Animate mode shapes

Use the following steps to animate a mode shape.

Tip:

Use the Save Frames in Memory check box to choose to save frames in memory or load each frame during the animation.

• If you select the Save Frames in Memory check box, the animations are smoother after the first cycle especially when an animation requires a considerable time to load each frame. Saving frames in memory requires memory.

• If you clear the Save Frames in Memory check box, the performance of each frame of an animation is based on the time required to load each frame. However, editing and deleting the animation are faster.

1. In the Post Processing Navigator, select the post view you want to animate.To animate multiple post views, hold Ctrl and click each post view node to select it.

2. Choose Results tab→Animation group→Animate , or right-click a post view in the Post Processing Navigator and choose Animate.

3. From the Animate list, select Result.

4. From the Style list, select Modal. When you select Modal, the software animates displacements from the negative maximum through zero to the positive maximum value.

5. Specify options to control the quality of the animation:Specify the number of frames. You get a smoother animation with a larger number of frames, but the animation plays more slowly.Specify the delay between frames in milliseconds. You get a smoother animation with a shorter delay, but the animation plays faster.

6. Select Full-Cycle. Full-Cycle animates from the first frame to the last frame, and then reverses the direction of the animation through all frames back to the first frame.

7. Click Play .The software first generates the individual frames, and then plays the animation.

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