AnimatedBorder

The Path->Border effect. This effect creates a border around a curve or face that may have animation applied.

The Path->HrcAnimatedBevel command in the Motion module is the hierarchy version of this effect.

Procedure

For the AnimatedBorder effect to work properly, all the control points of the curve or face must lie in a single plane. However, the plane does not have to be restricted to the orthogonal axes (xy, yz, or xz).

Note:

The Animated Border effect retains only shape animation information (it does not retain the scaling, rotation, or translation keyframes from the curve or face).

1. Create a curve or face, and then animate it.
2. Choose the Path->AnimatedBorder command.
   
   The AnimBorder dialogue box is displayed.
   
   
3. Set the parameters as desired.
4. Select the curve.

Parameters

The parameters are the same as in the Draw->Border dialogue box, with the exception of the Next, Previous, Delete, Key and Frame parameters.

Next, Previous, Delete, Key, and Frame

For the animated effects, Next advances to the next keyframe, Previous goes back to the previous keyframe, Delete removes a keyframe, and Key sets a keyframe at the frame you specify in the Frame text box. These controls are available only after you have set the initial parameters in the dialogue box and clicked Ok. To return to the dialogue box and edit keyframes for the effect, select the effect icon and choose the Effects->Edit Parameters command in the Motion module.

Last updated 02-apr-1998