Play and Record Timeline

BIM => Visualisation => Timelines => Play => Play

Timeline

Timeline
  • Select the timeline file to play/record.
Start time
  • Time (in seconds) to start playback.
Time multiplier (optional)
  • Increase/Decrease speed of the timeline playback.
  • Setting this to 2 would run the timeline at 2x, meaning a 60 second timeline will be a 30 second video.
Auto play
  • Whether or not to start playing the timeline immediately after hitting Run.
  • It is recommended to un-tick this option.

Movie

Create movie?
  • Tick on to record a movie (*.avi file) of the selected timeline.
Video encoding format
  • Microsoft Codec
  • NVidia Cuda – ONLY appears when a suitable NVidia GPU and Cuda 10.1 (or later) Drivers are installed.

NVidia encoding format
  • Only becomes active AFTER selecting NVidia Cuda.
Movie file
  • Enter a file name. Hitting enter automatically adds the “avi” extension.
Record whole application
  • If ticked, the View option is disabled and the entire 12d Model window will be recorded. This may be useful for recording playback in multiple views.
View
  • Select the view to be recorded.
  • Warning: Do not open/move other windows in front of the recorded view, as these will appear in the movie.
Frames per second
  • Number of frames (images) displayed per second.
  • Increasing the frame rate creates a smoother movie, but increases file size.
  • As a guide, most TV broadcasts and Movies are at 25-30FPS.  Modern PC games are at 60FPS and higher (depending on hardware).

Buttons

Run
  • Run/Record the timeline. Hitting Run will automatically close the panel and open the Timeline Player and Video Compression panel.
Finish
  • Close the Play a timeline panel.

Video Compressor

  • Select a compressor format, and hit Ok.
  • It is suggested to use Microsoft Video 1
  • Note: Use Full Frames (Uncompressed) with caution.  Some operating systems and/or software have restrictions on the AVI file size.

NVidia Cuda Encoding

When using the NVidia GPU, you may receive the following error message in the Output Window;

! View width must be in multiples of 64 pixels

Go to the View Settings menu, and select Properties;

In the left-hand tree, select Viewsize.  Then change the Top, Left, Bot, Right values so that the Draw Area Width & Height values are multiples of 64.

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