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Animations

Animations are created from saved .res files, The Result Saving Frequency option in the Simulation Panel is set to a small value (say 5 or 10) before running the simulation to obtain better animations. The steps to create an animation are shown below:

Pressure distribution

1. Select Boundaries except valve_valve in the Geometric Entities Panel.
2. Select Pressure for the Variable drop-down list in the Results Panel.
3. Select User Input from the Transparency drop-down list in the View Tab of Properties Panel. Enter Opaque Value (0-1) as 0.4.
4. Select valve_valve under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel.
5. Select No Selection from Display Variable drop-down list in the View Tab of Properties Panel.

6. Select File > Save Animation, to save animation.

7. Select the result files for animation data in the Select Result Files dialog box.

8. Under File name, give a suitable name for the .gif animation in the Select GIF File for Movie, PNG File for Frames dialog box.

Figure 6.595 - Pressure animation in a circumferential valve