Creating
Interactive Solar AnimationsCreating
Interactive Solar AnimationsInteractive solar animations display the sun’s effects within the drawing; specify the view, day, month, and time for interactive previews. Wireframe mode views as well as rendered views (with or without shadows) are useful to study the sun’s movements.
Large or complex rendered models, high-quality render settings, and smooth shadows may affect the animation. To interactively view changes as you move the sliders, render in Wireframe or OpenGL render mode. Low to medium (Detail and Quality) OpenGL options are recommended.
To animate the sun interactively:
1. Insert at least one heliodon object as described in Inserting a Heliodon Object.
2. Select the desired view and render mode.
3. Select the heliodon, and click Solar Animation from the Object Info palette. Alternatively, double-click on a heliodon object.
The Solar Animation dialog box opens. Click on the Interactive tab. Set the Animate view, and the day, month, and time, or move the month and day sliders while observing the effects.
Click to show/hide the parameters.
4. When finished with the solar animation, click OK.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
