Templates

A number of useful template animations can be set up quickly without having to add each Actor individually. For example, the simplest useful animation is probably to rotate a model in front of the camera. One of the available templates offers this. It asks a number of question including the number of frames and the model that it is to rotate.

One of the most complex templates "Travelers" offers an animation that can be used with a series of models so that they behave like a railroad locomotive and number of box-car wagons moving along a path.A most effective use of this template is to use models made from the letters in a string of text. The Export Letters command from the Designer's File menu is designed to help this particular application.

The list of templates are:

• Standard One Frame View A single frame
• One Frame With Ground A single frame
• Animate Rotating Model An multi-frame animation
• Model on open path Model moves along path
• Model on closed path Model moves along path
• Model on loaded path Model moves along path
• Travellers - Several models follow each other on a path