Work with Actions

An action is an activity, such as playing or stopping an animation, showing a viewpoint and so on, which is carried out when a script is triggered by an event or a combination of events.

Your script can have more than one action in it. Actions are executed one after another, so it is important to get the action sequence right.

Action Types

The following action types are available in Autodesk Navisworks:

• Play Animation - action specifies which animation to play back when a script is triggered.

• Stop Animation - action specifies which currently playing animation to stop when a script is triggered.

• Show Viewpoint - action specifies which viewpoint to use when a script is triggered.

• Pause - enables you to stop the script for a specified amount of time before the next action is run.

• Send Message - action writes a message in a text file when a script is triggered.

• Set Variable - action assigns, increases or decreases a variable value when a script is triggered.

• Store Property -action stores an object property in a variable when a script is triggered.

  This can be useful if you need to trigger events based on embedded object properties or live data in a linked database.

• Load Model - action opens a specified file when a script is triggered.

  You may find it useful if you want to present a selection of animated scenes contained in a range of different model files.