Controlling animations in multiple viewports

By default, Abaqus/CAE animates data in every animation-eligible viewport in your session. All animations are synchronized, so the viewports play, stop, and increment together when you examine data frame by frame, animate a model plot, or animate a time-dependent X–Y plot.

See Also
Customizing the time history of synchronized viewports

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You can activate and deactivate the animation of individual viewports, which enables you to display animations only for a subset of the animation-eligible viewports in your session. From the Linked Viewports Manager, toggle on Link viewports and Animation and use the Linked Viewports portion of the Linked Viewports Manager to deselect the viewports that you want to remain independent.

  1. Link viewports using one of the following methods:

    • From the main menu, select Viewport Link Viewports .

      Tip: You can activate or deactivate linked viewports by clicking in the Viewport toolbar.

    • From the main menu, select Viewport Linked Viewports Manager and toggle on Link viewports.

      Tip: You can also display the Linked Viewports Manager by clicking in the Viewport toolbar.

  2. In the Linked Viewports Manager, ensure that Animation is toggled on and the required viewports are selected in the Linked Viewports table.
  3. If you made changes in the Linked Viewports Manager, click Apply. Alternatively, click OK to apply your changes and to close the manager.
  4. Start a time history, scale factor, and harmonic animation using any method.