Tutorial 1: Simulating Flow in a Static Mixer Using CFX in Standalone Mode: Viewing the Results in ANSYS CFX-Post

Creating the First Keyframe

Keyframes are required in order to produce an animation. You need to define the first viewer
state, a second (and final) viewer state, and set the number of interpolated intermediate
frames.

Procedure 1. Right-click a blank area in the viewer and select Predefined Camera > Isometric View
(Z up).
2. In the Outline, under User Locations and Plots, clear the visibility of Slice
Contour and select the visibility of Slice.

3. In the Animation dialog box, click New .

A new keyframe named KeyframeNo1 is created. This represents the current image
displayed in the viewer.

Creating the Second Keyframe

Keyframes are required in order to produce an animation.

Procedure 1. In the Outline, under User Locations and Plots, double-click Slice.
2. On the Geometry tab, set Point coordinate values to (0,0,-1.99).
3. Click Apply.
The slice plane moves to the bottom of the mixer.

4. In the Animation dialog box, click New .

KeyframeNo2 is created and represents the image displayed in the Viewer.

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