TimeLiner animation didn't work as expected.

[Radish_G]

Hi Community,

Recently I got some issue with the TimeLiner animation output.

I can able to achieve my end result through the "Animator" But after I assign the animation set to the task in the "TimeLiner" it didn't work, same as the Animator.

What I am trying to do is,

I want to move a few groups of elements from point A to B one by one, for e.g. 5 groups of elements. And after that, I want to move all those 5 groups of elements from point B to C.

In the TimeLiner animation, only the last task works as I expected. The rest all, no.

I attached the project file and a short video of my Animator & TimeLiner animation for your kind review.

Kindly assist me to fix this issue.

[mariah.ferranti]

Hello @Radish_G ,

My name is Mariah and I will be happy to take a look at this. To help narrow down what might get this working, are you able to share why you are pulling this animation into Timeliner?  Timeliner in my experience is generally used to document the construction of objects, and using it will allow them to appear at creation in the model.

Animator is generally where animations like this reside, and it looks like things are working as expected in animator. Is there something you're looking to add that Animator has been unable to provide?

[Radish_G]

Hello @mariah.ferranti ,

Thank you so much for your reply.

We are preparing a 4D sequencing of some existing element relocation.

What I am trying to achieve is, there is a 5 group of objects on the floor. I want to move each group of elements from point A to B, after that, all the 5 groups of elements will be moved from point B to C together.

For this sequence, I need to show the Date, Time & Progress completed on the screen. So I decided to animate it in the animater and attach it to the timeLiner.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Radish_G,

Same thoughts with @mariah.ferranti since everything works perfectly fine in Animator tool. Can you have a look at file I have attached if this is something you are looking for. Although I had to work in reverse thus the original starting point of the columns do not show.

I think the way NW TimeLiner tool works is how @mariah.ferranti  has mentioned it which is suppose to simulate when things will appear. In that regard, I think that animating the objects should end at their final positions to show the complete structure after the simulation instead of translating them into different location. But I maybe wrong (Newbie here).

Looking forward to @mariah.ferranti, possible workflow.

If this resolves your issue, please click ACCEPT AS SOLUTION.

[Radish_G]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Thanks for your replay,

I already briefed in my earlier post, why I cannot use the Animator.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Radish_G ,

Were you able to see the attachment in my post?

[Radish_G]

Yes

[Anonymous]

And do you think it works as how you want it to be?

If this resolves your issue, please click ACCEPT AS SOLUTION.

[Radish_G]

No.

Refer to the video attached in my first post.

[mariah.ferranti]

Hello @Radish_G ,

The easiest way to get what you're looking for is to use the animator. If you need dates, you can create text elements and animate them to appear and disappear, simulating showing a timeline, which will be much easier and more controllable than pushing this into Timeliner, which is not intended for this sort of animation. 

[Radish_G]

Hi @mariah.ferranti ,

Looks, this one of the good way to get what I need.

But, the animation of text is within Navisworks or using other application.

[mariah.ferranti]

Hello @Radish_G ,

The only text you would be able to add in Navisworks would be redline text, which would be very hard to animate. 

Your best bet is to add text to the file in its original source program, so it's created as an element, and then animate it within Navisworks with the animator to appear and disappear as time moves on.  

[mariah.ferranti]

Hello @Radish_G ,

I wanted to check and see if you had any questions about the recommended workflow for this animation. Feel free to select "Accept solution" if the information was helpful (This allows other users with the same issues to find it higher in search results), ore reply back if you need more help! 

[Radish_G]

Hi @mariah.ferranti ,

This solution might be workable for trial & training purpose. But it's totally not workable in a 100M project.

I think it's good to escalate to Autodesk Development Team. At least in future, they do some improvements to achieve such kind of simulation.