I am trying to create an animation of sliding door. Is it possible to place the keypoints in motion study through script or automation or through spreadsheet data? I do not want to place keypoints by manually dragging the door and placing a keypoint at that point. I am aiming to control the door sliding distance through spreadsheet data. Is it possible though?
Hey, thanks for the reply. but is there any provision to automate this action?
And can you show an example for what you've suggested. Would be great if you could chip in.
Hello, I did use a linear motor for the sliding motion of the door. But the sliding motion is happening in only one direction. How can we achieve bidirectional movement?
Can you post a picture of your Linear Motor setup? If you are using Data Points and Displacement all the data you enter should be in terms of a displacement from its starting position.
If you need it to move backward from its starting position you could do that by entering negative values for displacement.
Here is an example where the object would move to 10 mm in the positive direction, then 20 mm in the opposite direction (bringing it to -10 mm distance)
Yeah. I tried to do the same, even then I couldn't get the reverse motion. I will upload the snippet of the door and linear motor setup.
I created an add-in that created and ran about 1000 motion studies a few years ago. I ran into the same problem and asked API support. They said it was not possible to create keypoints via the API.
Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it
This is a common task
Add a Linear Motor into your Animation/Motion Study and then you should have the option for "Data Points"