Feature Request: Assembly4 extend animation modes

[jruiz]

Good morning.
In Assembly4 WB -> Animate Assembly.
Could it be very hard to implement the following animation modes:

1. Cyclic animation,
2. Forward and reverse,
3. Step by step (in both senses) and
4. Pause/play combination

?

[Zolko]

1. Cyclic animation,
2. Forward and reverse,
3. Step by step (in both senses) and
4. Pause/play combination

1) and 2) exist already: all you need to do is add an intermediate variable that you calculate with a sinus or cosinus (suppose "t" the variable that you move between 0 and 720, and "d" the variable that controls some position: d = A * sin(t) + B and any variations around this theme. If the WB were to implement a cyclic movement we wouldn't do it differently )

3) and 4) ... they could be done, yes, good ideas, thank-you

[Zolko]

4) Pause/play combination

for that, I'd change the "Stop" button to "Pause", and when hitting "Run" it continues where it had left. With 2 additional buttons for step-by-step ... yes, that's cool

[jruiz]

1. Cyclic animation,
2. Forward and reverse,
3. Step by step (in both senses) and
4. Pause/play combination

1) and 2) exist already: all you need to do is add an intermediate variable that you calculate with a sinus or cosinus (suppose "t" the variable that you move between 0 and 720, and "d" the variable that controls some position: d = A * sin(t) + B and any variations around this theme. If the WB were to implement a cyclic movement we wouldn't do it differently )

I agree with you. I fact I have done some animations in this way. Just was wondering if it could be done explicitly by varying the involved variables directly.

[jruiz]

4) Pause/play combination

for that, I'd change the "Stop" button to "Pause", and when hitting "Run" it continues where it had left. With 2 additional buttons for step-by-step ... yes, that's cool

Another 2 items that could be added to the list would be the following:

5. A variable monitor (...displaying the actual value of the varying variable.)
6. A check box for choosing if the varying variable should be restored (or not) to its initial value after animation ends.


What do u think about that?