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141 <h1 class="whs1">Animating presentations</h1>
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143 <p class="whs2"><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs3">In <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>VISU
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144 </B></span>module you can generate real-time animation of fields. <span style="text-align: justify;">In
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145 comparison with <a href="animating_presentations.htm">sweeping</a>, animations
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146 are created on the base of frames, displaying field presentations generated
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147 on </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><B>EVERY</B></span><span
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148 style="text-align: justify;"> Time Stamp of your field. So, the frame
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149 displaying the field presentation created on the base of the first time
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150 stamp will begin your animation and the frame displaying the field presentation
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151 created on the base of the last time stamp will end it. In sweeping </span><span
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152 style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><B>ONLY ONE</B></span><span style="text-align: justify;">
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153 Time Stamp is used for its generation. </span></p>
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155 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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157 <p class=TODO>To generate an animation:</p>
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159 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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161 <p class="whs4">1.
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163 on the field in the Object Browser.</p>
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165 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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167 <p class="whs4">2.
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169 pop-up menu select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Animation.</B></span></p>
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171 <p class="whs6"> </p>
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173 <p class="whs7">The following dialog
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174 box will appear:</p>
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176 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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178 <p class="whs8"> <img src="../pics/animation.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="392px" height="421px" border="0" class="img_whs9"></p>
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180 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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182 <p class="whs7"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Animation</B></span>
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183 dialog box is destined for management of your animation.</p>
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185 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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187 <p class="whs10"><img src="../note1.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="36px" height="38px" border="0" class="img_whs11"> In <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>VISU </B></span>you can generate
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188 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>simultaneous</B></span> animation of <span
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189 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>several</B></span> fields: you can open this dialog
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190 for several fields one after another and after generating frames you can
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191 launch simultaneous animation of several fields.</p>
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193 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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195 <p class="whs4">3.
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196 Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Setup Animation</B></span> button.
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197 The following dialog box allowing to set the parameters of your animation
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200 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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202 <p class="whs12"> <img src="../pics/animationparam.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="360px" height="260px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></p>
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204 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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207 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Use range of time stamps</B></span> check
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208 box allows to select the range of time stamps, which will be used for
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209 generating your animation.</p>
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211 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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214 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Fields: </B></span>list of fields for animation.</p>
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216 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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218 <p class="whs4"><span
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219 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>- Properties: </B></span>Here you can adjust properties
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220 of each field selected from the list:</p>
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222 <p class="whs14"> </p>
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224 <ul type="disc" class="whs15">
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226 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs14"> Select
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227 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>type</B></span> of field presentations,
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228 which will be used as frames in animation.</p></li>
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230 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs14"> Set
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231 properties of the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Scalar Bar </B></span>(<a href="scalar_map_presentation.htm#Scalar Bar">see also</a>)</p></li>
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233 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs14"> Adjust
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234 additional <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>properties</B></span> of the selected
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235 type of field presentation.</p></li>
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238 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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240 <p class="whs4">4.
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242 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Close </B></span>to validate your parameters. You
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243 will return back to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Animation </B></span><span>dialog
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246 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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248 <p class="whs4">5.
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250 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Generate frames </B></span>button to generate the
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251 frames for your animation based on the parameters adjusted in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Setup
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252 Animation </B></span>dialog box.</p>
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254 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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256 <p class=TODO>Running animations:</p>
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258 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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260 <p class="whs5">In
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261 the main <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Animation </B></span>dialog box
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262 there are several button intended for management and running your animation:</p>
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264 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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266 <p class="whs5"> <img src="../pics/run.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="128px" height="18px" border="0" class="img_whs17"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Running
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267 </B></span>your animation.</p>
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269 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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271 <p class="whs5"> <img src="../pics/previous.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="53px" height="18px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> <img src="../pics/next.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" height="19px" width="69px" border="0" class="img_whs19"> <span
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272 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Previous / Next</B></span>
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273 frame (time step)</p>
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275 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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277 <p class="whs5"> <img src="../pics/begining.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="54px" height="20px" border="0" class="img_whs20"> <img src="../pics/end.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" height="21px" width="68px" border="0" class="img_whs21"> <span
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278 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>To the beginning
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279 / end </B></span><span>of the animation.</span></p>
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281 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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283 <p class="whs22">Additional options of the animation:</p>
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285 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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287 <p class="whs5">You
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288 can <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>increase/decrease </B></span>the speed
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289 of your animation by moving the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Speed
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290 </B></span>wheel <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Up/Down:</B></span></p>
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292 <p class="whs23"> </p>
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294 <p class="whs5"> <img src="../pics/speed.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="85px" height="97px" border="0" class="img_whs24"></p>
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296 <p class="whs23"> </p>
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298 <p class="whs23"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Cycled
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299 animation</B></span> check box: This option allows to start a cycled animation
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300 of your presentation.</p>
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302 <p class="whs23"> </p>
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304 <p class="whs25">Use proportional timing <span style="font-weight: normal;">check
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305 box: This option allows render your animation with proportional periods
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306 of time between every frame (not depending on the time stamps).</span></p>
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308 <p class="whs25"> </p>
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310 <p class="whs23"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Save
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311 pictures to directory </B></span><span>check box: This option allows to save
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312 all the frames composing the animation into a definite directory, which
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313 can be specified in </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Path </B></span><span>field.</span></p>
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315 <p class="whs14"> </p>
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317 <p class="whs5">The
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318 following picture shows an animation of deformation of an object:</p>
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320 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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322 <p class="whs4"><img src="../pics/animatdef.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="298px" height="209px" border="0" class="img_whs26"></p>
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