animations
with autocad

a "mini" e-book for AutoCAD users

 

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Table of Contents
-Animations with AutoCAD

About the Author
- Ralph Grabowski

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Chapter 1

 

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 Chapter 2

 

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Chapter 3

 

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Chapter 4

 

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Appendix A

 

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Appendix B

 

 

about the author

Ralph Grabowski has authored and co-authored 100+ books on CAD management, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Generic CADD, IntelliCAD, MicroStation, TurboCAD, VDraft, Visio, HTML, and VRML. He is the editor of two e-newsletters, upFront.eZine and iCommunique .

Mr Grabowski received his B.A.Sc ('80) degree in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia. He currently works and lives in the beautiful Central Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.

You can visit his Web site at upfrontezine.com

 

 

Animations with AutoCAD is the third is our series of "mini" e-books for AutoCAD 2007 and later. 

The 58-page e-book is shows you how to use AutoCAD 2007's new animation system. The e-book features:

  • Recording animations along paths.
  • Saving path animations as movie files.
  • Walking and flying through 3D models.
  • Adjusting walkthrough speed and field of view.
  • Recording interactive walkthroughs.
  • Editing animations with MovieMaker.
  • Testing with the GSB commands.
  • Tips on making animations more realistic, and processing long animations.
  • And a history of AutoFlix.

As with all of our e-books:

  • All illustrations in full color.
  • Formatted for printing on standard 8.5x11 paper.
  • Margins designed for three-hole punching. 

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also available as mini-eBooks:

Tailoring AutoCAD Render US$9.90
Tailoring Quick Calc US$5.40
Tailoring Visual Styles US$11.10
Tailoring CUI US$9.60
Tailoring AutoCAD 2007 US$30.70

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table of contents

chapter 1 — introduction to animations

Invoking Animations, Animation Commands, Dashboard, View Menu, Walk and Fly Toolbar, Other Useful Commands, System Variables.
Sidebar: Before AniPath, There Was AutoFlix.

chapter 2 — recording animations

AniPath — Animations Recorded, Camera Target and Path, Motion Path Animation Dialog Box, Animation Settings, Animation Preview Window, Save As Dialog Box, Animation Settings Dialog Box. Tutorial: Creating Animations, Editing the Camera, Grips Editing, Not Moving the Camera and Target, Changing the Field of View, Shortcut Menu, Camera Properties.
Sidebar: Camera/Target Combinations.
Sidebar: Field of View (aka Lens Length).

 

chapter 3 — walking and flying

3dWalk - Walking Through Models, Tutorial: Walking in 3D, WalkFlySettings, Related System Variables, 3dFly - Flying Through Models.
Sidebar: Position Locator Palette.

chapter 4 — the dashboard

A Brief Dashboard Tour, 3D Navigation Control Panel, 3dWalk and 3dFly, Perspective Viewing Mode, Lens Length / Field of View, Toggle Camera Glyphs, Record / Playback Animations, Animation Settings, Step Size and Steps Per Second, Camera and Target Coordinates, Recording Interactive Walkthroughs, Tutorial: Recording Walkthroughs, Animation Settings.
Sidebar: Processing High Quality Animation Movies.

appendices

appendix a — editing with moviemaker

About MovieMaker, History of MovieMaker, Tutorial: Editing AutoCAD Videos with MovieMaker, Adding Video and Transiton Effects, Adding Titles, Text Overlays, and Credits, Adding Music and Narration, Saving the Movie.

appendix b — testing with gsb

Summary of GSB Commands, GSB Commands with Input, Tutorial: Using GSB Commands.

 

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