Animator examples--some limits and strengths 1

[Theophilus]

Noticing some Animator questions popping up here from time to time, I figured I'd post a link to some work done with SolidWorks files using Animator and PhotoWorks as presentations. I share many of the frustrations of other users regarding the limits of Animator, but there are also many hacks to get around such limits (such as putting multiple instances of parts in the assembly and quickly showing/hiding when moving from one form of motion to another--these examples are rife with this hack).

Limits include the inability to fade in/out parts when using PhotoWorks to render animations. You can fade parts in/out, but not when using PhotoWorks materials--only generic SolidWorks materials. Some of this may have changed with 2008 (I don't know).

These examples are rather highly compressed, but you'll get the general idea:

http://tommygate.com/liftgatesinaction.asp

Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

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