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Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

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Figure 17.2 The Animation Controller<br />

You can access the following operations from the ANIMATION CONTROLLER panel:<br />

Animation Delay Use the slider to adjust the speed of animation (that is, how quickly the animation<br />

progresses from one frame to the next). The higher the delay setting,<br />

the slower the animation speed.<br />

Forward/Backward - Forward<br />

Only<br />

Allows you to loop the file either by following a forward run with a reverse<br />

run, or by playing it to the end and restarting it.<br />

Action Buttons • Start - Stop - Next - Previous: Allows you to play the animation continuously,<br />

or to view it frame by frame.<br />

Note<br />

• Cancel: Dismisses the controller panel.<br />

Although you can create animations of multiple ANSYS window schemes, animations created<br />

with OpenGL display lists (/DV3D, ANIM, 0) do not retain the windowing scheme information.<br />

You CAN save multiple windows via the X11/WIN32 drivers, or via the OpenGL driver with /DV3D,<br />

ANIM, KEY in effect (where KEY is not zero).<br />

17.6. Animation in the Windows Environment<br />

The ANSYS and DISPLAY programs on Windows platforms use the Microsoft standard AVI file format to store<br />

animation frames (video only) of ANSYS graphics.<br />

The following topics concerning how ANSYS handles AVI files are available:<br />

17.6.1. How ANSYS Supports AVI Files<br />

17.6.2. How the DISPLAY Program Supports AVI Files<br />

17.6.3. Other Uses for AVI Files<br />

17.6.1. How ANSYS Supports AVI Files<br />

In ANSYS, animation capabilities are split among the options in the Utility Menu> PlotCtrls GUI path and<br />

the animation macros described earlier in this chapter. If you are animating a deformed shape or different<br />

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17.6.1. How ANSYS Supports AVI Files<br />

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