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Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

(OP)
Hi

Our marketing guy wants to know if we can use our SolidWorks models to create simple flash animations for the website.

I have no experience with Flash so is this possible??

Thanks

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

You cannot create Flash animation directly from SW. However CamStudio from http://www.camstudio.org/ can create AVI and SWF animations by taking multiple screen captures.

cheers

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

Try this free video captue software.  You can do SWF or AVI files.

 http://www.camstudio.org/

Brian

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

Blimey, you beat me to it by 4 seconds....

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

(OP)
I'm glad everyone is rushing to help me. lol

Cause I'm worth it!

Cheers

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

Here is another program that has additional features.

CapturePad 0.1 beta is a video capture utility which allows you to capture any screen activity into standard AVI file, JPG sequence and even into Flash SWF file. Besides that CapturePad works with any video hardware attached to the computer so you can easily grab and save a video from your webcam, tv tuner, etc.

http://www.download.com/CapturePad/3000-2194_4-10197648.html

Brian

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

(OP)
Is it possible to output Solidworks files as a Vector image so that it is scalable in Flash?

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

Not if you're taking screen shots (recording whatever is on your screen).  Is that what you're doing?

Have you checked into using eDrawings 2007 on the site?  You can integrate it into your web page (for Internet Explorer, anyway--I think you need ActiveX controls).

Otherwise there are other ways to view 3D stuff on the Internet from SW models.  But keep in mind, SolidWorks never creates 2D vector stuff (except maybe in the case of drawings), since it uses 3D models as a medium.  Illustrator may be what you're looking for if you need 2D scalable stuff.

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe transcends reason.

RE: Export Solid Works to Flash Animation

Which vector formats (file extensions) are you looking for?

cheers

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