Animation

SimLab VR Studio is able to Import Rigid and flexible (Joints-based rigged) bodies animations as well as create animation for objects in the animation timeline through several tools.

To access the Animation timline, open the Animation Tab in the library panel at the bottom of SimLab VR Studio.

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Animation Timeline User Interface

 

Animation Keyframes Creation tools

	Auto Key	When toggled, any change in transformation for objects is recorded as a keyfram automatically when the current key frame is other than 0.
	Capture object key frame	Captures a keyframe for object's transformation in it's current state.
	Capture camera key frame	Captures a keyframe for the active camera's transformation and view.
	Show Object	Toggles on the visibility of an object during animation.
	Hide Object	Toggles off the visibility of an object during animation.
	Director Record	Captures the camera's live movement in the scene as a sequence of keyframes along the animation range.

 

Keyframes Management tools

	Go to previous keyframe	Moves the current time slider to the previous keyframe.
	Go to next keyframe	Moves the current time slider to the next keyframe.
	Select all keyframes	Selects all keyframes and generated animations in the timeline.
	Group keyframes	Group selected keyframes into a single group element.
	Break Group	Breaks a group into keyframes.
	Move keyframe	Moves the selected keyframes to a specific frame.
	Copy keyframe	Copies and moves the selected keyframe to a specific frame.
	Delete selected keyframe	Deletes the selected keyframes from the timeline.
	Delete all	Deletes all keyframes from the timeline.

 

Animation Sequences tools

	Create Animation Sequence	Converts the selected keyframes in the timeline to an Animation Sequence.
	Show Animation Sequences list	Displays a list of all Animation Sequences where you can edit, modify their group or delete them.

 

Generate Animation tools