In this case we have two different functionality. Ok in both cases there is a PVI file inside the pvz file when we publish from Illustrate to PVZ file but there is an essential difference.
> in the one case we have created the figure by creating of different steps - using the Creo Illustrate effects and translations +rotations and giving a time interval for each step - so we define of the time duration of the step
> in the other case we create an animation using an .fra file coming from mechanism design
The fra file contains a frames of matrixes for the different components. The whole animation defines a particular number of frames so that between every frames is a exact the same time persiod. When we look in the piv file created for the animation -there seem that this matrix data is overlooked in the pvi file for the animation figure.
> the sequences effects seem to use step location which is some kind of euler transformation.
So fact is that behind the both pvi file is a different syntax and I believe that animation is not supported because I already heard statement that fra file is not supported but this animation is a kind of fra file import.
May be will be a good idea if this could be checked by PTC development.
Hi Pravin,
yes, it was not may be not quite correct where I asumed that you have used an animiaton created with a fra file. I did not consider that you can also create an animation in Creo Illustrate without to use a *.fra file!
So let consider what is possible.
-> creo Illustrate we can create some animated sequence in 2 way.
- the first way what will create a *.pvi file and this pvi file is working also in studio -> is to create first a figure and then to go the sequence tab and create some steps
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- the other way what seems currently to create a *.pvi which is not working in Studio --> is to use anmation
There are two option to create an animation in Creo Illustrate. The one I mention was to use a *.fra file which you can import
and ase developer states this is not supported yet!
- here I forgot in my last replay the option to create the whole animation inside the Creo Illustrate Interface. So this mean that *.pvi of animation which is created in the animation tab will also not work in Studio - so my founding when I tested it.
I tested such animation in Creo Illustrate 4.0 and my experience was that when we specify the *.pvi (coming form the animation) in the Sequnece URL
in this case it display the finish animation status - so as the model played the animation
When I tested you model - it show the unchanged the model -but my be this is caused by the usage of different Creo Illustrate version (I used now the 4.0 could not found the 4.1 for download)
But so far I understand the Developer statement it should work because it is fully created inside the Creo Illustrate interface. So I think this should be reported.
One additional think what we can do is to check what is so different in the both pvi files... I am considering to create a very simple animation and sequence performing the same thing an to check what is the difference in the syntax. May be adding some additional fake tag could help...
