Animation Graphics
(Standard Interface) Tools → Animation Graphics Shared Dialog Box
Allow adding graphics to improve the animation of the simulated models. Animation parts can be fixed to ground (environmental objects like trees, buildings, street signs, landscaping, and so on.) or moving objects (other traffic participants like cars, pedestrians and so on.). Animation graphics will be added to the assembly model and optionally to an existing analysis object as well.
Note: | Saving the assembly in ASCII format will not retain the animation graphics. Please use a session binary (for example, acar.bin) or the binary assembly file to save animation graphics with the assembled model. |
For the option: | Do the following: |
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Assembly | Shows the list of valid assemblies that are currently in the database. Select the one for which you want to add the animation graphics. |
Graphics Name | If creating an animation graphic, enter the name for it. If modifying an animation graphic, enter its group name by browsing the database. If you enter the group's object name, please omit the prefix "apg_". Tips on Entering Object Names in Text Boxes. |
Ground Part | If selected, the graphics object will be added to the ground part of the assembly. If not selected, a new part will be created and constrained to ground with point motions in all directions. |
Geometry File | Enter the name of the Wavefront .obj, Shell .shl, Stereolithography .stl or Parasolids .x_t file that you want to import. Tips on Entering Object Names in Text Boxes. |
Scale | Enter a real number to scale the size of the imported graphics. |
Yaw Angle | Enter a real number to orient the graphics object about the global vertical axis. |
Analysis Name (optional) | Enter the name of or browse the database for an existing analysis object you want to add the graphics object to. Note: Animation graphics can only be added to the existing analyses, if the velocity functions (see below) are constant values, that is, do not require a solver simulation to compute. |
Position X and Y | Enter real numbers to define the location offsets relative to the global origin. |
Velocity f(time) X and Y | Enter the runtime function expression that will define the longitudinal and lateral animation graphic motion. Those expressions should be functions of time, for example, a constant velocity along -X for another traffic participant to be overtaken. |
 | Select to use the Function or Expression Builder to define a function. For information on the Function or Expression Builder, see Function Builder. |