6 Replies Latest reply on Apr 19, 2015 4:12 PM by Jeff Parker

Photoview animation goes crazy, parts scatter

Daniel Engerer Apr 18, 2015 10:26 PM

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!

Re: Photoview animation goes crazy, parts scatter

Jeff Parker Apr 18, 2015 11:01 PM (in response to Daniel Engerer)

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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Re: Photoview animation goes crazy, parts scatter

Deepak Gupta Apr 19, 2015 12:42 AM (in response to Daniel Engerer)

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.

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Daniel Engerer Apr 19, 2015 10:40 AM (in response to Daniel Engerer)

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 Apr 19, 2015 10:57 AM (in response to Daniel Engerer)
  
  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 Apr 19, 2015 4:12 PM (in response to Daniel Engerer)
  
  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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Re: Photoview animation goes crazy, parts scatter

Jim Sculley Apr 19, 2015 2:17 PM (in response to Daniel Engerer)

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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