We have gathered a small guide for you to not get lost in all of the options provided. But, as each year we welcome new SOLIDWORKS version вЂ“ the customization part slightly changes with it. You can insert time in your animation by selecting a time period that does not contain keys and then scale the selection.Before or while in the middle of the work process, you have the option to customize your SOLIDWORKS, so it would be more intuitive for your work specifications. All the selected keys are scaled, and keys to the right of the selection shift accordingly.

You can scale the time selection by dragging the small triangle in the upper-right corner of the selection.

When the time selection contains several keys, the multiple-key manipulator appears under the key tracks.

Some time selection commands are available from the right-click context menu, such as.

You can modify your selection by dragging the sides or corners of the selection rectangle.

Selections can include location, properties, viewport, camera and Digger keys.

When you instead copy by dragging, the original screw location is restored and the 45-degree rotation is reapplied. For example, when you copy two keys that define a 45-degree rotation of a screw using right-click commands, the new keys apply the transformation a second time, resulting in the screw rotating 90 degrees in total. To copy actor transformations instead, use

Copy keys by dragging copies actor locations represented by the keys.

To scale while keeping the original keys, Select multiple keys by dragging the mouse, and perform either of the following operations:Дrag a bar endpoint. Select a key and perform either of the following operations:Д¬opying keys by dragging copies key locations to copy key transformations, useД¬opy Selected Keys of the Selected Actor. Once you have created keys, you can move, copy, delete and scale them.

Set Digger keys after setting all your property and location keys.

Similarly, to simulate fade out, make Digger small before hiding it completely. To avoid abrupt appearance of Digger, make Digger initially small and then enlarge it at a slightly later time.

You cannot change Digger opacity and therefore cannot fade Digger in or out of an animation.Use the Digger tools to zoom parts of your model, or change opacity and visibility, for example.To change the camera path style, set the camera.

Set camera keys after setting all your property and location keys.Home > Navigate > Attach Camera commands to facilitate attaching the camera, camera target, or both, to an actor. To attach the target point to an actor, press.The camera target (center of interest, or COI)ДЄnchor shows the current interpolated position of the camera target.To attach the camera to an actor, press.Lock distance to target being selected, can cause the camera to deviate from the path: You can change a key location by draggingДЄnchor shows the current interpolated position of the camera. The blue dashed line is the camera path and the yellow dashed line is the camera target path.Selecting a camera with camera keys shows the animation paths of the camera and its target (center of interest): Change the viewport camera orientation (zoom, pan, or rotate the viewport).Other properties keys not related to opacity, materials and events are shown in the Properties track. If you defined opacity-, materials- and events-related properties, the related keys are shown in the dedicated timeline track. The properties are now set to apply at the specified time in the animation. With the modified properties still selected (useД¬trl+click to select multiple properties), click.In the Properties pane, set one or more property values.You can change a key location by dragging Red dots ( ) correspond to location keys. The dotted red line shows the animation path. Here, the brace actor has three location keys (t=2, t=3, t=3.5, t=4). Selecting an actor with location keys shows the animation path in the viewport: With the modified actors still selected, click Move (translate or rotate) one or more actors. You can set location, properties, viewport, camera, and Digger keys to capture actor properties and positions at given moments.

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