Animation

Harle_Cragg

Can I have multiple animations going at once?

rick_randall

I don't think so, but if there is I'd like to know how to do it. You can have multiple sections while animation is running - but I don't think that's what you're asking.

john_lopez363

It is possible to animate multiple Mates concurrently with the use of "Relations"... there are limitations to this approach.

john_lopez363

Following the experimentations that @john_mcclary did some time back, one can achieve much more complex animations. 

Here is an example of animation testing I created awhile ago using McClary's examples.

john_mcclary

Nice work!

john_lopez363

@john_mcclary...  could not have happened without YOUR ground-breaking experiments (and thanks for making that "public" back in 2018-2019)!

Credit goes to you.

john_mcclary

I'm glad my instructions were clear enough that you were able to do that!

You can teach a person to paint, but that doesn't automatically make them an artist. You have done well and created art.
Take your praise, you've earned it

(Meanwhile, I silently wait in the background for Onshape to release advanced animation tools...)

Javier_López_del_Pueyo

What would be the best way to render that animation? I know the actual Render Studio doesn't support animations (soon to come?) and there seemed to be an App called OneRender but it is not listed in the App Store animore.

Any recommendations?

john_mcclary

I would doubt we would see an animation render studio, ever, or else many years away...

If you really need a rendered animation, export your model to Blender, and use that to make your animation.

I'm not good with blender so I hired @alnis to make this:
AEI Over Under Conveyor Animation (youtube.com)

jan_bouwman

I fully agree with @john_lopez363 !

Last year I made a model of a typical Dutch Windmill, used for demonstrating it's (18 century) construction and inner workings. This model contains some (im)possible animations.

I made a compilation of these animations in the video below. The final scene shows the handy contraption that makes the impossible possible. I suggest we call this the 'McClary Engine' in honor of its inventor, John McClary. Thanks @john_mcclary !

And as answer to the OP: 

No, in Onshape a standard animation can only show one chain of interrelated mates at a time.

However…

Yes, with a little extra effort (and the McClary Engine) it is possible to play multiple animations simultaneously and even asynchronously.

Happy animating!

https://youtu.be/Llsd4rxHDV8?si=8MzuwKggTRR8ylBE

Ste_Wilson

That's amazing!

john_mcclary

beautiful work @jan_bouwman!

john_lopez363

jan_bouwman said:
....The final scene shows the handy contraption that makes the impossible possible. I suggest we call this the 'McClary Engine' in honor of its inventor, John McClary. Thanks @john_mcclary !....

Love it.... hence forth to be known as the McClary Engine... at least in my vernacular!!!  Also fabulous animation!

wayne_sauder

@jan_bouwman
 Would you consider sharing the document? 
That looks like an interesting one to explore. Very well done!
I understand if you don't wish to. 

bryan_lagrange

WOW! @jan_bouwman