ABAQUS/CAE User's Manual  


34.4.1 Stopping, restarting, and stepping through an animation

During animation, the movie player controls appear on the left side of the prompt area.

You can use these controls to stop your animation, to step forward or backward through the animation images, to step to the first or last image in the animation sequence, and to resume playback.

To stop, restart, or step through an animation:

  1. Locate the movie player controls on the left side of the prompt area.

  2. Click the movie player controls to execute the functions you want. The controls are listed below in the order in which they appear in the prompt area, starting with the left-most arrow.

    PlayResumes play. When your animation is playing, the control arrow on the Play button is green.
    StopStops play. When your animation is stopped, the control arrow on the Play button is black.
    First imageStops play and displays the first image in the animation sequence.
    Previous imageStops play and steps to the previous image in the animation sequence.
    Next imageStops play and steps to the next image in the animation sequence.
    Last imageStops play and displays the last image in the animation sequence.


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