Animating the Archives

You can animate the archives to visualize the product evolution using PLM TimeMachine functionality.

Before you begin:
  • Create an archives of a slide.
See Also
Creating an Archive
  1. Select an archive in the Archive View.
    The archive is highlighted.
  2. Click Play in the Compass.
    • The selected archive is displayed in the archive window and next archive is taken as default reference archive.
    • All the archives are progressively displayed one after the another. For each archive, the next archive is taken as a reference.
    • The NOW archive showing the current position of the product is added at the last in the Archive View. It is taken as a reference for the last archive in the list.
    • During the play, you can anytime click Reference on the archive thumbnail to make it the reference for all the archives.
    • You can control the animation using various widgets in the Play panel. For more information, see Play Panel.
    Tip: You can also animate the archives using Launch PLMTimeMachine command. In this case, the oldest archive is displayed in the archive window and next archive is taken as a reference archive.