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Animation Mode (Controls and

Options)
This command is supported in Deswik.Draft.

Turn on 'animation mode' to create animations of selected entities to visualize processes

such as strip mining or dump scheduling from start to finish.

Entities that are invisible due to the current animation state will also be considered invisible by the
 selection generator. In other words, when you run a command in animation mode and you are
asked to select entities, these entities will be excluded when you select Visible entities.

Following this topic:

Instructions:

1. Click View | Visual Style | Shaded to see a list of available visual styles.

2. Click Animation.

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3. Animation controls appear under the Model Space, and the Animation tab becomes
visible.

The Animation tab remains hidden on the ribbon until you turn on animation mode.


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4. Use the following table to assist you with the animation controls.

Command Description

Animation
controls
Go back to the beginning of the animation.

Go back one frame.

Play the animation.

This is a toggle Icon. Switch between playing or pausing the

 animation.

Pause the animation.

This is a toggle Icon. Switch between playing or pausing the

 animation.

Advance one frame.

Go to the end of the animation.

Move the slider manually to play the animation

from a specified point in the recording. Each of the tick
marks below the slide represents a frame.

F/S: Enter the number of frames per second to use when

playing the animation. The higher the number, the faster the
playback. The default is '10'.

This number is independent of how fast the file is recorded or

 the F/S used for 'normal animation viewing' as set in the
animation controls. See Record Animation for more
information on this process.

Click to create new or edit existing animation settings.

The Animations Options dialog appears, which has four tabs.
Snapshots of each tab follow, along with instructions for all
fields.

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Command Description

If is unavailable, click to enable it.

 Layers to animate
 Animation filters
 Animation period
 General options

Click to refresh the Model Space based on the current

animation options.

If is unavailable, click to enable it.


Click to clear the animation settings, and enable both
the and buttons.

Click to export the active animation as a Deswik.vCAD

file with a *.dvf extension. When prompted, browse for a
location for the output file. Animations exported in this format
can only be played in Deswik.vCAD.

Visible layers and any layers included in the animation settings

 (regardless of visibility) will be exported. If you want to
include a layer that is not included in the animation settings
(for example, a topography), be sure to make it visible in the
Model Space before exporting.

Deswik.vCAD is a standalone player application for

viewing animations in *.dvf, *.vdcl, or *.dcf files without
requiring a license. Animation dates will be extracted
from the Deswik.Sched file (*.dsf) during export, so the
*.dvf file will not require a *.dsf file for viewing the
animation. Access the Help files for Deswik.vCAD for
more details on using the viewer.

If the entities being exported have attributes assigned, the

Attributes To Export dialog appears.

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Command Description

These columns (based on the layers in the active file that contain
 attributes) are file-specific.

Grid:

Export All: Select this checkbox to export all

attribute values for all animated (or visible)
entities on all layers. By default, the Export
All checkbox is selected for each attribute.
Clear the checkbox to export the attribute
for specific layers only (if any).

If cleared, be sure to select the checkbox under

 the corresponding layer name if you want
to export attributes for that layer. Clearing
a checkbox under a layer name will also
clear the Export All checkbox (in addition
to highlighting the field in blue as a visual
cue that these attributes will not be
exported).

Export Attribute TASK TASK

All Name POLYGONS SOLIDS

ZONE
LEVEL

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Command Description

Attribute Name: Read-only; the names of

all attributes assigned to the animated
entities.

Layer Names: A column appears for every

layer that an attribute is assigned to. If the
corresponding attribute exists on the layer,
the checkbox under that layer name will be
available. If the attribute does not exist on
that layer, the checkbox will be unavailable.
Select the checkboxes for the specific layer
attributes that you want to export.

Export Attribute Name TASK TASK

All POLYGONS SOLIDS

TEST_POLYGONS
ONLY

Select all Click to select all checkboxes (for available

fields only).

Select none Click to clear all checkboxes (for

available fields only.

Removing some (or all) attributes from the exported file

 can reduce the size of the file dramatically for
easier distribution.

5. If an error occurs while in animation mode, the Visualizer Error dialog appears with a
description of the error.

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Field Description

Reload animation Click to reload the current animation in the Visualizer.

Cancel animation Click to switch to the 3D Shaded (default) visual style.

Send exception report Click to generate and send an exception report to the Software
Support Team at Deswik. You will need an active internet
connection to perform this function.

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Sample Animation

 Settings used

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