You can record, play, change the visual styles, and save an animated walk- or fly-through
that you have created.

NOTE: The Animations panel is hidden by default. To display the Animations panel: In 3D
Modeling workspace, click the Visualize tab, then right-click and choose Show Panels
Animations.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Preview

Displays a preview of the animation you set up either in the Motion Path Animation
dialog box or when walking or flying through an animation and recording it from the
ribbon.

Play

Plays the animation preview. The Play button is disabled when an animation is already
playing.

Record

Records the animation, starting from the current frame displayed in the Preview region.
All frames following the current frame are overwritten. The Overwrite Confirmation
warning is displayed to confirm that you intend to overwrite the existing frames.
The Record button is disabled when an animation is playing.

Pause

Pauses the animation at the current frame displayed in the Preview region. After pausing
an animation, the Pause button is disabled.

Save

Opens the Save As dialog box. You can save an animation to an AVI, MOV, MPG, or WMV
file format for future playback. Once you save the animation, you are returned to
the drawing. The Save button is disabled when an animation is playing.

Visual Style

Specifies the visual style displayed in the Preview region. The visual style is initially
set to Current, which is the visual style defined in the active viewport. Choose from
a list of preset and user-defined visual styles.

Slider

Moves frame-by-frame through the animation preview. You can move the slider to a specific
frame in the animation. A tooltip displays the current frame and total number of frames
in the animation.