Managing a 3D Animation

You can manage the animation of a 3D Modelica or non-Modelica shape within the Dynamic Behavior Modeling workbench and see the computation results in the Variable Browser.

This task shows you how to:

Related Topics
About Virtual Execution
Executing a Behavior
Working with the Variable Browser
Managing a 2D Animation

Visualize a 3D Animation

You can visualize the animation of a 3D shape and display the corresponding computation results.

  • Execute a behavior

    As a result:

    • The 3D viewer appears to display the animation.

      Note: You can see the history of the 3D structure during the simulation. For this, before launching the execution, select the number of history frames you want to display and the interval between frames in Tools > Options > Dynamic Behavior Modeling> Results tab.

      For more information, see Animation.

    • The Simulation Player toolbar appears to let you manage the virtual execution.

      Tip: To perform the virtual execution at real time speed, select the convenient option from Tools > Options > Dynamic Behavior Modeling > Results tab.
    • The Variable Browser appears from the Dock to display the result of the simulation.

    • The Messages Reporting dialog box appears to display information about the compilation.

Manage a 3D Animation

You can manipulate an animated 3D shape.

  1. From the 3D viewer, select a component.

    The component is highlighted, and the contextual Balloon toolbar appears.

  2. Use the commands from the Balloon toolbar:

    • Follow Shape: to focus the 3D view on the selected component, along with the direction defined from Tools > Options > Dynamic Behavior Modeling > Results tab.
    • Show/Hide Traces: to follow the traces of the 3D path of the shape during animation.
      Tip: You can display several traces in a 3D viewer.


    • Hide: to hide a component and have a better view of another one.
      Tip: to reset the Hide mode, right-click the 3D viewer background and select Reset All.
    • Transparency: to apply/remove a 50% transparency to/from the selected component.

    • Reset: to reset all the animation properties for the selected component only.

  3. If you need to switch between the RFLP tree, the Dymanic Behavior Modeling browsers and the Variable Browser, use the icons on the top of the Dock.