The goal of this book is to teach you how to use the SolidWorks® MotionManager software to create animations of SolidWorks assemblies and save them as AVI files.

Course details and prerequisites:

Type: Reference Book
Level: Intermediate
Price: $59.95

Recommended Prerequisites:

• Attended the SolidWorks Essentials training course or equivalent level of knowledge.
• At least one month of experience using the software.

Book Features:

• Unlock the full power of SolidWorks design tools with the helpful instructions and tips available only from technical training experts on staff with SolidWorks Corporation.
• Build your skills and confidence quickly with 30 easy-to-understand tutorials and practice exercises, each building upon the previous lesson.
• Reinforce your new skills with the accompanying CD, with features time-saving project files for tutorial and practice exercises.
• Learn at your own pace – review each lesson as often as you want or quickly move on to the next lesson.
• Follow along with more than 450 full-color images and screen captures that serve as easy to understand visual cues.

Course Outline

Chapter 1: Introduction

• About this book
• What is the SolidWorks MotionManager software?
• Motion Manager Pane
• MotionManager User Interface
• Getting Help
• MotionManager Tips

Chapter 2: Basic Animations

• Basic Animations
• Stages in the Process
• Storyboard
• Case Study: Animation Wizard
• Animation Wizard
• View Orientation
• Interpolation Modes
• Recording Animations
• Exercise 1: Animation Wizard
• Exercise 2: Animation Wizard

Chapter 3: Editing the Timeline

• Editing the Timeline
• Storyboard
• Case Study: Editing the Timeline
• Timeline Symbols
• Changing Displays and Appearances
• Exercise 3: Editing the Timeline

Chapter 4: View Orientations

• View Orientations
• Storyboard
• View Orientation States
• Case Study: View Orientations
• View Orientation Changes
• Component Visibility Changes
• Exercise 4: View Orientations

Chapter 5: Component Motion

• Component Motion
• Storyboard
• Case Study: Component Motion
• Dragging a Component
• Using Simulation Elements to Create Animations
• Exercise 5: Motors
• Exercise 6: Simulation

Chapter 6: Component Collisions

• Component Collisions
• Storyboards
• Case Study: Check Interferences Over Time
• Case Study: Component Collisions
• Case Study: Physical Dynamics
• Summary of Motion Animations
• Exercise 7: Interference Motion

Chapter 7: Free Component Motion

• Free Component Motion
• Storyboard
• Case Study: Free Component Motion
• Move and Rotate Component
• Triad
• Reverse Path
• Exercise 8: Free Motion

Chapter 8: Advanced Topics

• Advanced Topics
• Storyboard
• Using In-content Parts
• Animating Sub-assemblies
• Driving Animations with Angle or Distance Mates
• MotionManger Filters
• Case Study: The PhotoWorks Buffer
• Saving a Series of Images
• Exercise 9: Component Motion
• Exercise 10: Driving with Mates
• Exercise 11: PhotoWorks Buffer

Chapter 9: Introduction to Cameras

• Introduction to Cameras
• Topics
• Case Study
• Camera Options
• Adding a Camera
• Camera Position
• Editing a Camera
• Multiple Cameras
• Cameras in an Animation
• Exercise 12: Using Cameras in Animations

Chapter 10: Using Camera Sleds in Animations

• Using Camera Sleds in Animations
• Topics
• Storyboard
• Case Study: Using Camera Sleds in Animations
• Using a Camera Sled
• The Camera and Camera Sled
• Exercise 13: Using Camera Sleds in Animations

Chapter 11: Walk-through Animations

• Using Cameras in Animations
• Topics
• Storyboard
• Case Study: Walk-through Animations
• Case Study: Walk-through with a Fixed Location
• Case Study: Walk-through using only a Camera
• Case Study: Camera Aimed along Path
• Exercise 14: Walk-around Animations using a Camera Sled
• Exercise 15: Walk-around Animations using a Camera
• Exercise 16: Walk-through Animations