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Animation Types

Animation Types

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HyperWorks animation functions allow you to view your model in motion.  The three types of animation include transient, modal, and linear static.  You can select the animation type from the animation types menu on the far right side of the toolbar.

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Animation types menu

Control

Description

Transient

Transient animation displays the model in its timestep positions as calculated by the analysis code.  Transient animation is used to animate the transient response of a structure.

Modal

Modal animation creates and displays an animation sequence that starts and ends with the original position of the structure.  The deforming frames are calculated based on a sinusoidal function.  Modal animation is most useful for displaying mode shapes.

Linear Static

Linear static animation creates and displays an animation sequence that starts with the original position of the model and ends with the fully deformed position of the structure.  An appropriate number of frames are linearly interpolated between the first and last positions.  Linear static animation is usually selected when results are from a linear static analysis.