Edit animation variables

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Sebastian Kemper asked Jan 25, '17 Matthew Gillespie edited Jan 25, '17

Edit animation variables

Hello,

I've got a simple question and I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I create an object and in the Properties->Triggers I create a Custom Draw.

As you know in the tree view you can find it in Object/variables/ondrawtrigger.

Now I want to influence variables in my animation, so I need to go to:

Object/visual/animationinfo/animations/...

Up to now I tried the following commands:

setnodenum(node("@>objectfocus+>visual/animationinfo/animations/turn360/keyframes/1/bodies/1/9"),getlabel(current, 5));

setnodenum(node(">visual/animationinfo/animations/turn360/keyframes/1/bodies/1/9"),getlabel(current, 5));

setnodenum(node("../visual/animationinfo/animations/turn360/keyframes/1/bodies/1/9"),getlabel(current, 5));

Nothing is really working.

Thank you in advance!

Software Version:

FlexSim 17.0.0

animation custom draw animation variable

Answer 1 · 2017-01-25T16:50:49Z

Matt Long answered Jan 25, '17

Instead of referencing the keyframe values through the tree, create an animation variable. This can be done through the Quick Properties window. Once you add a new variable, use the sampler to sample the keyframe you want to be able to manipulate.

Then the code becomes simple:

setanimationvar(current, "Variable1", current.labelName));

You can also get the value using the getanimationvar() command. Animation variables can also be used to reference components in your animation.

animationvar.png (15.5 KiB)

keyframe.png (37.5 KiB)

Answer 2 · 2017-01-25T10:12:03Z

Marco Baccalaro answered Jan 25, '17 Sebastian Kemper commented Jan 25, '17

If current is your starting point you may use this syntax:

current.attrs.find("visual/animationinfo/animations/turn360/keyframes/1/bodies/1/9").value = current.labels["labelName"];

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Sebastian Kemper commented · Jan 25, 2017 at 10:25 AM

Yes, this is working! Thanks a lot Marco :)

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