Record Exploded View Scenario

Calling the command:

The Record Scenario option allows animation recording in *.avi and *.wmv formats.

A scenario to be recorded should be selected prior to calling the command. It is selected in the Exploded View Scenario drop-down list, which is located in the Exploded View tab of the ribbon. The tab can be invoked by calling the Exploded View command.

 

Record Scenario window appears when you select the option. Here you can set the following parameters:

You can select one of the following variants in the Photorealistic view generation section.

Non-photorealistic rendering – the exploded view scenario is recorded according to the current view in 3D scene.

The following variants are used for photorealistic view creation. Each frame of the video is processed using selected photorealistic view mechanism.

Photorealistic rendering using OptiX – the video is created using NVIDIA OptiX mechanism.

Photorealistic rendering using Embree – the video is created using Embree mechanism.

You can set Image quality and Number of Ray Tracing iterations for the previous two variants.

Photorealistic rendering using POV-Ray – the video is created u sing the POV-Ray mechanism.

You can find more information about photorealism in “Photorealistic view” chapter.

You can set view point using View point section.

•Use current view point. The video is recorded according to the current view point in 3D scene.

•Use camera. Video is recorded according to the selected camera from the list. It is available only if there are any cameras in the scene.

You can find more information about cameras in Cameras chapter.

You can set File name and Number of frames per second. The path to the created file is shown in the File name field. You can specify name, file path and file format using button.

Video quality setting is available for the *.wmv format. The video quality and file size are changed according to its value.

If the flag Use current view size is active, the video is recorded according to the active view size. Otherwise, you can set size manually.

The Reverse flag allows to record exploded view video in the reverse direction to the given in scenario.

When the flag Repeat scenario in cycle is active, you can set Number of cycles. It sets number of exploded view scenario repeats.

In the Logotype section, you can add an image file and place it in any corner of the screen.

The Video recording window appears after the OK button pressing.

Number of processed frames and time until video creation are shown here.

Using buttons you can pause recording Pause, stop record on current frame Stop or cancel recording Cancel. When you stop recording, already created part of the video is saved.

The preview window appears when you use photorealism.