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And Lock View to return the view to its previously saved orientation. If you unlock a locked
view and then choose Save Orientation And Lock View, the previously saved orientation is lost
while the new orientation is saved and locked.
Creating a Walkthrough
In addition to still perspective views, you have the ability to create animation paths called
walkthroughs. Creating a walkthrough is much like creating a series of connected camera
views. Like any other 3D view, a walkthrough can be generated using any of the visual styles
and settings we described previously in this chapter. In the following exercise, you will
continue to use the c11-Visualization-Start.rvt file.
1.
From your plan view, start placing a series of cameras by setting the camera location and
then the camera direction.
Note that each time you pick a location, these cameras will become the key frames in
your animation. When you have placed the last camera, press the Esc key and your
finished path will appear (Figure 11.53).
Figure 11.53
The finished camera
path
