Creating movies

When on the Visualisation or CFD screens you can create AVI movies of your model. To create a video file from a rendered view, click on the Generate AVI movie tool which opens the Movie options data dialog box:

Use the Type drop list to select either:

• 1-Orbit - 360° orbit movie. This option generates a series of images, one for each angular Orbit increment and then allows you stitch them together to create an AVI file.
• 2-Shading for design day - fixed camera position, varying the solar position over the design day as specified on the Visualisation Display options panel.

Tip: The 2-Shading for design day option works particularly well with the Sunpath diagram displayed

Click on the OK button to generate the movie. After the movie generation has completed, a file save dialogue will be displayed to allow you to save the movie file to any required location.

Note: smaller Shading time increments and Orbit increments can generate a lot of data and take a long time to complete movie generation, especially for large models when software antialiasing is switched on.