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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 for an animation are shown below:

Particles

1. Select Particle under Particles in the Geometric Entities Panel and change the Particle Size Scale (view only) to 10 in the Model Tab of the Properties Panel.
2. Select Particles in the Geometric Entities Panel.
3. Select Velocity Magnitude under Derived Variables list for the Variable drop-down list in the Results Panel.
4. Select File > Save Animation, to save animation.
5. Select the result files for animation data in the Select Result Files dialog box.
6. Under File name, give a suitable name for the .gif animation in the Select GIF File for Movie, PNG File for Frames dialog box.