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What limits the animation transition between views?

Question asked by Marian Goldshtein on Feb 4, 2021
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When creating a small assembly, transitioning between views is smooth and you can see everything happening.

When using a big assembly, transitioning between views is just a snap, no animation or anything.

I am guessing it is the number of objects that limits this, so I was hoping that somebody might know the limit.

Is it hard-coded, if so, what is the limit?
If it is project based (smgxml/smgproj), how can I configure it?
While using SMGXML:
1. If I unloaded products can this help?
2. If a view later loads the product, will this negate everything else? (I mean you cannot unloaded using views).

Thanks for any help!

Stuart Sowray Feb 22, 2021 4:53 PM

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Thanks, this has been bugging me for some time too. The solution for larger assemblies is to increase the Max Objects count in File|Properties|Document Properties |Animation, the default is 5000) . The level of 'smoothness' you can actually achieve during transition will of course be limited by machine capabilities.

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Dirk Rautenberg Feb 4, 2021 2:30 PM
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I think you're trying to put Solidworks functionality in here. However, the composer works differently.
It is XML based and you need to understand that a view renders/creates a scene. It is not meant to create an animation. That's what the timeline is for.

When a view is called, an XML list is processed that restores positions and properties of the actors. There is no influence on the speed and it cannot be adjusted. If the views run automatically, a run speed of 3 seconds is fixed here. The less properties have to be changed and the lower the graphic requirements are, the smoother it runs.
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- Marian Goldshtein @ Dirk Rautenberg on Feb 4, 2021 2:34 PM
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  I don't know what you mean by trying to put solidworks functionality as I am not an expert in solidworks.
  
  I understand why there is an animation timeline (which is not the most intuitive or robust), and I am not trying to create an animation using views.
  
  What I am trying to figure out is how to create smooth transitions between views and what limits it. As I've said, what makes a small assembly show a transition between views but a big one not, how can I see what limits it?
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  - Heiko Sohnholz @ Marian Goldshtein on Feb 4, 2021 3:29 PM
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    Hi,
    
    ...how to create smooth transitions between views and what limits it...
    it‘s the amount of graphical information wich has to be handled, and your computers performance wich makes the difference. A faster computer will deliver a smoother transition as well as an smaller assembly.
    
    Think carrying an empty bag vs. full bag - with wich you will run faste?
    
    But why do you care because you don‘t want to create animations?!
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    - Marian Goldshtein @ Heiko Sohnholz on Feb 4, 2021 6:35 PM
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      it‘s the amount of graphical information wich has to be handled, and your computers performance wich makes the difference. A faster computer will deliver a smoother transition as well as an smaller assembly.
      I understand this, but this doesn't seem like a computer performance related, as at some point which I am not sure, there is not transition and just displays everything in a snap.
      
      But why do you care because you don‘t want to create animations?!
      Because this works inconsistently with work instructions don't have as many parts.
      In addition, when you want interactivity the animation is not the best solution - and as far as our training went or tutorials/webinars go, everyone keeps using the views to showcase work instructions and not the animation.
      
      If I want to show an animation of something fancy, then sure I'll use animations, but for showing bolts and mechanical disassembly/assembly it seems like a huge overkill, unless and I hope you prove me wrong.
      
      Animations also, as far as I see everyone else is showcasing that they are using it, is to export to a video file - which is great but again, loses interactivity.
      
      I am glad that we are discussing all of this as this is the point of forums, but I was really hoping that maybe someone actually knows the boundaries of the software as it is not documented anywhere.
      For example you can set the maximum of parts to show and even the FPS in animation, but not for transition between views.
      
      Dirk Rautenberg, as for changes between each view, it doesn't really matter, since even hiding one component and zooming-in somewhere doesn't trigger the transition.
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Stuart Sowray Feb 22, 2021 4:53 PM
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Thanks, this has been bugging me for some time too. The solution for larger assemblies is to increase the Max Objects count in File|Properties|Document Properties |Animation, the default is 5000) . The level of 'smoothness' you can actually achieve during transition will of course be limited by machine capabilities.
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- Marian Goldshtein @ Stuart Sowray on Feb 22, 2021 5:04 PM
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  Thanks Stuart!
  
  I actually got this answer from support a couple of days ago and forgot to update, but you are correct.
  What we also found out is that you need to input a significantly larger number than the one displayed loaded - in my case I have 27093 total actors, we tried 30k and 40k and it still didn't work, so we opted to input an irrational number (300k) and the animations started to work.
  
  The problem I am still facing is that after loading a product (smgxml) unfortunately there's no way to get it unloaded, so after reaching a point, some animations seem to transition smoothly to their position but then everything still just appears.
  
  Note: Even if all the objects are loaded, if the transition between each view doesn't include a lot of actor properties change (hide/show/transform/pivot etc...), it will take sometime, but eventually the full animation will show.
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