Animate

The animate effect is used to link an animation to an analogue value. When the value is at its lowest, the first frame of the animation plays. When the value is at its highest, the last frame animation plays. And of course where the value is anywhere in between, the animation plays in a proportional state.

For this function to work, your 3D model must be based on an FBX file with a baked-in animation.

Type: Float Bindable Default: 1

The percentage (0-100) within the animation that should be displayed. 0% is the first frame, 100% is the last, 50% is the midpoint of the animation.

This is almost always set to a property using a Binding Expressions.

Type: Boolean Bindable Default: true

Enables the effect when the value is '1', disables it when the value is '0'.

<animate amount="[ Level ]"/>

Used on a tank with an animation showing changes in the water level, this makes the animation play based on how full the tank is.

<animate amount="[ Level:%:0:100 ]"/>

As above, but this time the 'Level' property is in meters instead of in percentages, so this instructs ARDI to convert the meters into a percentage-of-range.

<animate amount="[ Level:*:0:1.1 ]"/>

Here there's a problem with the level sensor - it continually reports 10% low. Although we would always suggest fixing the sensor, this will multiply your level by 1.1 to fix the 10% error in the animation.