Allows you to create, configure, and manage the layers loaded into the active scene in the LSV.
Layer Menu Navigation
Show Layer Animation Tool
This tool allows you to use created layers to provide a slide show of each layer, beginning at the bottom layer and moving to the top layer.
Example Use Case
A customer wants to see an animated one-year timeline of a proposed build sequence.
Create 12 layers named for each month of the year.
Beginning with the layer named for the first month of the build, load the models of what will be built that month.
Repeat Step 2 for the 11 successive month layer names.
For each month’s layer, use the colorization feature in the Layer Management window to set the models of all completed work to display in green (or another desired color), and to set the models of all in-progress work for that month to display in a different static color.
Add a final layer named Finished that shows all models in green (or the desired color designated completed work).
Arrange the loaded layers so that the first month of the build is the bottom layer and the Finished layer is the top layer in the Layer Management window.
During the animation tool presentation, the presenter can pause the animation on any month’s layer. Based on how the models are colorized, the customer can easily identify how much of the build should be completed by that month.
Ensure you have already created the layers you want to include in the slide show animation.
Left click the
menu tab in the upper left corner of the screen, then left click the Show Layer Animation Tool.
In the Layer Animation Tool pop-up window, click and drag the top two sliders to set the:
Animation speed - Amount of time between frames (measured in seconds)
Number of loaded layers per frame
Use the buttons provided in the Layer Animation Tool window (shown above) to view a configured layer animation:
Start Animation - Play button
Stop Animation - Pause or stop button
Reset Animation - Restart button
Step Forward - Moves to the next slide in the animation
Step Backwards - Moves back one slide
The animation tool opens with all layers closed, then begins to visualize the bottom layer.
Next, the tool adds subsequent layers to the visual based on the time between frames and layers per frame settings.
New Layer
Left click this option to open a new (empty) layer in the Layer Management window.
This action automatically reopens the Layer Management window if it was previously closed
ALTERNATIVE
Left clicking the
button on the Layer Management window will also open a new (empty layer).
Model Configuration
Select a model first.
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Refer to the LSV Navigation and Controls article (General Navigation Tips section, point #4) for step-by-step directions.
Left click the Model Configuration option on the Layer menu.
On the Model Configuration pop-up window:
The selected model textbox - identifies the current model selection
The Selection Type section - provides buttons that allow you to:
Change the Selection type from the default Select option (highlighting a model upon mouse click) to:
None - No model selection when using the mouse
Hide - Removes the selected model from view
Move - Manipulates and moves the selected model
Measure - Opens the measurement tool used to perform model measurements
Left click the measurement starting point on the model, then drag to the measurement endpoint
A light orange measurement line appears on the model
NOTE
Open the Tools → Graphical Tools window and left click the Enable measuring tool select box to view the actual measurements.
Reset Models on Active Layer
Select to reset the movements on the selected layer in the Layer Management window
Reset All Models
Select to return all loaded models to their original states
Reset Model Movements
Left click this menu option to reset previously moved or hidden layers to their default locations.
Delete All Layers
Left click this option to remove all currently loaded layers in the Layer Management window.
