SolidWorks®
Motion Manager
Step-By-Step
Self-Paced Learning Guide
Description: A self-study guide to
animating 3D CAD assemblies. Learn the fundamentals of SolidWorks
Animator at your own speed, as you progress from simple to more complex
animations.
Features:
- Unlock the full power of SolidWorks® design tools with the
helpful instructions and tips available only from technical training
experts on staff with SolidWorks Corporation.
- Build your skills and confidence quickly with 24
easy-to-understand tutorials and practice exercises, each building
upon the previous lesson.
- Reinforce your new skills with the accompanying CD, which
features time-saving project files for tutorials and practice
exercises.
- Learn at your own pace - review each lesson as often as you want
or quickly move on to the next lesson.
- Follow along with more than 400 full-color images and screen
captures that serve as easy-to-understand visual cues.
Prerequisites:
SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies
Available from DASI Solutions.
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The topics covered in this guide are:
Chapter
1: Introduction
About This
Book
What is the SolidWorks® Motion Manager software?
Starting Motion Manager
Motion Manager User Interface
Getting Help
Motion
Manager Tips
Chapter
2: Basic Animations
Basic Animations
Stages in the
Process
Storyboard
Animation Wizard
View Orientation
Interpolation
Modes
Recording
Animations
Chapter
3: Editing the Timeline
Editing the
Timeline
Storyboard
Timeline Symbols
Changing Displays and Appearances
Chapter
4: View Orientations
View Orientations
Storyboard
View Orientation
States
View Orientation
Changes
Component
Visibility Changes
Chapter
5: Component Motion
Component
Motion
Storyboard
Dragging a
Component
Using
Simulations to Create Animations
Using Screen
Capture
Driving
Animations with Angle and Distance Mates
Chapter
6: Component Collisions
Component Collisions
Storyboard
Collision Detection
Physical Dynamics
Summary of Motion Animations
Chapter
7: Free Component Motion
Free
Component Motion
Storyboard
Move
and Rotate Component
Triad
Reverse Path
Chapter
8: Advanced Topic
Advanced Topics
Storyboard
Using
In-context Parts
The
PhotoWorks® Buffer
Saving a Series of Images
Chapter
9: Introduction to Cameras
Introduction to Cameras
Topics
Camera Options
Adding a Camera
Editing a Camera
Chapter
10: Using Cameras in Animation
Using
Cameras in Animation
Topics
Storyboard
Using
a Camera Sled
The
Camera and Camera Sled
Chapter
11: Walk-through Animations
Using
Cameras in Animations
Topics
Storyboard
Walk-through Animations
Walk-through with a Fixed Location
