Access this dialog box from Document > Creative Imaging > Create Fly-Through.
The Create Fly-Through command will only be active if you have at least one Preset Parallel Projection or an animation path with at least two Cameras.
The Fly-Through dialog box allows you to set the source and results of the Fly-Through.
For general information on this feature, see Fly-Through.
Source: Use the controls below to specify source window parameters.
•Click 3D Window to use the 3D Window as the image source and preview window.
Note: To select wireframe, hidden line or shaded images, use the View > 3D View Options sub-menu.
•Click PhotoRendering Window to use the PhotoRendering Window as the image source and preview window.
Note: Use this option to save photorealistic bitmapped images.
Define the route of the Fly-Through:
•Click Preset Parallel Projections to create animated transitions between parallel projections.
Note: This option is not available if fewer than two pre-set projections are defined.
•Click Perspective from Camera Path to create a fly-through animation along the current Perspective Path. The name of the current Perspective Path is shown below.
Note: This option is not available if fewer than two cameras are defined.
Define the content of the Fly-Through:
•Click Keyframes only to image key frames without any in-between frames.
•Click With inbetween frames to image in-between frames as well.
•Click All Frames to image all animation frames in the current Path.
•Click Frames from to specify a range of animation frames (first and last) for imaging from the current Path.
Note: The numbers shown by default are the first and last frames in the entire animation.
Rebuild Model for Each Frame: If you check this option, ArchiCAD rebuilds the project after each frame and creates a new view from the rebuilt model.
Note: This option lets you create additional animation effects, provided that your project contains any Library Parts whose appearance changes with every frame. This can be achieved if the Library Part parameter is set to change along with the frame number.
Result: Use the controls below to specify the format of the Fly-Through process.
•Use the first pop-up field to select a file format for the images saved to the hard disk.
•Use the pop-up field to specify the color resolution.
Note: Images with higher color depths (i.e., 32-bit color) require more hard disk space.
Remove Redundant Lines: Check this box to remove overlapping lines from the image(s) saved to the hard disk.
Note: This takes more time but the image(s) will require less hard disk space and will plot/print faster.
This option is not available if a bitmapped file format is selected in the file format pop-up menu or the current rendering method is not wireframe or block mode.
When using QuickTime compression methods, the Image Compression checkbox is enabled. (Click Set to open Compression Settings and specify a compression method and color depth settings.)
See Compression Settings.
Enable the Dithering checkbox to simulate photorealistic image colors in images with lower bit depths by dithering the colors in the available palette.
Note: This option is not available if a vectorized 2D file format is selected in the file format pop-up field.
Rescale
Click this button to modify the scale of the compressed images.
Frame rate: If you are saving the Fly-Through in Video Movie File format, enter a frame rate value here.
Show: Click this button to process the Fly-Through and preview the images without saving them to the hard disk. You can save the resulting animation afterwards by clicking Save.
Hint: To preview only a short sequence of frames, adjust the Frames from radio button option to preview a short sequence of frames.
For more information, see Defining Fly-Throughs.
Compression type: Use the pull-down list specify a compression method.
The Motion controls will be enabled or disabled depending on the chosen compression type. Enter values for:
•Frames per second
•Key frame insertion rate
•Data rate limit (in KByte/second)
In the Compressor section of the dialog box:
Depth: Specify the color depth settings. (Millions of Colors; 256 Greys; 256 Colors)
Note: For some methods, the color depth choices will be restricted to Color or grayscale.
For some compression types, an additional Options button appears with additional settings.