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I've had a coworker request an animation that mimics the "cut down" style of animation that RockWorks automatically generates for us. However, instead of cutting down equally with a plane, he would like each layer of rock in a Lithology block model to be removed one at a time (and perhaps fading out between each layer).

Is there a way to do this in Rockworks without manually doing the animation by hand with G-Values and turning each layer on and off?

I've thought that this would achieve the look we're after but it would be quite a bit of work to do it.

Have all the G-Values for lithology be assigned from the bottom up (or top down), and after generating the lithology block model turn a lithology layer off by filtering it out, save a graphic of the block model, then repeat for the next layer down. You could then take each of these frames and put them in video software with a fade between frames.

Thanks for any help you can think of,

-Andy

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I guess this may not be possible.

Perhaps I can export each individual layer as a shapefile object and render it in ArcScene with fades between layers.

One other question:

Is there any form of keyframe animation built into Rockworks for controlling different types of animations and layer vizibility?

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  • 4 weeks later...

Hi Andy,

Again, sorry for the delay in replying to your questions.

Your original thought should work - display the lithology model, filter the block display for a particular lithotype and set the desired view angle and zoom, and export a raster (PNG, JPG) snapshot. Repeat for the other lithotypes.

You can then create a quick AVI file of these images in RockWorks itself - just list the sequence of PNG file names in the Utilities datasheet, and select Imagery | Picshow: there you can view a simple slide show as well as export to AVI or animated GIF (file menu in the picshow viewer). For more elaborate video effects, you would need to use a third-party video or animation program.

RockWorks does not offer a keyframe method of "scripting" your animation (great idea...). For a quick overview of the animation options in RockWorks, please take a look at the recording of our Nov 2013 webinar:

Molly Mayfield

RockWare Inc.

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