Animate assembly or service instruction

Create technical documentation - Exercise

In this lesson, create assembly instructions by building an exploded view of the model that can be shared as a still image or an animation.

Learning objectives

• Create an exploded view of the assembly.
• Capture Snapshots of the stages of assembly.
• Create output for use in publishing tools.
• Export an animation of the assembly process.

The completed exercise

1. Open Belt Driven reducer – Full Assembly.iam file.
   
   
   
   
2. Click the playhead in the timeline at around 19.5 seconds.
3. Click New Snapshot View to create snap shot.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the + next the Storyboard1 in the animation timeline to create a new, Clean storyboard.
5. In the browser, right-click and select Create Scene from the context menu.
6. In the Insert dialog, select Options and choose the Gear Train Design View Representation.
   
   
   
   
7. Use Tweak Components with a duration of .8 seconds to separate the components roughly 2.5 inches.
   
   Note: Add (or remove) additional components to a tweak by selecting while holding the Ctrl key.
   
   Each movement after adding a component will build a new set of actions or events in the timeline.
   
   
   
   
8. Continue to tweak components until the assembly is expanded.
9. Capture snapshots of the beginning and end of the exploded view.
   
   
   
   
10. Start the Raster tool from the Publish panel and save the snapshots at 150 pixel/inch.
    
    Try adding the exported image to a word processing document.
    
    
    
    
11. Publish the story board to Video using the Reverse options and Setting the file format.
    
    View the exported video file to verify the content.