User Guide: Altair Inspire Studio 2021.0.1

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Animation
In Inspire Studio you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Sketching
Curves
Surfaces
PolyNURBS
Modify
Direct
Deform
Analysis
Dimensions
Drawing
Rendering
Animation
Die Design
Custom Plug-ins and Scripts
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

User Guide: Altair Inspire Studio 2021.0.1

What's New
Discover new features and enhancements.
Get Started
New to Inspire Studio? Learn the basics here.
Tutorials
Start using Inspire Studio with our interactive tutorials.
Sketching
Create and edit a 2D sketch curve. A sketch curve is any "wire" entity such as a line, rectangle, circle, or arc.
Curves
Create and edit 3D curves by extending, rebuilding, intersecting, splitting, and projecting the shapes.
Surfaces
Create and edit 3D surfaces and solids by creating primitives or editing existing curves and surfaces.
PolyNURBS
Create polygonal surfaces that can easily be converted into NURBS surfaces. PolyNURBS combines the ease and simplicity of polygonal modeling with the precision and flexibility of NURBS, allowing you to quickly create free-form solid geometry that is smooth and continuous.
Modify
Create new objects by manipulating and modifying source objects.
Direct
Quickly modify objects that are not a part of Construction History.
Deform
Deform one or more objects with respect to an axis.
Analysis
Measure dimensions, analyze curvature, check for continuity and watertightness, analyze the draft, detect undercuts, and create design iterations on the fly.
Dimensions
Dimension a line, edge, bounding box, angle, and radius/diameter in order to create objects which must fit predefined dimensions. You can also insert a general annotation to label the parts of your model.
Drawing
Create detailed 2D drawings of the selected parts of a complex 3D model from multiple perspectives.
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Animation
In Inspire Studio you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.
- Key Frame Animation
  A key frame is a frozen image in the sequence of an animation. Each "key" frame shows the transformation of an object. The remaining frames, known as “in betweens,” are figured out automatically by Inspire Studio. When you play all of the frames together, you have a simple animation.
- Path Animation
  Animate an object as it moves along a path. You can also combine key frame animation with path animation to move the camera as well as the object.
- Animation Timeline
  Explore the features and options on the animation timeline.
- Animation Options
  Adjust the animation settings.
- Render an Animation
  You can render the entire scene or selected objects (with materials) as one image file, render the desired animation frames (with materials) as .png files, or render the entire animation (without materials) as a .mp4 file.
Die Design
Create a draw die in Inspire Studio that you can export to Inspire Form to perform a stamping simulation.
Custom Plug-ins and Scripts
You can use C++ and Python to add custom operations and file formats.
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.

User Guide: Altair Inspire Studio 2021.0.1

Home
Animation
In Inspire Studio you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Sketching
Curves
Surfaces
PolyNURBS
Modify
Direct
Deform
Analysis
Dimensions
Drawing
Rendering
Animation
Die Design
Custom Plug-ins and Scripts
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

Animation

In Inspire Studio you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.

Key Frame Animation
A key frame is a frozen image in the sequence of an animation. Each "key" frame shows the transformation of an object. The remaining frames, known as “in betweens,” are figured out automatically by Inspire Studio. When you play all of the frames together, you have a simple animation.
Path Animation
Animate an object as it moves along a path. You can also combine key frame animation with path animation to move the camera as well as the object.
Animation Timeline
Explore the features and options on the animation timeline.
Animation Options
Adjust the animation settings.
Render an Animation
You can render the entire scene or selected objects (with materials) as one image file, render the desired animation frames (with materials) as .png files, or render the entire animation (without materials) as a .mp4 file.

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