame at a time.

 

Playing and Recording an Animation

Ghost.gif (161 bytes) displays all animation key-frames simultaneously. 3DCrafter interpolated positions for shapes are ghosted. The number of key-frames to display can be set using the Ghost options, which can be displayed by right-clicking.

ControlPlayFullScreen.gif (921 bytes) plays the animation at full screen so that you can use a third party application to capture a full screen image.

Camcorder.gif (942 bytes) plays the animation and records it to a Windows video file. You will be prompted for your recording preferences prior to the recording.

ControlRepeat.gif (120 bytes) enables automatic repetition of animations. When enabled an animation will loop continuously until either the ControlStop.png (907 bytes) stop button is clicked or the escape key is pressed.