To Work with Simple Animations

1. Select the path or paths that you wish to animate. If you do not select any paths, Autodesk Vehicle Tracking uses the previous animation selections. If you have not run an animation this session and have not selected a path, all paths are automatically selected.
2. Select Animate from the Vehicle Tracking drop down menu or click the Animate button on the Vehicle Tracking toolbar. The Animation dialog is displayed.

   The slider represents the complete animation and is effectively a time line with the start of the animation at the left hand side and the end of the animation at the right. Notice how similar the buttons are to those on the Windows Media Player. Just to the left of the Advanced button, there are two figures separated by a backslash. These represent the current animation time and the total animation time.

3. Click the Play or Play Backwards button to start the animation. The button stays depressed until either the animation ends or you click it again to stop the animation.
4. You can speed up the animation by clicking the Fast Forward button. Each click doubles the speed up to 32x and then it reverts to 0.25x, 0.5x and then normal speed. The current fast forward speed is displayed to the right of the Record button.

   Alternatively, click the Single Step Forward or Single Step Back buttons to move forwards and backwards along the animation one frame at a time, subject to the current fast forward speed, e.g. if fast forward is set to 4x it moves four times normal speed.

   Note: During animation the vehicle is drawn at stored intervals only. Since the "step" referred to is time based (one tenth of a second at normal speed) and not distance based, the vehicle may not move at every step.
5. Finally, you can animate the vehicle using the slider bar.
6. Use the Reset button to restart the animation.
7. To play the animation indefinitely, press the Loop button.
8. Click the Record button to record your animation.
9. Click the Animation Settings button to change the 3D animation settings.
10. Click the Snapshot button to take a screenshot. You are prompted to save the image as a JPG file.
11. Click the 3D button to view your animation in 3D.
12. Click the Fly By Camera button to view.