When a Data Block is chosen as the current Animation Source , shapes are displayed on a structure model by using data from the cursor position.
If the Line cursor is displayed, the values at the cursor position for each assigned M# are displayed as the ODS
If the Peak cursor is displayed, the values at the cursor peak location for each assigned M# are displayed as the ODS.
If the Band cursor is displayed, the RMS of the values in the band for each assigned M# are displayed as the ODS
Double click on the Vibrant I-Beam on the Demos tab to open its Project
Execute Draw | Animate Shapes in the STR window
Click in either the BLK window or the SHP window to animation shapes from that window
Execute each of commands in the Animate | Method list to observe the three different types of animation
Vibrant I-Beam Project
During sweep animation, the Data Block cursor is swept through the M#s from left to right. When the cursor reaches the right end of the samples, it starts over at the left end.
Drag the cursor in the BLK window to begin the sweep animation from any position
Execute Display | Zoom in the Data Block window, and draw a Zoom box to confine the sweep animation to the visible samples of Trace data.
During sine dwell or stationary dwell animation, the cursor position is fixed and the shape is displayed from the current cursor position.
During sine dwell animation, each shape component is multiplied by sine wave values that range between –1 & +1
During stationary dwell, the shape values are displayed on the structure without any sinusoidal modulation
Click & drag the cursor in the Data Block window to display the shape at the cursor position