Animate Lines

[Jim Smith]

Is there some way to animate a Viewport so it appears to draw one line at a time, as if the computer was drawing the object? If so, can this be exported to Quicktime?

[CipesDesign]

Hi Jim, I believe you can do this by using a series of Saved Views (or RW's Cameras) then use the Create Animation command and specify each view (or camera), frame by frame. (NOTE: I have not tried this, but in theory it should work).

[Jim Smith]

Thanks Peter,

That was the kind of thing I was thinking, but was hoping there was a button I could push instead. In the olden days of MiniCad when one rendered the effect was much like this. I've seen commercials where a BLUEPRINT is drawn by an invisible hand & with an invisible pencil. I'll have to experiment to see if I can get the effect of the line being drawn, or if it will just look like stuff popping out of nowhere.

[CipesDesign]

Jim, I'm pretty sure there is third party software available that will do a live screen capture... Maybe someone else knows of the specific company??

[mike m oz]

Jim have a look at Ozcad's AnimationWorks add on for Vectorworks:

http://ozcad.com.au/products/animationworks.php

[Jim Smith]

Mike,

Thanks I've been thinking about their window add-on perhaps I should get this at the same time.