Viewing individual frames of animation

View frame lets you view one or more frames of previously created animation. You can set View frame to walk through a list of key times and see what the key steps look like.

Use View frame to view any number of frames. When viewing more than one frame, there is a short pause between each frame that is displayed.

How to use

1. Create an animation using any combination of the animation tools, for example Animation > Keyframe > Set Keyframe , Auto keyframe, or Action window, or Animation > Tools > Set Motion .
2. To view a frame of the animation, choose Animation > Show > View Frame or click its icon. The system prompts you to type the numbers of one or more frames to view (separate a sequence of frame numbers by spaces). The animated items are evaluated and displayed at the frames you specified.

The current time is updated to the last frame that was viewed and is displayed in the current application window, as well as in the Time slider (Animation > Show > Toggle Time Slider ) and the Action Window (Animation > Editors > Action Window ).

Although this function does not have an option box, it uses the Objects, Parameters, and Hierarchy options from Animation Options in the Playback Options window. (Choose Animation > Show > Playback options and click the arrow beside Animation Options to display that section of the window.)

NoteAny optimization settings (for example, lights or cameras) specified in Animation > Show > Playback options are ignored.