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recording animation of assembly collapse

recording animation of assembly collapse

recording animation of assembly collapse

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I've been working in Solidworks for about 2 years now.  I took 2 semesters of college courses in order to learn how to be an effective mechanical designer using Solidworks.  I am trying to initiate an engineering change in my company in order to make process documentation more effective.  Does anyone know how to or if is even possible to record an animation of collapsing an exploded view into a file that can be viewed by anyone with a computer?

RE: recording animation of assembly collapse

You could use the Animator module if you have it.

... or the Rx tool.

... or any number of screen image grabbing softwares available. A fairly good and easy one is CamStudio from http://www.camstudio.org/

cheers

RE: recording animation of assembly collapse

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THANK YOU, CorBlimeyLimey FOR THIS LINK.

RE: recording animation of assembly collapse

I record them using the record button in solidworks.

RE: recording animation of assembly collapse

This is quick and easy, and anyone with a PC can see the results.

Step 1: Create an exploded view - in the Configuration Manager right click and add new exploded view.  Tailor it how you see fit.

Step 2: Create an animation of the exploded view collapsing or exploding - right click on the newly created exploded view in the Configuration Manager and simply select "Animate Explode" or "Animate Collapse" depending upon which state your model is in.  A nifty dialogue box pops up and allows you to preview and even record the animation sequence as an AVI file.

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