MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

Animate Tab

Note: Select a link to "jump" to the desired Animate tab group.

Create

	Keyframes Clicking the Keyframes icon opens the Animation KeyFrames dialog, which is used to create, script, and manipulate animation key frames.
	Create Actor Used to create an actor from one or more elements in a design.
	Create Camera Used to create an animation camera.
	Create Target Used to create a target for an animation camera.

Modify Actor

	Define Actor Path Used to define the path along which an actor moves.
	Modify Actor Used to modify the name of an actor, and enable or disable the axes about which an actor can be moved, rotated or scaled.
	Modify Camera Used to modify an animation camera.
	Copy Actor Used to copy one actor to another actor.
	Manipulate Actor Used to manipulate an actor relative to the axes defined when the actor was created.
	Attach Actor Used to attach one actor to a second actor, so that it will move or rotate with the second actor when it (the second actor) is manipulated.
	Detach Actor Used to detach an actor (that is, negate the result of the Attach Actor tool).
	Camera View Used to display, in a selected view, the scene as viewed from an animation camera.
	Drop Actor Used to convert (drop) an actor back into its components.

Script

	Animation Producer Selecting the Animation Producer tool opens the Animation Producer dialog, which is used to define animation settings and create animations.
	Script Actor Used to create a script to parametrically position an actor during an animation sequence.
	Script Camera Used to script an animation camera in a sequence.
	Script Target Used to specify the time at which to activate/deactivate targets.
	Script Attach Actor Used to script the attachment of one actor to another during an animation sequence.
	Script Detach Actor Used to script the detachment of one actor from another during an animation sequence.
	Global Lighting Used to animate Global Lighting settings. This is done by scripting the required setting at various times or frame numbers.
	Source Lighting Light sources can be moved in an animation by attaching them to actors that move. Alternatively, they can be made into actors themselves, and scripted to move and/or rotate.
	Script Element Attribute Used to animate element attributes — visibility, color, transparency — during an animation sequence.
	Materials Used to animate material characteristics.
	General Settings Used to animate any of the general rendering settings.

Control

	Animation Preview Tool Used to preview an existing animation and to add key frames.
	Play Starts playing the animation sequence in the preview view.
	Start Sets the sequence back to the starting time or frame.
	Record Opens the Record Script dialog, which is used to record an animation sequence.
	Pause Stops the animation at the current time or frame number.
	End Sets the sequence to the end time or frame.
	Movie Player Used to play back an animated sequence.
	Animation Settings Used to define animation settings for previewing and recording. Also used to display the current time of the animation frame in the view while previewing the animation or in a movie produced by the animator.

Traffic

	Single Lane Used to place a set of vehicles along the single lane roadway and add a script entry.
	Multi-Lane Used to place a set of vehicles along a multi lane roadway and add a script entry.
	Link Entrance Used to link two lanes together.
	Link Exit Used to link an exit lane to the main roadway.
	Link Inside Used to link two single lanes such that the first is the inside lane and the second is the outside lane.
	Link Outside Used to link two single lanes such that the first is the outside lane and the second is the inside lane.
	Add Vehicle Used to add a vehicle to a lane.
	Edit Lane Used to edit the lane data.
	Delete Lane Used to delete a lane. Deleting the lane also deletes all the vehicles associated with that lane.
	Attach Camera Used to place a camera on a vehicle for animating from the vantage point of the vehicle.
	Show Lane Links Used to view the links of the selected lane to other lanes.
	Delete Lane Link Used to delete individual links from the lanes.