Synchronize Animations Using the Slider Bar

  1. From the Tools menu, select Synchronize Animation.
    The Synchronize Window Animation dialog is displayed.
    Tip: You can also click Time Scales from the Animation Controls panel.
  2. From the Synchronize Window Animation dialog, select a Synchronize policy using the drop-down menu.
    • Closest
    • Closest Backward
  3. Select Using the slider bar as the Synchronization control method.
  4. Optional: If you want to designate a master animation, activate the Master check box, and then activate the radio button for the animation.
  5. Under the animate button , activate the check boxes for the windows that you want included in the animation. Click the down arrow to select all or none of the animations, or to reverse the current selections.
  6. Set a time step at a known event for one of the windows. This does not need to be the first time step.
    1. Drag the slider bar until the animation is at a known time step for one of the windows. This is usually at the start of the analysis for that window. All unlocked time steps will reflect the same value.
    2. Press the lock button next to that window’s Time A field to lock the first known time step for that window.
    3. You can press the lock button again to unlock the field and drag the slider bar to update the value for that field, and then relock the field.
  7. Set the time step for the next window at the event concurrent to the first set window.
    1. Press the lock button next to this window’s Time A field to specify that this animation frame is to begin at the same time step as animation frame in the previous window.
    OR
    1. Drag the slider bar until the animation of this window is at a time step that corresponds with that of the previous window.
    2. Press the lock button next to this window’s Time A field.
  8. Repeat step 6 for the remaining windows on the page.
  9. Set a time step at a second known event for one of the windows. This does not need to be the last time step.
    1. Drag the slider bar until the animation is at a second known time step for one of the windows.
    2. Press the lock button next to this window’s Time B field to lock the second known time step for that window.
  10. Set the concurrent time step for the next window.
    1. Press the lock button next to this window’s Time B field to specify that this animation frame is to end at the same time as animation frame in the previous window.
    OR
    1. Drag the slider bar until the animation of this window is at a time step that corresponds with that of the previous window.
    2. Press the lock button next to this window’s Time B field.
  11. Repeat step 9 for the remaining windows on the page.
  12. Click Apply to accept the changes, Reset to return to the default settings, or Cancel to close the dialog without applying the new settings.
  13. After applying the settings, press the animate button on the toolbar to start the animation.
    All windows display their Time A settings at the same time and their Time B settings at the same time. All animation frames in between and after these steps are linearly interpolated.