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The Animate Constraints dialog box has a Select icon depressed
and ready to click an assembly constraint from the Browser.
4. Expand the Browser view of the ISO 4017 M10 × 35:1 component,
and click the Bolt Angle constraint.
5. In the dialog box, set the End value to 360 deg, click the Specify Time
option, and start the action at 0.2 s and end it at 1.5 s, as shown in
Figure 13.20.
FIGURE 13.20 Animating an assembly
constraint
6. Click OK to create the new action.
7. Click the Expand Action Editor icon to see a full view of the timeline
and activities on it.
8. Right-click and mirror the action for the Bolt Angle constraint.
9. Drag the new action to the end of the toolbar.
10. Play the animation in the Design window.
Now that you've created all the steps, you need to create the animation of the
assembly. Next, you will render the animation to a video file.
Rendering the Animation
The camera moves, the vise opens and closes, and even the bolt turns out and
then back in. Now, you need to share your work.
1. Verify that the 2013 Essentials project file is active, and then open
c13-09.iam file from the Assemblies\Chapter​13 folder.
2. Switch the Ribbon to the Environments tab, and click the Inventor
Studio tool in the Begin panel.
 
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