#Simulation
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Can any body suggest to me the best way to do an animation from a set of
pre-calculated data?
I am an engineering student who is try to simluate graphically two cars in
collision. I have finished the calculation, but not sure on the best approach
in animating the data I have.
Any help is very much appreciated.
Best regards,
Tom Chen
Paul,
<< animation from precalculated data..>>
do you have R3? Have you explored the Keyframer-TrackInfo and
Keyframer-KeyInfo Dialog Boxes? In The Keyinfo Dialog you are able to
type in exact values for position and rotation. In the Track Info
dialog, you are able to place "node" that represent when in time the
position, rotation is to occurr. If you explote the .VUE file in the
Advance Users Guide, you can create a file representing the
precomputed values.
Jonas's reply is probably the way to go. If you don't have 3D Studio,
but do have Animator Pro, you might get some mileage trying to
simluate graphically two cars in collision using data in a POCO
routine. I don't believe there is a program that is written just for
your needs, but you might look at one which can read DXF files. A
DXF file is an ASCII file (specs are available on GO ACAD). You
would have to create your data in that format for this program: