You can view shots individually or together in a shot sequence.

Once a shot is created, you can play back the animation assigned to the shot by using the view controls located on each shot or shot sequence thumbnail or the ShowMotion control. The available view controls are:

• Play. Starts the playback of a shot or shot sequence. When the cursor is over the thumbnail, the Play button is displayed in the upper-left corner. The Play button plays back the individual shot or all the shots in the shot sequence.
• Play All. Starts the playback of all shots in all shot sequences. Shots are played left to right, starting with the leftmost shot sequence.
• Pause. Stops the playback of a shot or shot sequence.
• Stop. Stops the playback of the current shot.
• Go. Restores the view of the model assigned to a shot or the first shot in a shot sequence.

Procedure

To play a shot

1. On ShowMotion, hover the cursor over the shot sequence that contains the shot you want to play.
2. Position the cursor over the thumbnail of the shot you want to view.
3. On the shot thumbnail, in the upper-left corner, click the Play button.

To play all shots within a shot sequence

1. On ShowMotion, hover the cursor over the shot sequence that contains the shots you want to play.
2. On the thumbnail for the shot sequence, click the Play button located on the upper-left corner of the thumbnail.

   All the shots in the shot sequence are played.

To play all shots within all shot sequences

• On the ShowMotion control, click Play All.

  All the shots saved in the model are played back in the order of each shot sequence.

To pause or stop the playback of a shot

• On the ShowMotion control, click Pause to pause the playback of the current shot or Stop to stop playback.

To loop the playback of a shot

• On the ShowMotion control, click Turn On/Off Looping.
  NoteIf the loop setting is on, the shot loops until you click the Stop button or press the ESC key.

Quick Reference

Commands

NAVSMOTION

Provides an on-screen display for creating and playing back cinematic camera animations for design review, presentation, and bookmark-style navigation.

VIEWGO

Restores a named view.

VIEWPLAY

Plays the animation associated to a named view.