Animate results

The maximum number of animation steps is 100.

1. In the Results tab, select Result Tools > Animate .

2. In the Animate dialog, specify the number of Steps, analogous to images that you want to cycle through to see the displacement changes.

   • To have a smoother or slower animation, increase the number of steps.
   • Valid numbers range from 2 to 100 steps.

3. Click Record to create an AVI (MOV on Mac), specifying the save location as part of that process.

4. Specify the playback Speed. There are five speeds from Slowest to Fastest.

5. Click Play to see the animation.

   • Specify One-way to play in a loop going in one direction or Two-way to watch in a loop from no load to full load and back to no load.
   Note: While looking at a Modal Frequencies Analysis the displacement is animated from the negative displacement to the positive displacement showing the full range of the oscillation.

6. Click Stop or OK to end the animation playback.

7. You can manually select the step by manual entry or using the slider.

Clicking OK or Cancel takes you out of the dialog box, it does not play the animation.