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Photoview animation goes crazy, parts scatter

Question asked by Daniel Engerer on Apr 18, 2015
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Hi all. I have a relatively simple animation involving a few basic parts and a sub-assembly with about 10 parts. I am able to create animations just fine when using the "Solidworks Screen" setting, but of course my customer wants animations that actually look good, using the Photoview 360. When I create the photoview 360 render, random parts are sitting out in the middle of space, completely the wrong area, and not moving when they're supposed to (there's even a part which was never visible in this assembly which now becomes visible!). In a nutshell, the whole thing goes crazy. This is a huge problem and I'm amazed that Solidworks has released software with this huge of a bug.

Does anyone know what to do to fix this?

Thank you!

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Jeff Parker Apr 18, 2015 11:01 PM

Daniel,

Can you provide the assembly via Pack and Go and also the version and SP you are running as I have not seen PV360 cause that.

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Deepak Gupta Apr 19, 2015 12:42 AM

Dan, I would suggest you to save the animation as series of pictures instead of AVI. And then using some free tools like windows movie maker, virtual dub, etc. you can convert them into a movie file.

Also check these helpful posts; Frequently Asked Forum Questions, How to ask a good question in the API forum and Forum Posting for your future reference to get best out this forum

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Daniel Engerer Apr 19, 2015 10:40 AM

I cannot provide the files as they are proprietary. Also, saving as a series of bitmap images did not help

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Deepak Gupta @ Daniel Engerer on Apr 19, 2015 10:57 AM

In that case you can report the issue to your VAR (the company from where you've bought SOLIDWORKS)

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Jeff Parker @ Daniel Engerer on Apr 19, 2015 4:12 PM

Daniel,

Can you create a non-proprietary assembly and see if it is that assembly or your system? Then if it happens again you can post that assembly for us to look at.

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Jim Sculley Apr 19, 2015 2:17 PM

It sounds similar to the problem discussed in this thread. The simple solution is to make a small assembly cut in your model so that when you render it you are given the option to disable accelerated rendering. The rendering will take a lot longer, but it will be correct.

Jim S.

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Jeff Parker Apr 18, 2015 11:01 PM
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Daniel,

Can you provide the assembly via Pack and Go and also the version and SP you are running as I have not seen PV360 cause that.
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Deepak Gupta Apr 19, 2015 12:42 AM
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Dan, I would suggest you to save the animation as series of pictures instead of AVI. And then using some free tools like windows movie maker, virtual dub, etc. you can convert them into a movie file.

Also check these helpful posts; Frequently Asked Forum Questions, How to ask a good question in the API forum and Forum Posting for your future reference to get best out this forum
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Daniel Engerer Apr 19, 2015 10:40 AM
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I cannot provide the files as they are proprietary. Also, saving as a series of bitmap images did not help
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- Deepak Gupta @ Daniel Engerer on Apr 19, 2015 10:57 AM
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  In that case you can report the issue to your VAR (the company from where you've bought SOLIDWORKS)
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- Jeff Parker @ Daniel Engerer on Apr 19, 2015 4:12 PM
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  Can you create a non-proprietary assembly and see if it is that assembly or your system? Then if it happens again you can post that assembly for us to look at.
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Jim Sculley Apr 19, 2015 2:17 PM
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It sounds similar to the problem discussed in this thread. The simple solution is to make a small assembly cut in your model so that when you render it you are given the option to disable accelerated rendering. The rendering will take a lot longer, but it will be correct.

Jim S.
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