Animating elements in a drawing

[wawoodman]

Is it possible to animate elements within a drawing? I don’t want to change the camera view, but I want to raise a flap from a surface.

Where do I start?

[Box]

One of the most basic forms of animating in SU is to use layers and scenes.
Here I have created 5 copies of the “flap” and arrayed them and placed each one on a layer.
Then you create the scenes with the correct layer visible.
When played it flows as an animation.

[wawoodman]

Thanks! That looks like it should be possible for me to handle.

M

[Geo]

@wawoodman

Where do I start?

Have a look at this topic and the example models…

Component Animation

Hi Tracy, You can create the illusion of an object moving by creating multiple copies of the object positioned incrementally along the intended path. In many ways the method is akin to Flip Book animation. Each instance of the object is assigned to a unique Layer. The visibility of each Layer is controlled by the Saved Properties of each Scene you create. Camera Location remains static from Scene > Scene. Take a look at the animation models below. Open the Entity Info, Layers and Scene ma…