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Turning parts visible - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Turning parts visible

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- [Instructor] So, next we're gonna be talking about creating an animation where a part stays hidden and then it appears. So again, I want you to think in terms of a script. You're gonna start with a part hidden, select a time when you want the part to appear, right click on the part and select show, and then calculate to compile the animation, and run the animation to see if it works the way you want. So, sometimes this is kinda like, for example, if you're showing how you are building something or putting something together, you might want to order how you show things. So for example, we're back to our little plastic box with parts. So, I'm gonna create a new motion study. And in my motion study, I wanna start with, let's say, and this is kind of similar to doing an animated of an exploding view, but just showing the parts as they appear. So, I could start off, right now, you see that my top part is set to hide, so it would right-click and go show when I'm ready to show it. I could…

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