Chapter 11

Give Objects Life and Action with Scripter

Up until now, the model has been used in a static environment. Now that you have learned about animations and how to export images and movies, let's look at creating animations that act in real time with the model. This chapter will cover Scripter, a unique tool in Autodesk Navisworks that allows you to connect custom animations to objects that react to user inputs. These inputs include mouse clicks, keystrokes, time, and collisions.

In this chapter, you'll learn to:

  • Manage scripts
  • Create events
  • Create actions
  • Interact with the model

Introducing Scripter

Scripter gives you the ability to bring life to the objects in the model. Bringing objects to life is important because it provides owners ...

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