Animations

Overview

In CGX, you can

• Animate the time history (sequence of datasets) or a single dataset.
• Displacement can be switched off, auto-scaled or set by the user.
• Define and start animations via the menu, by interactive commands or by executing command batch files (scripts)
• Save the animation to a gif movie.

General Options

Command	Menu	Action
`anim model [on	off]`	Animate> Toggle Static Model Edges
`anim elem [on	off]`	Animate> Toggle Static Element Edges
`anim real [on	off]`	Animate> Toggle Real Displacements
anim tune <value>	Animate> Tune Value	Displacement scaling factor. Affects both autoscaling and user defined scaling. In user scaling, overrides scal d <value>. Use anim tune 1 to reset the scaling factor.
anim time <value>	Animate> Time per Period	Time per cycle in seconds. This defines, how fast the animation runs.
anim steps <value>	Animate> Steps per Period	Number of frames per cycle. This defines, how smooth the animation runs.

Animation of a Single Dataset

Command	Action
ds <ds> a	Animate the dataset <ds> (just the displacements, no colouring). Autoscaling of displacements is activated.
ds <ds> ah	Animate the time history starting with <ds> (just the displacements, no colouring). Autoscaling of displacements is activated.