You can choose to save animations to a file in either Audio Video Interleave (AVI, the default) or QuickTime format. You can additionally choose between compressed and uncompressed files in either format. Additional image size options are available for both AVI and QuickTime format.
To choose the animation file format:
Locate the animation file format options.
From the main menu bar, select Animate
Save As; the Save Image Animation dialog box appears.
Click the Format button to select QuickTime or AVI format and to make additional format options available.
The format and options buttons change according to the format you select.
To select additional format options, click the AVI Options or QuickTime Options button.
The AVI Options or QuickTime Options dialog box appears.
In the options dialog box, choose one of the following methods to specify the size (in pixels) of the animation image:
Click Use size on screen to use the size of the image on the screen. (ABAQUS/CAE indicates the current image size in the options dialog box.) This method is the default.
Click Use settings below to set the width or height; then enter the value of your choice in the Width or Height field. You specify only one dimension; ABAQUS/CAE computes the other dimension to maintain the aspect ratio of the viewports.
In the options dialog box, specify whether your files should be compressed (run length encoded) or uncompressed (raw).
For QuickTime format, click the Compression button to choose either Raw (24 bits/pixel) or Rle (24 bits/pixel). Rle (24 bits/pixel) compression is a form of run length encoding. This is a lossless compression method causing no image degradation.
For AVI format, click the Compression button to choose either Rle (8 bits/pixel), Raw (8 bits/pixel), or Raw (32 bits/pixel). Choosing Rle (8 bits/pixel) compression or Raw (8 bits/pixel) can result in a loss of colors.
Click OK to close the options dialog box.
Your options settings are saved for the duration of the session.
