In a time history animation you can customize the analysis steps and frames that ABAQUS/CAE includes in your animation. In a scale factor or a harmonic animation you can customize the apparent motion of your model. For all three types of animation you can customize the underlying deformed shape, contour, symbol, or material orientation plot.

At any time before or during object-based animation playback you can customize the deformed shape, contour, symbol, or material orientation plot that underlies your animation. For example, you can toggle the legend, adjust the deformation scale factor, or choose a different field output variable. Use the View, Result, and Options menus and the tools on the toolbar to customize the underlying plot of your animation.

This section explains how to produce and customize ABAQUS/CAE object-based time history, scale factor, and harmonic animations. The following topics are covered: