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MEchanica -Exporting the animation in to movie file

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MEchanica -Exporting the animation in to movie file

Hi all, Can any on elet me know how to export the animated results in to a movie file? I am in independent mode of Mechanica. Any help in this regard is highly appreciated. Thanks! Shekar
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I don't think it is possible to export the animation in Independent Mode, (you could use a screen capture tool such as SnagIt). However, even though you ran the analysis in Independent Mode, you can still open the results in integrated mode and export the animation. Just open any model, go into Mechanica, then show resuts of your analysis. Use File>Export>Mpeg

We had a similar need, because you do an analysis for a customer or even within the company, and you want to be able to send the results around, put them in presentations, etc. I looked at a number of different packages to do the screen capture, and settled on Camtasia. It met our needs on a number of points: (1) Easy to edit. You usually want to just get a "cycle" of the deformation results, and it's pretty simple to get that. (2) It outputs to lots of formats, AVI, WMV, Flash, or MOV. This makes it easy to put stuff into presentations. (3) You can put watermarks on the files, like your company logo, or you could annotate the film to point out the interesting analysis results. The program is commercial, so you have to buy a license, but we've found it useful.

Hi all, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I agree with you. I have used the software to capture the screen. For time being, I downloaded a free trial verion s/w which resolved my problem. Thanks once again. Shekar
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