Animation Types

HyperView's animation functions allow you to view your model in motion. The three types of animation include transient, modal, and linear static.

You can select the animation type from the animation types drop-down menu.
Animation Type Description
Transient Displays the model in its timestep positions as calculated by the analysis code. Transient animation is used to animate the transient response of a structure.
Modal Creates and displays an animation sequence that starts and ends with the original position of the structure. The deforming frames are calculated based on a sinusoidal function. Modal animation is most useful for displaying mode shapes.
Linear Creates and displays an animation sequence that starts with the original position of the model and ends with the fully deformed position of the structure. An appropriate number of frames are linearly interpolated between the first and last positions. Linear animation is usually selected when results are from a linear static analysis