Tutorial
Using Animator

  1. Select [Animator 2D] from the [File] menu.
  2. Animator 2D Plus is started up. The [Open], [Screen], [Settings] and [Help] buttons are valid at this point.
  3. Select [Read Data] from the [File] menu.
  4. A File dialog appears. Select the file teapot.geo.
  5. When the read operation is completed, a teapot is displayed in the display window. The [Shot] button of the Animator 2D plus now becomes valid.
  6. Click on the [Shot] button.
  7. The image displayed in the Object display window is now also displayed on the Animator 2D Plus screen. This is the first frame.
  8. With this, the [Create], [Preview], [Delete], [Delete All], [Play], [Continuous] buttons and the frame slider now become valid.
  9. Rotate the image in the object display window appropriately.
  10. Click on the [Shot] button.
  11. This becomes the second frame.
  12. Repeat 9-11 to save a number of frames.
  13. Click on the [Play] button.
  14. The frames are displayed in order on the screen and a kind of flipbook animation takes place.
  15. his can be played endlessly by clicking on the [continuous] button.
  16. Click on the [Screen] button.
  17. The screen becomes an independent window. The size of the current window is the same as the size of the frame.
  18. Click on the buttom-right portion of the screen window and drag it in the bottom right direction.
  19. Both the window and the image increase in size. In this way, translation, scaling and rotation are possible.
  20. Click on the [Screen] button which now appears red in color. The screen is goes back to its original position.
  21. When the Java-compatible browser (IE3.0 etc.) is installed, click on the Preview button to see a preview using a Java applet.
  22. Click on the [Create] button.
  23. The Directory Selection Dialog appears.
  24. Select an appropriate directory and then input a project name.
      Ex:
    1. Select the directory C:\TEMP.
    2. Click inside the text box at the top of the dialog where the directory name is displayed to enable key input.
    3. Append Sample to the C:\TEMP that is already displayed using the keyboard.
    4. The directory then becomes C:\TEMP\Sample.
    5. Click on the OK button.
  25. The saving of the project is then complete.
  26. Set the value of the Frame Slider to 1 and click on the [Delete All] button.
  27. All the Frames are deleted.
  28. Click on the [Read] button.
  29. Select C:\TEMP\Sample\Anim2D.htm in the file selection dialog that appears.
  30. The read operation is completed in .Click on the [Play] button to check if the animation takes place properly.
  31. Click on the [Close] button to close Animator 2D Plus.

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