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  • SAAB’s model based development reduced costs and lead time
    Here is an interesting blog post about the Gripen E program of SAAB’s aeronautics group: Paper Is Passe – Model-Based Development (MBD) Keeps The Gripen E Programme On Time http://www.gripenblogs.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=885 The post describes how their model-based development (MBD) was helpful in improving overall operations of the Gripen E project. The following three bullet points are […]
    Shuji MOCHIDA
  • Use Milestones to snapshot in-between steps
    One of the newly implemented functions of CATIA Compsoer R2016x is Milestone. Each Milestone can be placed anywhere in the Marker field from the right-click menu, so that you can define a specific frame of an animation sequence to be captured and created as an raster image. Inside the High Resolution Image workshop, you can […]
    Shuji MOCHIDA
  • Animation Library
    CATIA Composer has been well known for its easy-to-define key frame based animations. However, it’s sometimes tedious to define each key for repetitive animation sequences. Thus, we implemented the Animation Library workshop to further improve the efficiency of animation definitions. Inside the Animation Library, very useful functions were introduced. So, here, we will take a […]
    Shuji MOCHIDA
  • Multi-Track Timeline
    The multi-track Timeline feature provides users with a more efficient way of managing keys for animation definitions. In the Timeline, users can easily identify and locate target keys to edit without tedious filtering operations. Before, one single line had multiple purposes. So, you had to rely on the filter function to see only the target […]
    Shuji MOCHIDA
  • 3D Tool Library
    Have you ever wondered if you could easily obtain necessary 3D tools such as screw drivers and hammers? Here is good news for you. Starting with the R2016x release, CATIA Composer includes a handy set of tools for you. Just by selecting WORKSHOPS > Model Browser > 3D Tools, you can see wrenches, spanners, drivers, […]
    Shuji MOCHIDA

TodCast #3: Animating Conveyors

July 29, 2011 Posted in  3DVIA, CAD reuse, Podcasts, Tips and Tricks 5 comments

For those of us in the northern hemisphere — hot enough for ya? Welcome to the dog days of summer! To help keep you cool, Tod has put together a set of tips and tricks that will turn complicated animations into quick and easy work — getting you out of the hot seat, on your way home, and into your hammock in no time!

Tod shows how powerful yet easy it is to mix up and incorporate some advanced stuff: assembly groups, parent/inherited animations, assembly selection mode, grid snapping, primitives, timeline filtering by selected objects… just to name a few.

Enjoy!

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5 comments to TodCast #3: Animating Conveyors

  • August 31, 2011 at 1:17 pm
    Jaz Lee  says:

    This is a great video thanks for sharing. I stumbled across it when researching about conveyorsand conveyor systems.

  • July 13, 2012 at 9:42 am
    Georgina Clark  says:

    This is really clever stuff what you can do. Can you do that kind of thing with these conveyors?

  • September 6, 2012 at 9:05 pm
    Tod  says:

    Hi Georgina,
    Sorry I did not notice teh post but absolutly you can do this kind of animation on the conveyers you linked to.
    Hopefully you can have fun animating conveyers in Composer yourself.

    Tod

  • December 12, 2012 at 6:28 am
    Heather Nowton  says:

    Cool video. I would love to have a go at animating this

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