Introduction
Want to create animations?
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What you should know
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1. Introduction to SOLIDWORKS Movie Making
Gallery of animations
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2. Exploring the Motion Study Interface
What the different tools do
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How the timeline and keypoints work
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Understanding the motion browser
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3. Starting Off Easy: The Camera Wizard
Rotating the model
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Exploding the model
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Collapsing the model
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Saving and adding views to the animation
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Saving the animation
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Playing the animation
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4. Writing a Great Script
Components to a great script: Lights, camera, action!
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5. How to Make Things Move
Drag a component
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Copying and pasting keypoints
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Editing a distance mate
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Editing an angle mate
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Traveling along a path
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Setting up a path
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Aligning the camera to the path
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Setting up the animation
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Creating a walkthrough
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Reviewing the animation
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6. Creating Keypoints for Camera Views
Creating saved views
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Posing the model
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Using saved views with keypoints
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Writing the script to create the animation
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What views when?
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Reviewing the animation
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7. Changing Appearances in Animations
Turning parts invisible
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Turning parts transparent
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Changing colors
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Turning parts visible
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Writing a script to control appearance
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What changes when?
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Create the animation using different approaches
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Reviewing the appearance animation
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8. Elements of a Great Movie: Appearances, Camera Views, and Movement
Writing a script that combines appearances, camera views, and movement
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Animate the appearances
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Animate the camera views
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Animate the movement
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Review how the timelines overlap in the motion timeline
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Create the animation
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Review the animation
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9. So, You Want to Make Movies? Let's Review!
What type of movie do you want to make? What is your message?
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The message guides the script
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Reviewing the rules for a great script
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Figure out your timeline
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What happens when?
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What makes the movie more entertaining or interesting?
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Reviewing the rules for file formats when saving your movie
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Is the file going to be edited or combined with other footage?
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Reviewing the rules for setting up your model
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Don't use configurations—use mates that can be edited
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Set up saved views
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Create exploded views
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Conclusion
Planning makes a better movie
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Ex_Files_SOLIDWORKS_Making_Movies.zip
(909.7 MB)