Moving an Animation Path

Moving an Animation Path

When you want to add motion to a created model, you can drag and drop an item from the [Animation] section in the Catalog Browser onto a part to assign a specific movement.
If you need to change the area where the movement occurs, you can adjust the position of the assigned animation path using the TriBall.
The following steps explain how to modify the position of an animation path.

Procedure:

[1] When you apply [Width Spin] to a part, a motion is created at the anchor position.

[2] Select the assigned animation path.


[3] Launch [TriBall].

[4] Move the motion to a new rotation center.


[5] Reset [TriBall].

[6] Click [On] and [Play] in the [Visualization] tab. Confirm the behavior

Please refer to the video below.

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