Exporting an Animation

Export an animation of a model to use in a presentation or report.

  1. On the 3D View contextual tabs set, on the Animate tab, on the Animation group, click the  Export animation icon.


    Figure 1. The Export animation dialog.
  2. From the Save as type drop-down list, select one of the following:
    • AVI
    • MOV
    • GIF
    • MKV
  3. From the Export quality drop-down list, select one of the following:
    • High
    • Normal
    • Low
    Setting the quality affects the compression ratio for the specified screen size. For very high-quality exports, it is good practice to reduce the screen size to as small as is need and setting the Export quality to High.
  4. From the Export size drop-down list, select one of the following:
    • Same as source
    • QQVGA (160x120)
    • QVGA (320x240)
    • VGA (640x480)
    • SVGA (800x600)
    • XGA (1024x768)
    • SXGA (1280x1024)
    • Custom
  5. In the Frame rate (frames per second) field, specify the frame rate. Setting the frame rate affects how “smooth” the animation appears.
  6. Click OK.
    The Animation export file name dialog is displayed.
  7. In the File name field, specify the name of the exported animation file.
  8. In the Save as type, specify the file type of the exported animation file.
  9. Click Save to export the animation to file and to close the dialog.